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EDUCATION AND EVENTS
The Ocean Genome Legacy Center provides learning opportunities and events for future scientists, curious conservationists, and experts alike.
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION MATERIALS
fish forensics
The goal of this activity is to teach students about different ways scientists can determine the species identification of a fish. Video instructions and materials can be found below.
SNOW PEA EXTRACTION
The goal of this activity is to teach students about DNA extraction using household materials. Materials can be found below.
Sea Star Wasting Disease
What is happening to sea stars in the New England intertidal habitat? Explore the work by the Ocean Genome Legacy Center to examine this phenomenon.
DNA Bracelet
In this activity, you will use colored beads and string to make a bracelet representing a real gene from your favorite marine organism.
UPCOMING EVENTS
2024
2024 High School Marine Science Symposium: March 7, 2024.
Research, Innovation and Scholarship Expo (RISE) 2024: April 11, 2024. Learn more here.
Spring 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium: June 14, 2024.
Coastal Ocean Science Academy, Middle School: July 22-27, 2024. Learn more here.
Coastal Ocean Science Academy, High School: August 12-16, 2024. Learn more here.
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium: TBD.
PAST EVENTS
2023
Fall 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium: December 5, 2023.
Ocean Literacy Summit: November 16, 2023.
Coastal Ocean Science Academy, High School: August 9, 2023.
Coastal Ocean Science Academy, Middle School: July 27, 2023.
Spring 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium: June 7, 2023.
Massachusetts Marine Educators Annual Meeting and Conference: May 6, 2023.
Research, Innovation and Scholarship Expo (RISE) 2023: April 13, 2023.
2023 High School Marine Science Symposium: March 9, 2023.