COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



Volunteers 

 Needed for Blue 

 Heron Bowl 



"This winter, North Carolina high 

 school students will test their knowledge 

 of ocean science in a team competition. 



The students will answer questions 

 about ocean-related science, technology, 

 history and navigation Feb. 26 at the 

 annual Blue Heron Bowl at North 

 Carolina State University in Raleigh. 



Winners of the state ocean bowl will 

 compete in the National Ocean Sciences 

 Bowl, Apnl 22-25 in Biloxi, Miss. 



Sponsors also include North 

 Carolina Sea Grant, the Consortium for 

 Oceanographic Research and Education 

 and the University of North Carolina at 

 Wilmington. 



Volunteers are needed as moderators 

 and judges for the North Carolina com- 

 petition. To volunteer, contact Cynthia 

 Cudaback, cynthia_cudaback@ncsu.edu or 

 Laura Berube, t.a.berube@att.net. For more 

 information, visit the Web at www.nosb.org 

 and follow the links to regional sites. 



- A.G. 



4 WINTER 2005 



N.C. Educators Attend Sciences Institute 



This summer, eight North Carolina 

 teachers were introduced to cutting-edge research 

 on island dynamics. 



The educators participated in the second 

 annual Ocean Sciences Education Leadership 

 Institute, sponsored by the South East Center for 

 Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE), 

 which serves North Carolina, South Carolina and 

 Georgia. North Carolina, South Carolina and 

 Georgia Sea Grant are partners in the effort. 



The workshop, held at the Skidaway 

 Institute of Oceanography near Savannah, 

 focused on a greater understanding of the 

 South Atlantic Bight, the southeastern seaboard 

 between North Carolina and Florida. Teachers 

 also developed leadership skills and received 

 curricular materials and resources. 



All participants will plan and conduct 

 Ocean Awareness Days for other educators in 

 their regions. 



The N.C. attendees included: Doni Angell, 

 Walterjohnson Middle School, Morganton; 

 Jane Crosby, Statesville High School, Statesville; 



Carolyn Elliott, South Iredell High School, 

 Statesvillejohn Fout, Wilson Middle School, 

 Charlotte; Doby Gordon, Parkwood High 

 School, Monroe; Linda James, East Carolina 

 University, Greenville; Sarah Kuszaj, Southeast 

 Raleigh High School, Raleigh; and Janiese 

 McKenzie, Western Guilford High School, 

 Greensboro. 



Instructors included Terri Kirby 

 Hathaway, North Carolina Sea Grant marine 

 education specialist; Lundie Spence, South East 

 COSEE director; and Carrie Thomas, NC State 

 University visiting faculty. 



Thirty middle and high school teachers, 

 1 from each state, will be chosen for the 2005 

 institutejune 19-25 at the Belle W. Baruch 

 Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences Held 

 Laboratory near Georgetown, S.C For more 

 information and applications, visit the Web: 

 www.scseagrant. org/se-cosee. 



To find out about Ocean Awareness Days 

 in North Carolina, check the North Carolina 

 Sea Grant online calendar www.ncseagrant.org. 



-A. G. 



Sea Grant Earns NCAGIO Awards 



N, 



Jorth Carolina Sea Grant's Coastwatch 

 magazine got top honors in the North Carolina 

 Association of Government Information Officers 

 (NCAGIO) "Excellence in Communications 

 Awards." The magazine won first place in the 

 regular color publications category. 



Katie Mosher, North 

 Carolina Sea Grant commu- 

 nications director, accepted 

 the award on behalf of the 

 staff at the NCAGIO Awards 

 banquet in Chapel Hill. 



North Carolina Sea 

 Grant communicator Ann 

 Green won second place 

 in feature writing for 

 "Core Banks Cottages 

 Rich in History and 

 Tradition" that ran in the 

 Winter 2003 issue of 

 Coastwatch. 



Green also received third place in 

 special publications for editing The Dune 

 Book, written by Sea Grant coastal erosion 

 specialist Spencer Rogers and David 

 Nash of N.C. Cooperative Extension. The 

 publication explains how dunes are formed 

 and their benefits, as well as effective dune 

 management 

 practices and use of 

 native vegetation. 



The NCAGIO 

 communications 

 contest drew entries 

 from its membership, 

 which includes public 

 affairs professionals in 

 government agencies 

 who are dedicated to 

 the principles of open 

 government. 



-AG. 



