COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



Bulletin Highlights 

 Horseshoe Crab 



The American horseshoe crab, Limulus poly- 

 phenols, is scuttling through headlines once again 

 with the University of Delaware Sea Grant College 

 Program's colorful bulletin spotlighting the 

 fame-stricken creature. 



Titled, The Horseshoe Crab: A Creature that 

 Crawled Out of the Past, this new bulletin comes 

 as no surprise to fans of the unique critter — 

 one that holds a pivotal role in various medical 

 breakthroughs, such as the detection of bacteria 

 in medical instruments and drugs. 



Anything worth knowing about horseshoe 

 crabs — anatomy, habitat and fun facts — is 

 featured in the six-page publication. Educators 

 will find such information useful for classroom 

 activities, and instructions on using the bulletin to 

 meet Delaware state and national science education standards are also included. 



The horseshoe crab "has seen the mighty age of the dinosaurs come and go, has lived through 

 numerous ice ages and natural disasters, and today serves as a keystone species in the ecology of the 

 Delaware Bay," says Bill Hall, education specialist for Delaware Sea Grant and author of the bulletin. 



Request a free copy of the bulletin by writing the University of Delaware, Marine Public Educa- 

 tion Office, 222 South Chapel Street, Room 1 03, Newark, Delaware 1 971 6-3530, or emailing 

 MarineCom@udel.edu. Multiple copies also are available for a nominal charge. — LL 



Artist Retreats in Columbia 



\A^nt to learn about traditional 

 woodworking or outdoor pioneer skills? 



These lessons will be taught at Cabin 

 Fever Reliever III, an artist retreat, Jan. 29 

 to Feb. 1, at the Eastern 4-H Environmental 

 Education Conference Center at Bull Bay, 

 west of Columbia. The retreat is hosted by 

 Pocosin Arts in Columbia 



A second retreat — Cabin Fever 

 Reliever IV, which will focus on maritime 

 art — will be held Feb. 26 to 29 at the 

 4-H Center. Artists can learn a variety of 

 coastal art forms — from decoy carving and 

 ancestral indigo dye techniques to Native 

 American pottery and music of the sea. 

 Bill Fruitwill demonstrate carvingatthe maritime retreat. Work-study scholarships are available. 



North Carolina public school certification 



renewal credit is available for all studio concentrations. 



To register and find out more information about studio concentrations and instructors, visit the 

 Web: www.pocosinarts.org or call 252/796-2787. - A.G. 



Delaware Sea Grant 



Ocean Science 



Institute 

 for Teachers 



Along the southeastern seaboard 

 between North Carolina and Florida, 

 there are many learning opportunities for 

 science educators — from research on sea 

 turtles to phytoplankton in estuaries. 



Middle and high school science 

 teachers will be introduced to these topics 

 and other cutting-edge ocean science 

 research at the Second Annual Ocean 

 Science Education Leadership Institute, 

 June 25 tojuly 1 . The institute, which is 

 sponsored by the South East Center for 

 Ocean Sciences Education Excellence 

 (COSEE), will be held at the University 

 of Georgia Marine Education Center 

 and Aquarium in Savannah. SouthEast 

 COSEE is a partnership between North 

 Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia Sea 

 Grant programs, with support from the 

 National Science Foundation, NOAA/ 

 Coastal Services Center, and NOAA/ 

 Ocean Explorations. 



The institute's focus is to build 

 a greater understanding of the South 

 Atlantic Bight ecosystem between North 

 Carolina and Florida. Topics include life 

 on Gray Reef National Marine Sanctu- 

 ary off the Georgia coast and the sea 

 islands, including Sapelo Island National 

 Estuarine Research Reserve. Teachers will 

 receive curricular materials and resources. 

 In addition, they will develop leadership 

 skills. 



Any middle or high school science 

 teacher from North Carolina, South Caro- 

 lina or Georgia can apply. Ten teachers 

 and two alternates will be selected from 

 each of the three states. 



For information or an application, 

 visit the Web: www.scseagrant.org/se-cosee/ 

 education.htm or contact Margaret Olsen 

 at olsen@uga.edu. — A.G. 



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