Tara Essock-Burns completed a Teaching Triangle with Yasmin J. von Dassow and  Kenedy Wilson as part of the Certificate in College Teaching this fall. Tara taught in Dan and Behavior of Marine Animals class, observed other Richoff’s Sensory Physiology and offered constructive feedback. students’ teaching Heather Heenehan wrote a blog for the in Huffington Post’s “Girls Stem” initiative.  Heather Heenehan and Alyse Larkin have been communicating with students around  the world about their research through Skype in the Classroom. Sara McDonald gave lectures for the undergraduate and graduate courses:  Environmental Policy, Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy, and Conservation Biology and Policy. Reny Tyson gave two lectures at Davidson College entitled Behavior of “Foraging  Humpback Whales in the Western Antarctic and of Marine Peninsula” “Diving physiology Mammals.” Jamie Wagner taught and co-designed an intensive 1-week lab and lecture course at the  University of Papua New Guinea, PNG. Twenty undergraduate students from Papua New Guinea and nearby Pacific Island countries were selected to join the course and learn about marine science, invertebrate zoology, the deep sea, and conservation. Jamie Wagner led a live ship-to-shore telepresence interaction between the E/V Nautilus  in the Gulf of Mexico and two Duke Marine Lab summer classes (Marine Ecology, Conservation Biology and Policy). Jamie Wagner co-planned and co-led a field activity for Summer Sleuths high school  students at the Duke Marine Lab. The students made maps and observations about the barrier island ecosystem on Carrot Island, and devised potential research experiments.
 Tara Essock-Burns completed a Teaching Triangle with Yasmin J. von Dassow and Kenedy Wilson as part of the Certificate in College Teaching this fall. Tara taught in Dan Richoff’s Sensory Physiology and Behavior of Marine Animals class, observed other students’ teaching and offered constructive feedback.  Heather Heenehan wrote a blog for the Huffington Post’s “Girls in Stem” initiative.  Heather Heenehan and Alyse Larkin have been communicating with students around the world about their research through Skype in the Classroom.  Sara McDonald gave lectures for the undergraduate and graduate courses: Environmental Policy, Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy, and Conservation Biology and Policy.  Reny Tyson gave two lectures at Davidson College entitled “Foraging Behavior of Humpback Whales in the Western Antarctic Peninsula” and “Diving physiology of Marine Mammals.”  Jamie Wagner taught and co-designed an intensive 1-week lab and lecture course at the University of Papua New Guinea, PNG. Twenty undergraduate students from Papua New Guinea and nearby Pacific Island countries were selected to join the course and learn about marine science, invertebrate zoology, the deep sea, and conservation.  Jamie Wagner led a live ship-to-shore telepresence interaction between the E/V Nautilus in the Gulf of Mexico and two Duke Marine Lab summer classes (Marine Ecology, Conservation Biology and Policy).  Jamie Wagner co-planned and co-led a field activity for Summer Sleuths high school students at the Duke Marine Lab. The students made maps and observations about the barrier island ecosystem on Carrot Island, and devised potential research experiments.
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