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Over 30 years ago, educators in central Connecticut developed the Bolton / Vernon Bermuda Workshop as a means of introducing middle-
and high-school students to subtropical island ecology. Several times a year, after months of classroom preparation, approximately 20 top
students spend one week at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc. studying the local flora and fauna in both the field and
laboratory. The curriculum includes an additional array of activities, ranging from historical and ecological tours to spelunking, and
culminates in a series of field-observation-related presentations.
In July 2004, Jeremy Werdell, a Staff member of the NASA SeaWiFS Project (Science Systems and Applications, Inc.),
participated in the Workshop as an Instructor. Werdell added several components to the curriculum, including lessons in ocean color,
satellite remote-sensing (e.g., SeaWiFS and MODIS), and bio-optics. In addition, students were instructed in the use of several handheld
instruments provided by the NASA SIMBIOS Instrument Pool, and in the use of SeaDAS (SeaWiFS Data Analysis System, 2003 NASA Software of
the Year). The SeaWiFS and SIMBIOS Projects have supported Werdell as an Instructor for the Workshop since 2003.
The 2004 Bolton/Vernon Bermuda Workshop presentation
(2.2 Mb - opens in a new window)
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