Salish Sea Expeditions Announces

2nd Annual Salish Sea Student Science Symposium

Friday, June 4, 2010  --  Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle

The Salish Sea Sound Student Science Symposium, hosted by Salish Sea Expeditions, and sponsored by NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), the Puget Sound Partnership, the Woodland Park Zoo and the Washington State Academy of Sciences, will bring together student scientists, professional scientists and science teachers to share, explore and discuss research on Puget Sound and its streams, tributaries and shorelines.

• For students, this will be the culmination of their research projects, giving them the opportunity to share their findings and receive feedback from both professionals and peers.  
• For teachers, it’s an opportunity to learn and share new approaches to facilitating inquiry-based science education.
• And for the community, it’s an opportunity to celebrate learning and inquiry by the youth who will become tomorrow’s scientists and innovators.

The Symposium will feature delegations of students from Salish Sea Expeditions’ “Sound and Source” schools from the 2009-10 school year, a project piloted through NOAA’s B-WET programs.  We also invite non-Salish students, teachers, and group leaders to join us in presenting their own field science experiences from around the region.

The Symposium will showcase the region’s student science research and field-work efforts, will provide 5-12th grade students the opportunity to present their research alongside professional scientists in related fields, and compare their own field experiences with other student-scientists. During the presentations, local scientists, policy makers and teachers will serve as panelists for the students, and likewise, students will have the opportunity to be panelists during the professional scientists’ presentations.

More key information about the Symposium:

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

PRESENTATION GUIDELINES AND PRESENTER REGISTRATION

ONLINE REGISTRATION

SYMPOSIUM LOGISTICS (Parking, Lunch, Directions to Zoo, etc).

Read More about the 2009 Student Science Symposium including an May 6, 2009 article in the Seattle Times

Sponsored by:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Puget Sound Partnership, Woodland Park Zoo, Washington State Academy of Sciences, Washington State Department of Ecology, Washington Sea Grant and the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks