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ONLINE K-8 OCEANS INTERNET PROJECT READY TO SET SAIL
OceanEXPO, January 7 - June 10, 1997 Teaches Geography and Culture, 
Science and Sailing. Produced by Student Ocean Challenge. Mame Reynolds, 
Director
K-8 Students from around the world will begin in January to study oceans 
and oceanography as a fleet of some 50 sailboats from 17 nations begin 
to circumnavigate the globe. This sailing event commemorates the 500th
anniversary of Portuguese exploration and the opening of EXPO'98 in 
Lisbon,
Portugal.  
Through an interactive online project called OceanEXPO, students become 
explorers in their own right, as e-mailed fleet reports combine with 
monthly study units featuring geography and cultures, science, and 
sailing.  Woven throughout the program are suggestions for the 
integration of art, music, history, language arts, mathematics and the 
Internet.
Unit material is delivered by e-mail and supplemented with visuals on 
the 
World Wide Web. A print teaching guide is mailed to partcipants in 
advance.
In addition, OceanEXPO features each month an oceans expert available by 
e-mail to classroom participants.
A SAMPLING FROM THE OCEANEXPO PROGRAM
JANUARY:
Geographical Location of the Fleet:  Lisbon, Portugal and Ft. 
Lauderdale,
Florida, USA
Science:  Navigation
Sailing:  Forms of Navigation
Species of the Month:  Migratory Birds - Audubon Shearwater
Explorer of the Month:  Prince Henry, the Navigator (1416)
E-Mail Guest: Jimmy Cornell, Circumnavigator, founder and director of 
World
Cruising, London, England.
FEBRUARY:
Geographical Location:  The Panama Canal
Science:  Oceans and Technology
Sailing:  Communication at Sea
Species of the Month:  The Howler Monkey that lives in the Rain Forest
Explorer of the Month:  Bartholomew Diaz (1487)
E-Mail Guest: Capt. Rod Oakes, Panama Canal Pilot
MARCH:
Geographical Location:  The Galapagos Islands
Science:  The Ocean Floor and the Ocean Depth
Sailing:  Safety at Sea
Species of  the Month:  The Blue Shark
Explorer of the Month:  Vasco da Gama (1497)
E-Mail Guest:  Dr. Lesa Meng, Ph.D - Fish Ecologist, Galapagos Islands
APRIL:
Geographical Location:  The Marquesas Islands
Science:  Weather and Ocean Currents 
Sailing:  Keeping a Weather Eye
Species of the Month:  The Common Dolphin
Explorer of the Month:  Ferdinand Magellan (1519)
E-Mail Guest: Bill Biewenga, sailor, weather expert and marine 
consultant
MAY:
Geographical Location:  The Society Islands
Science:  The Oceans as a Food Source
Sailing:  Knots and Splices
Species of the Month:  Skipjack Tuna
Explorer of the Month:  Abel Tasman (1642)
E-Mail Guest: Prof. Dennis Nixon, Professor of Marine Affairs,
 University of Rhode Island
JUNE:  
Geographical Location:  Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu 
Science:  Nutrition
Sailing:  Making Landfall
Species of the Month:  The Humpback Whale
Explorer of the Month:  Capt. James Cook (1768-1779)
OceanEXPO wraps up its 1997 program with final updates from the sailors 
and a "Celebrate OceanEXPO Day" organized by each participating school.  
The OceanEXPO program concludes on June 10, 1997. 
How To Sign Up:
Now is a good time to sign up for OceanEXPO, as the teaching guides will 
begin mailing the first of December, and prep activities can begin.
There is a modest subscription charge of $120 for participating in the 
interactive OceanEXPO program to cover the costs of communications, 
guest honoraria, printing, moderated discussion, etc. Subscription 
includes one teaching guide and unlimited interaction in the program. 
Additional e-mail 
addresses for multiple classrooms or team teachers are $25 each.
To join the adventure, send an e-mail to  
to request a registration form. Or visit the OnlineClass Web page at 
 and fill out a form on the 
subscriptions page.
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HHMI's "Beyond Bio 101" is now on the Web!
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has published a new book
"Beyond Bio 101: The Transformation of Undergraduate Biology 
Education."  You will find "Beyond Bio 101" in its entirety on 
the Web at:
      http://www.hhmi.org/BeyondBio101
The book is also available in a free, 88-page, full-color print version, 
which you can request online by using the convenient order form
at this Web site.  Both the print and online versions are filled with 
original reporting and lively graphics. They explore the many 
changes taking place in undergraduate biology education and offer 
a wide variety of useful ideas and contacts for biology educators.
I hope you find "Beyond Bio 101" interesting and informative.
===============================================
Steffanie Lynch
link2hhmi@drwebby.com
(804) 739-0165 phone
(804) 739-6059 fax
Web outreach coordinator for "Beyond Bio 101"
 ---
To order a free printed copy of "Beyond Bio 101," visit the Web site, 
http://www.hhmi.org/BeyondBio101, or send an e-mail request with 
your name, title, and mailing address to: commpub@hq.hhmi.org
 ---
For a press release and other information on "Beyond Bio 101,"
contact the editor, David Jarmul, at 
the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
jarmuld@hq.hhmi.org
(301) 215-8857

HHMI's "Beyond Bio 101" is now on the Web!
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has published a new book
"Beyond Bio 101: The Transformation of Undergraduate Biology 
Education."  You will find "Beyond Bio 101" in its entirety on 
the Web at:
      http://www.hhmi.org/BeyondBio101
The book is also available in a free, 88-page, full-color print version, 
which you can request online by using the convenient order form
at this Web site.  Both the print and online versions are filled with 
original reporting and lively graphics. They explore the many 
changes taking place in undergraduate biology education and offer 
a wide variety of useful ideas and contacts for biology educators.
I hope you find "Beyond Bio 101" interesting and informative.
===============================================
Steffanie Lynch
link2hhmi@drwebby.com
(804) 739-0165 phone
(804) 739-6059 fax
Web outreach coordinator for "Beyond Bio 101"
 ---
To order a free printed copy of "Beyond Bio 101," visit the Web site, 
http://www.hhmi.org/BeyondBio101, or send an e-mail request with 
your name, title, and mailing address to: commpub@hq.hhmi.org
 ---
For a press release and other information on "Beyond Bio 101,"
contact the editor, David Jarmul, at 
the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
jarmuld@hq.hhmi.org
(301) 215-8857

Australian wildlife & eco pictures & qt. Announc.
You are invited to visit our website:
http://www.uq.edu.au/gulliver/
for info. and gifs of Australian wildlife & ecosystems.  Also
Quicktime movies.  This week: Koalas! (2.5mb)
Schools, students and researches are welcome to use the pictures  for
non-commercial use only, please.
The 'thumbnails' link to larger originals.  
*NOTE* The site uses frames and is best viewed with Navigator 2 (+) or
Explorer 3.

I am writing a paper this semester on the use of modern technology
and
communications in educational administration.  An area of focus that I
am
currently pursuing is the problem of growing class sizes and how the
internet
(email, usenet discussions, course web pages, etc.) can help professors
maintain contact with their students and therefore effectively manage
these
larger classes.  From personal experience, I have seen how the students
I
tutor from the local high school suffer from having little contact with
their
teachers while those in the CS course I teach for the university find
that
electronic office hours and discussions have been an invaluable study
aid.  I
look for any information or comments on the issue. Anything that you can
pass along
would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you very much for your time.
                                   ---Scott Wilks : scw2u@virginia.edu
                                   University of Virginia, Phi Eta Sigma
                                   Department of Computer Science
http://faraday.clas.virginia.edu/~scw2u/