Cephalopodcast

Science educators get all kinds of catalogs for cool science demos, gadgets and novelty items. Most come from standard industry scources. But occassionally I get catalogs from more eclectic sources and thought I would share a couple.

• MarineLab’s Leave Only Bubbles
  • Invertebrate replicas
• Acorn Naturalist
  • Scat replicas
  • Online Catalog
• Bone Clones
  • Walrus Skull with Tusks
• Skulls Unlimited

Steve Spangler also offers science supplies, and I just noticed he has a blog and a science podcast too.

So what kind of unusal resources have you found for science supplies? Write a comment and share, or send me an email at pulpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

[via searching Podcast Pickle]

I would not have thunk it at first, but RestaurantGuysRadio has some entertaining podcasts that might be of interest to ocean enthusisasts.

Francis Schott and Mark Pascal host the Restaurant Guys. The show includes discussions and interviews with famous chefs, restaurateurs, wine and food writers, critics; and the Guys even give stuff away occasionally.

• Red Tide: Oscar Schofield, Associate Professor of Marine Biology and Ocean Optics discusses Red Tide, its effects on the ocean environment and seafood.
• Menus aren’t just for ordering food any more: Oceanographers are using menus from 100 years ago to help determine the changes to fish populations around the world.
• Mercury in Fish: Oceana vs. Fishscam
• Beth Lowell of Oceana: Oceana campaigns to protect and restore the world’s oceans.

Looks like Monterey Bay Aquarium has started podcasting. Excellent!

Hear about hot topics in ocean science on our new “Aquarium of the Air” audio stories. It’s all part of “Oceans 2006: A Year of Exploring.” Discover more about the ocean during our Year of Exploring—through special events, monthly activities and these ocean science stories. Listen online, download or subscribe—we’ll add new stories twice a month.

• Read more and listen: Aquarium of the Air

Created in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro - although not yet officially designated by the United Nations - World Ocean Day is an opportunity each year to celebrate our world ocean and our personal connection to the sea. The Ocean Project helps each year to coordinate events and activities worldwide with aquariums, zoos, museums, conservation organizations, schools, businesses. Together with the World Ocean Network, they are also working to have the United Nations officially designate World Ocean Day as June 8th each year.

• Take time to do something good for our ocean: sign the petition today!

Download the MP3
cephalopod060608.mp3 [8.7MB 00:25:08 ]

Show Notes:

• News
  • World Oceans Day
    • The Ocean Project
    • Mother Jones: Ocean Voyager
  • Ocean Adventures on PBS
    • Episode listings (Part 1-6)
    • Teachers’ guide and lesson plans
    • Free KQED teacher workshop with River of Words, 06/17/2006
    • Current.org article on Cousteau, 11/2003
  • Princeton Art of Science 2006
  • Science Idol: the Scientific Integrity Editorial Cartoon Contest
  • Whale Remix Project
• CephaloNews
  • Cuttlefish Masters Of Disguise Despite Colorblindness
  • Hungry octopus forms trick elbow
• Features
  • Digital Fish Library
    • Scripps: Press Release
    • Science Update: Digital Fish [mp3]
  • Aquatic Podcasts
    • Van Dover delivers podcast Via Antarctica
    • This Week in Sea Turtles
    • NE Aquarium: Stars of the Sea podcast
    • National Marine Educators Association
• Tips & Tricks
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Launches On-Line Image Library
  • National Marine Protected Areas Center: Information Exchange

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Thanks for listening. If you have ideas for future programs or feedback, please send me a message at pulpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

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OCEAN [2:50]

Band: The Sharking
Alternative Pop

If you can’t make it to the meeting in person, you can still participate online.

The Conference on Ocean Literacy (CoOL) is a two-day forum that will bring together key participants to discuss the essential principles of ocean literacy and the current challenges and opportunities for both formal and informal education efforts in educating the public to make informed, responsible decisions about the ocean and its resources. CoOL will feature a combination of plenary sessions, keynote speakers and panel discussions.

Hosts: National Marine Sanctuary Foundation and partners, including the White House Council on Environmental Quality and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Interior, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Navy, the National Science Foundation, and NASA.

When: June 7-8, 2006

Where: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington D.C.

• Conference website.
• Web Cast/Participate Online. The entire two-day conference will be web cast. In addition, web visitor interactivity will be provided via a moderated web chat room and email. Links to the web cast, web chat room, and the email address will be live from this URL at the time of the event (June 7 at 9:00am EDT).

Another resource for ocean education:

The Institution has created WHOI ImageSource, a database of images and illustrations collected since the founding of the Institution in 1930. Combining a number of visual libraries and collections at the Institution, WHOI ImageSource was created to provide the interested public and the scientific community with a convenient source for their oceanographic visual needs.

The public can log in to WHOI ImageSource as a guest and view the public collections. Instructions are provided on how to log in and browse the collections, save images and seek permission for use of photographs or illustrations. The system can be accessed via the Internet at www.whoi.edu/ims

The site is still in beta form and feedback is appreciated; comments or questions can be sent to images [at] whoi [dot] edu.

• Press Release: WHOI Launches On-Line Image Library
• WHOI ImageSource