Sea Grant scholarships include equipment for assembling a weather station at each participant s school as well as workshop housing, some meals and educational materials. Scott Aquarium educators along with personnel from the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command will introduce teachers from Mississippi and Alabama to the science of meteorology. Students of participating teachers will also have the opportunity to collect weather data throughout the year and contribute it to a two-state weather database.
Hurricanes are exciting.
The ocean is exciting. This is a good way to help students key into science and get interested, Dr. Martha Sager, Scott Aquarium coordinator of educational programs, said. Teachers may earn three continuing education units. Maximum class size is 18. The J.L. Scott Marine Education Center and Aquarium is part of the University of Southern Mississippi Institute of Marine Sciences.