Newsletters

Periodic newsletters (about 2 annually) are sent out to our mailing list. The newsletter includes articles from the director, highlights of ongoing marine mammal research and information about Natural History trips. Also included are close-ups articles on individual researchers. To sign up for a copy please contact Sheri Woods. Previous newsletters can be downloaded as well:

December 2006 Newsletter (PDF)
August 2006 Newsletter (PDF)
September 2007 Newsletter (PDF)
December 2007 Newsletter  (PDF)

Curriculum for Science Teachers, Grades 6-9

As part of its education mission, the Institute worked with several accomplished marine educators to produce a whale-focused curriculum for grades 6–9, using the appeal of whales to help teach science and math.

See the Contents page here.

By Vicki Osis, Susan Leach Snyder, Rachel Gross, Bill Hastie and Beth Broadhurst
Produced by the OSU Marine Mammal Institute
Price: $17, plus $4 shipping and handling

This new curriculum provides a comprehensive look at whales, using engaging illustrations and classroom activities to immerse students in a fascinating study.

Topics include: an introduction to whales, whale habitats, exploitation of whales, current threats to whales, whale investigations, and current whale research. Materials are matched to national science education standards.

To order a copy, please contact Vicki Osis at the OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center. Unfortunately, we are not able to accept charge or debit cards at this time. Checks or money orders should be made out to the OSU Marine Mammal Program and mailed, along with your name, mailing address, and number of copies requested, to:

Vicki Osis
Hatfield Marine Science Center
2030 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport OR 97365

SeaFest – Highlight on a summer event at the Coast

The Hatfield Marine Science Center hosts SeaFest, a one-day open house that invites the public for a behind-the-scenes peek at what goes on at Oregon State University's center for ocean sciences at Newport. Only about 10 percent of the facility -- the Visitor Center -- is typically open to the public. This popular event provides a free stop for visitors to the coast. But the displays only whet the appetite for a closer look at what goes on in the rest of the facility, where 11 federal, state, and other agencies share office and lab space with programs from Oregon State University.

Since 2000, the staff at HMSC have planned this event as an open house. The event was modeled after an annual event sponsored by the University of Delaware Sea Grant College Program, Coast Day, which since 1976 has drawn tens of thousands of visitors to the Atlantic coast each year. Scientists, staff and students all participate in this annual event and the response from everyone is a unanimous thumbs up. It’s an event to be sure not to miss. Here is a link to this year’s event that occurs on June 28, 2008:
http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/seafest/

Whale Watching Spoken Here – Each year, Bruce Mate conducts a training session for “Whale Watching Spoken Here” volunteers – to learn more about this opportunity and to sign up as a volunteer, please click here.