Declining fish populations and you...

DigitalOcean has asked GLOBE’s help in spreading the word about an opportunity for middle and high school teachers and classrooms to participate in their pilot program DigitalOcean: Sampling the Sea, which aims to interactively educate the next generation of seafood consumers about declining global fish populations and implications for humans and oceans. Students will learn about sustainable seafood and as they communicate with classrooms from other countries, they’ll find out about differences in seafood consumption based on culture. The backbone of the program is the issue of sustainable food consumption. The program will encourage proactive solutions to the problems facing the world’s ocean fish populations. Participating teachers will receive curriculum guides, exercises, online training and support to help them implement the program. Curriculum modules will be flexible, and teachers can individually determine how much time they spend on in-class activities, from as little as three days to intermittently over three months. The pilot program seeks the participation of 200 middle and high school teachers and classrooms. Participation is limited to English-speaking classrooms in the pilot stage so as to avoid translation issues the first round. For more information and a flyer you can post at your school or send to other teachers to enlist their help with this project please go to: http://www.globe.gov/fsl/pdf/DigitalOcean_flyer.pdf For additional information on the UC Santa Barbara Center for Film, Television and New Media Web site, visit: http://www.cftnm.ucsb.edu/Programs/EMI/Research/SS.html Thanks for your interest!