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  • Registration for the Summer 2022 Sessions of ISC Ocean Science Exploration Camp is now open!

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    The Inner Space Center is pleased to offer a Summer 2022 session of its Ocean Science Exploration Camp, a week-long, Rhode Island, day camp focused on different oceanographic themes. During this summer’s program, activities will focus on biological oceanography. Through a variety of hands-on activities, demonstrations, and field investigations, campers will follow the dynamic, ocean food chain, starting at the bottom with microscopic life and culminating…

  • ISC PD program: Using Cross-Cutting Concepts to Make Sense of Ocean Science Phenomena

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    The Inner Space Center (ISC) will host another virtual professional development (PD) program for Rhode Island middle and high school teachers on March 15, 2021.  Details and a registration link are below.  Questions?  Please contact Holly Morin (holly_morin@uri.edu). Date/Time: Monday, March 15, 2021, 9:30 – 11 am ET Provider: Inner Space Center in partnership with…

  • Ocean Exploration: Naval Science and Technology Camp

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    July 20-24, 2020 9AM – 3PM URI Narragansett Bay Campus   The University of Rhode Island’s (URI) College of Ocean Engineering, in partnership with the URI Inner Space Center (ISC), is offering Ocean Exploration: Naval Science and Technology Camp to current high school students.  This week-long day camp will focus on exploring the ocean using…

  • Registration is now open for Summer 2019 ISC Ocean Exploration Camp

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    Registration is now open for the ISC’s Summer 2019 session of Ocean Science Exploration Camp. This year’s camp will take place from July 15-19, 2019, at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography in Narragansett, RI, and will focus on physical oceanography. The global ocean is the key element in Earth’s hydrologic cycle (water cycle) and plays…

  • World Oceans Day Tri-Ship Connection

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    Celebrate World Oceans Day and join the Inner Space Center as it connects LIVE with three ocean science and exploration vessels: the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, E/V Nautilus, and RV Falkor.  Tune in through Facebook Live and/or YouTube on June 8, 2018, at 3:00 pm ET, and hear from scientists, engineers, and other crew as they discuss the important (and exciting!) work they are conducting to understand our…

  • Registration is now open for Summer 2018 ISC Ocean Exploration Camp

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    Registration is now open for the ISC’s Summer 2018 session of Ocean Science Exploration Camp. This year’s camp will take place from July 23-27, 2018, at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography in Narragansett, RI, and will focus on biological oceanography. Biological oceanography is the study of marine animals, their distribution and abundance, and how…

  • Inner Space Center to broadcast ENDEAVOR LIVE!

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    Students from the University of Rhode Island Honors Program will depart Tuesday, April 3 on a six-day oceanographic research expedition, and you are invited to come along. Learn about their exciting research and directly ask the students and scientists questions during three live broadcasts and one hosted event. The ISC will broadcast LIVE from URI’s…

  • Upcoming Girl Scouts of Southern New England (GSSNE) Events

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    Walk the Plank-ton! Did you know the ocean’s smallest living organisms, plankton, are the most important part of the marine food chain? A teaspoon of seawater can contain up to a million of these important, one-celled organisms! Join the ISC on an adventure to learn about these incredible, microscopic creatures by investigating live plankton samples…

  • NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Gulf of Mexico 2017 Expedition

    NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Gulf of Mexico 2017 Expedition

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    Welcome to the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Gulf of Mexico 2017 expedition! The team will be exploring the Gulf of Mexico from November 29 – December 21, 2017, using multibeam sonar and the remotely operated vehicle (ROV), Deep Discoverer, to explore the  seafloor. The 23-day expedition will focus on acquiring data on priority exploration areas identified by ocean…

  • March 2017 Newsletter

    March 2017 Newsletter

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    Hello Ocean Explorers: We are pleased to announce the launch of our Northwest Passage Project’s website, www.northwestpassageproject.org. The Northwest Passage Project (NPP), an innovative science and education initiative that includes an expedition into the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. This National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project will engage intergenerational cohorts of high school, undergraduate, and graduate students…