2012 Marine Science Day Program

VIMS Marine Science Day Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Artwork by Erin Forgit of Williamsburg, VA

Virginia Institute of Marine Science Gloucester Point, VA

www.vims.edu

Welcome to VIMS Marine Science Day! There is NO CHARGE for activities, tours, or shuttle service.

Hot sandwiches, snacks, and drinks are available for purchase from The Kiwanis Club and Ben & Jerry’s located near the Kids’ Marine Science Pavilion.

VIMS Marine Science Day T-shirts are available for purchase in the VIMS Gift Shop, located in Watermen’s Hall, and in the Welcome Booth.

Restrooms are located in Watermen’s Hall (wheelchairaccessible restrooms are across from the elevator), Nunnally Hall (Fisheries Collection), and Chesapeake Bay Hall. Portable toilets are located in the Boat Basin.

The Parade of Marine Life begins at 11:00 am from the parking lot behind the Welcome Booth (weather permitting). These wonderful creatures were created and worn by: Bethany United Methodist Church – Children’s Ministry Rose Born Boys and Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula Carolyn Childs Daisy Girl Scout Troop Lauren Dillon Samuel, Johnathan, and Benadette Fields Carl Hershner Trenton Keener Finnegan, Rauri, and Rhiannon Kilduff Kattie McMillan Paul Nichols Aiden and Henry Sowers Ware Academy Judith Winston Sophia Woodruff Yorktown Elementary Math, Science & Technology Magnet School Lilly Zerbe

At Your Leisure . . .

These exhibits/activities are open from 10 am - 3 pm.

Circled numbers correspond to location on map (on pg. 5)

VIMS in the Bay and Around the World ! Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs

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! Ocean Acidification/NSF GK-12 Program ! Secretive Seagrass Creatures ! Muddying the Waters—Water quality & sediments ! Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program ! Weird and Wonderful Drifters—Jellyfish and other

zooplankton ! Sharks of Virginia…and Beyond ! Wonderous Wiggly Bottom Dwellers—Benthic Biodiversity ! Ghost Fishing by Lost Traps

Activities and Tours ! Teaching Marsh Tour—A full acre of grasses, shrubs,

flowers, and purpose 5 ! Diamondback Terrapins—View live terrapins and discover which habitats they prefer 6 ! Oyster Hatchery Tour—Selective breeding of oysters for oyster aquaculture 7 ! Estuaries—Where Rivers and Oceans Meet—Collecting, observing, and understanding (you may get wet and sandy) 6 ! Kids’ Marine Science Pavilion—Educational flounder ! ! ! !

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crafts, printing, and fun 3 Seagrass Ecology and Restoration—Look at local seagrasses and the animals they harbor 8 Fisheries Museum Collection—80,000 specimens from the mountain streams of Virginia to the abyssal plain 4 Mysteries in the Mud—How geochemical tracers 9 reveal the past, present, and future Multispecies Fisheries Research Lab Tour—An up-close (and microscopic) view of how researchers determine the diet and age of fish 4 Augmented Reality—An interactive look at this technology and things to come. 2 Maritime Forest—Self-guided tour 12 “Osprey for a Second”—Photo Booth 2

By The Clock 10:30 – 10:40am 10-minute Fast Talk – 1 “Fun Flounder Facts” by Lauren Nys 10:50 – 11:00am Recycling Relay Race at the VIMS Green Team Booth 11 11:00 – 11:15am Parade of Marine Life See map at lower right 11:30 – 11:45am Awards Ceremony for Parade of Marine Life costumes and Marine Science Day Artwork Contest (McHugh Auditorium) 1 12:00 – 12:45pm Seafood Cooking Demonstration and 1 Tasting Seating limited to the first 40 people 1:00 – 1:10pm

10-minute Fast Talk – “Taking a Bite out of Shark Bycatch” by Richard Brill 1

1:30 – 1:40pm

Recycling Relay Race at the VIMS Green Team Booth 11

2:00 – 2:10pm

10-minute Fast Talk – “Welcome to the VIMS OspreyCam” by David Malmquist 1

Art Contest Winners Grand Prize Winner – Erin Forgit Adult Category (9th grade – adults) First Place - Erin Forgit, Warhill High School, Williamsburg Second Place - Phyllis Faas, Williamsburg Third Place – Joy Klein, Gloucester Point Child Category (K – 8th grade) First Place – Katie McSweeney, 5th grade, Achilles Elementary School, Hayes Second Place – David Singletary, 6th grade, Grafton Middle School, Yorktown Third Place - Savannah Williams, 6th grade, Grafton Middle School, Yorktown Honorable Mentions: Nicole Brown, 5th grade, Ware Academy; Jessica Quillman, 6th grade, Grafton Middle School; Angela Milligan, 6th grade, Ware Academy; Sierra Harris, 6th grade, Passage Middle School

Campus Map Follow the blue and yellow arrows on campus to Marine Science Day activities and exhibits.

1. Watermen’s Hall 2. Chesapeake Bay Hall 3. Kids’ Marine Science Pavilion 4. Fisheries Museum Collection 5. Teaching Marsh 6. VIMS Beach Entrance 7. Oyster Hatchery 8. Seagrass Greenhouse 9. Algal Floway 10. VIMS Associates’ Tent 11. VIMS Green Team 12. Maritime Forest

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Walking Distances: Watermen’s Hall - T eaching Marsh: 0.4 mile Teaching Marsh - VIMS Beach Walkway: 0.2 mile

Shuttle buses leave from all shuttle stops approximately every 10 minutes.

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Special Thanks For the Programs Offered by: ! The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia (CBNERRVA)

! VIMS Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM)

! Virginia Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program

! VIMS Faculty, Staff, Students, and Volunteers

And to These Marine Science Day Sponsors: Christopher Wren Association For Lifelong Learning

The Owens Foundation John & Julie Dayton

Rappahannock Concrete Corporation Martin, Ingles & Ingles Tidewater Newspapers, Inc.