Presents an account of one teacher's summer experiences on a vessel in the Bering Sea and the effects of those experiences on practice. Focuses on the teamwork among the science team, officers, and crew. (DDR)

Traces the development of a marine education summer workshop for pre-college teachers. (CP)

Describes institutes and field stations available for teaching tropical marine biology. (SL)

Presents a description of a five-week summer course in marine biology and oceanography offered to college-bound, secondary students with varied physical handicaps. Summarizes insights gained after four summer sessions related to communication problems, physical arrangements for the wheelchair-bound, and handicap-proof maps; evaluates the course's…

Describes a four-week summer marine education program for handicapped high school students funded by the National Science Foundation for the last five years. Discusses goals, participants, instructors, facilities, instructional program, special equipment, and problems. (DC)

Two groups of twelve dyslexic children and twelve good readers attended a two-week class during the summer following their enrollment in grades 4-6. The topic was the marine environment and focused on the adventures of an orca whale that had lost its family and needed the children's help. The children attended class for three hours each day, 45…