June 5, 2014 — The Seacoast Science Center will celebrate World’s Ocean Day on Sunday, June 8.
This is an internationally recognized day to honor the world’s ocean and celebrate all it provides. The celebration provides a great opportunity for families to have an exciting shared learning experience focusing on the important role ocean health plays in our everyday life.
You can learn all about the center’s new drifter at 11 a.m. In partnership with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, the Center will deploy its own ocean-going drifter.
Like a high-tech “message-in-a-bottle,” the drifter will ride ocean currents and use a satellite beacon and Global Positioning System receiver to report its location in real-time. Participants will help assemble the drifter, prepare it for deployment, and learn how to keep tabs on the drifter and its data transmissions.
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