Susan Haskell Rutgers MARE team, Cedar Creek Elementary, Educational Testing Service (ETS)
@shaske active 1 year, 6 months ago
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Susan Haskell commented on the blog post How does MARE fit with the NJCCC STANDARDS? 1 year, 6 months ago
I apologize for the spacing in the chart. It is a MSword document and would not maintain the spacing when published on the blog. For example, “MathArt” is not a compound word I designed myself! LOL
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Susan Haskell wrote a new blog post Props for MARE Participants! in the group
MARE: 1 year, 6 months ago
I was browsing through the October 30 issue of The Lacey-Barnegat Times and was excited to see 2010 MARE Summer Institute participant Gina Verderosa featured in an article! Gina received at $2,500 Go Green grant from the Ocean First Foundation to implement a variety of environmentally themed projects at the Joseph T. Donahue School in Barnegat,…[Read more] -
Susan Haskell wrote a new blog post How does MARE fit with the NJCCC STANDARDS? in the group
MARE: 1 year, 6 months ago
The honest answer is easily and everywhere! The MARE activities span multiple disciplines including components of writing, reading, art, cooperative learning, math, history, physical education and of course Science! These same activities often spark extension lessons in music, interpersonal skills, vocabulary and spelling, and theater. For…[Read more] -
Susan Haskell posted on the forum topic 2010 MARE Summer Institute Project Ideas in the group
MARE: 1 year, 8 months agoHi Elizabeth, This sounds like a great place to start! I think you can tie this lesson into map skills in your Social Studies curriculum too, by adding county or state mapping into the sustainable seafood local guide. Perhaps the students could do a few site visits to the restaurants and take pictures or video. [...]
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MARE 1 year, 8 months agoUse this simple checklist to plan your first MARE club.
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Susan Haskell wrote a new blog post: MARE Goes To The Club 1 year, 8 months ago
MARE is branching out from whole school participation, into small designated clubs. These clubs can be school based or community based, such as 4H or Scouting. The advantages of the club format include: freedom….sweet freedom! Freedom from tests, Freedom from curriculum constraints, Freedom of participants, Freedom of meeting times, Freedom…[Read more] -
Susan Haskell posted on the forum topic 2010 MARE Summer Institute Project Ideas in the group
MARE: 1 year, 9 months agoThank you, there are some great shots of the plant life on Island Beach State Park in there. Well done. I placed a link to your flicker page on the blog for Day 2. Thanks again, keep sharing!
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Susan Haskell posted on the forum topic 2010 MARE Summer Institute Project Ideas in the group
MARE: 1 year, 9 months agoLove it! Love it! Love it! Live data collection Everyone is involved, cooperative learning MARE lesson It Takes All Kinds is in there Cross Curricular connections Technology A+ Have the students come up with a cool or catchy name (Captain Hook’s Bio Blitz, Sandy counts Seashells down by the seashore, etc.)and some visual designs using [...]
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Susan Haskell wrote a new blog post: August 2010 National Report on Water Quality 1 year, 9 months ago
The Natural Resources Defense Council, a national environmentalist group, realeased its annual “Testing the Waters” report last week (8/1/2010). The report contains results from over 200 bay and ocean beach water samplings over the past year. Beachwood Beach West was ranked the state’s dirtiest with 51% of samples exceeding safe bacteria levels…[Read more] -
Susan Haskell started the forum topic 2010 MARE Summer Institute Project Ideas in the group
MARE: 1 year, 9 months agoPlease post a short, informal desciption of your project in this forum. Remember, try to stay within the target themes from the Summer Institute: Weather and climate, Sustainable Seafood, Fish/Clams,and Mapping/Biodiversity. For example: MARE Theme: Mapping/Biodiversity Grade level: 6 Data Collection: The students will observe and record the…[Read more]
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Susan Haskell wrote a new blog post: 2010 MARE Summer Institute: Let’s Get Physical, Day 4 1 year, 9 months ago
Kinesthetic Fun With Rob Causton The MARE curriculum is an all inclusive smorgasboard! Knowledge from the classroom is included in physical education games and activities, thanks to the imagination and talent of Mr. Rob Causton. Participants worked cooperatively in teams during the Vent Shrimp Kinesthetic Activity, where bean bags represented…[Read more] -
Susan Haskell posted on the forum topic MARE Summer Institute 2010 in the group
MARE: 1 year, 9 months agoYou rock Rob! Thanks for all of the fun and totally gross movement activities! I am determined to do them with my students, even if I am not the PE teacher.
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Susan Haskell wrote a new blog post: 2010 MARE Summer Institute: Something’s Fishy in A.C. Day 3 1 year, 9 months ago
Today, the MARE Summer Institute participants visited the Atlantic City Ocean Life Center Aquarium and toured the dock area. What a great experience! Guy shared his vast knowledge about clams and the clamming industry. All followed by a sampling of the most delicious recipes using local clams. The participants learned about SeaWatch, the…[Read more] -
Susan Haskell wrote a new blog post: The Jelllyfish Song 1 year, 9 months ago
This is the script for the wonderful Jellyfish song/dance from artist, scientist, and storyteller Anne Carla Rovetta. Get your students dancing! (Teacher leads and students repeat each line) Thumbs up Jellyfish, jellyfish, jellyfish, fish (clap) Jellyfish, jellyfish, jellyfish, fish (clap) Thumbs up Wrists together Repeat jellyfish chorus…[Read more]
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Susan Haskell wrote a new blog post: 2010 MARE Summer Institute: Where Am I? Mapping from Beach to Bay, Day 2 1 year, 9 months ago
Good morning Island Beach State Park! The Summer Institute participants began their day with a nature walk from the Interpretive Center at one of the few state parks on an incredibly beautiful barrier island. They were led by park personel and Dan Merchant, an environmental science student at Rutgers University. The group’s task for the…[Read more] -
Susan Haskell wrote a new blog post: 2010 MARE Summer Institute: Getting Your Feet Wet, Day 1 1 year, 9 months ago
When it comes to the MARE program, it is best to just jump right in with both feet! Participants in the 2010 Summer Institute spent part of their first day seining in Barnegat Bay off of Seven Bridges Road in Tuckerton, with Dr. Motts Grothues. After a wonderful group effort at pulling in the nets, a plethora of [...] -
Susan Haskell commented on the blog post Our Own Touch Tank 1 year, 9 months ago
Since it is summer, I have been making weekly visits to my school to maintain the touch tank. I have had to add salt water ($) weekly and casualties produce nitrogen before I can scoop them out by the next week. I really don’t mind this, but I thought of an alternative for next year. [...]
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Susan Haskell wrote a new blog post: Our Own Touch Tank 1 year, 11 months ago
For years we have paid a local aquarium to bring a touch tank to our school for Ocean Week. This year we decided to dive in and try our own! We purchased a 20 gallon salt water aquarium set up and ordered both the “small marine set” and “large marine set” from Carolina Biological supply. [...]
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Susan Haskell posted an update in the group
MARE: 2 years, 1 month agoStudents teaching students: At our MARE 10 year anniversary sharing session at RU, one school showcased students teaching students what they have learned through the MARE program. I loved this idea. Students from a MARE school can visit a NON-MARE school and share their knowledge. Can you imagine the excitement of third graders teaching peers…[Read more]
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