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EXXONMOBIL AWARDS $100,000 GRANT TO DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB FOR TRAVELING BAYMOBILE EXHIBIT January
24, 2001 |
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Contact: Lisa Young 334/861-7509 The Dauphin Island Sea Lab will be taking its marine specimen show on the road, thanks to a $100,000 grant from ExxonMobil to fund "BayMobile," a travelling touch lab. Now school kids and civic groups throughout the state of Alabama can have the experience of petting a shark or stroking an octopus, and learning all about the fundamentals of marine and pure science. BayMobile is planned to be a marine educational outreach program that takes coastal Alabama flora, fauna, and issues to schools throughout the state. Its mission is to use coastal examples to help teach the principles of science to students who might never have an opportunity to visit the coast. Live specimens, static exhibits and curriculum materials will be carried aboard the BayMobile truck and presented to individual classes in large seminar presentations. Dr. John Dindo, Chair of the Sea Lab's K-12 and teacher education programs, states, "BayMobile will not only enhance the understanding of our watershed issues, but it will also enlighten students, teachers, and adults to resources available along Alabama's shoreline. Thanks to this generous donation from ExxonMobil, new audiences will have a chance to experience real hands-on science education - lessons so fun, they'll last a lifetime." "The Dauphin Island Sea Lab is an Alabama treasure - a first-rate research and educational facility. The Sea Lab staff is dedicated to sound science and sound education. We are delighted to help extend that treasure to children who can't visit the Lab on Dauphin Island," states Monte Olson, Operations Superintendent of Mobile Bay Operations of ExxonMobil Production Company. The Sea Lab would like to acknowledge Alabama Power for their original seed grant in formulating the concept of BayMobile. For media only: Press contact for ExxonMobil: Dave J. Gardner Field Public Affairs Manager Ph: 504/561-3362 E-mail: dave.j.gardner@exxon.com |
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