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Dauphin Island Sea Lab Helps Students
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Contact: Lisa Young 334/861-7509 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 23, 2001 (Dauphin Island, Alabama) Dauphin Island Sea Lab Helps Students Make a "Vital Link" Collecting marine specimens, learning about water quality, releasing sea turtles - is this what being an aquarist is all about? Six seventh-grade students from Alba Middle School are finding out just what it takes to take care of the animals in the Sea Lab's Estuarium as the students participate in the Mobile Area Education Foundation's Vital Link Program. This shadow/mentor program gives students a first-hand learning opportunity with a number of area businesses, including the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. These budding aquarists will be at the Sea Lab from May 22-25, 8am to noon. These students will be shadowing Senior Aquarist Brian Jones, and Aquarists Sharyl Crossley and Kyle Weis as they show the students what goes into maintaining the health and welfare of the Estuariumıs terrestrial and aquatic inhabitants. As an unexpected bonus, the students will be able to witness first hand a sea turtle release on Thursday, May 24, 2001. The Dauphin Island Sea Lab is proud to participate in this vibrant learning program with the Mobile Area Education Foundation. Sea Lab Vital Link Students: Joseph Carter Kee Orea Cobb Jonathan Marion Aladrian Payne Stephany Stewart Roumorng Suon Chaperone: Martin Welch ATTN: NEWS/ASSIGNMENT DESK EDITOR Please contact Robert Dixon, Estuarium Manager, 861-7550, if you'd like to do a story on the Vital Link Students. Schedule: 5/22- Intro, Filter Cleaning, Feeding 5/23 - Seining on the Beach/Marsh, collecting 5/24 - Turtle release, tank maintenance 5/25 - Tank maintenance, Graduation |
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