Arctic Primary Productivity Observational Synthesis Project

Outreach

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Dylan the Diatom
A short film starring a likable little diatom...

This is a 7 minute animation narrated by "Dylan the Diatom" who discusses the life cycle of a diatom. This animation is accessible on YouTube, and at the websites of APL, BLOS(www.bigelow.org), as part of its DLESE-linked educational products and linked to the BLOS web-based modules for Phytopia, a teacher-acclaimed CD-ROM teaching tool, and ASLO(http://www.aslo.org/education/teaching.html).
Credits
Lead PI: Paty Matrai
Original Concept: Mike Steele
Animation team leader and scriptwriter: Janet Olsonbaker
Production leader: Troy Tanner
Student animator: Anna Czoski
Science consultants: Mike Steele, Paty Matrai, Victoria Hill, Lou Codispoti, and Bonnie Light

Climate Change Lessons from the Arctic:
A call to Action as We Enter the Anthropocene
This outreach presentation was used as the basis for a keynote talk Lou Codispoti gave at the global warming teach in held at Chesapeake College on Feb. 4th, 2009. This formed a portion of a national teach in on global change.
Lou Codispoti shows a group of kids how the Arctic has changed.
Photo from the Horm Point Open House, Oct. 13th, 2007.