Workshop: Oranges and Population Dynamics
The Schoodic Education and Research Center will be offering a free workshop on Saturday, June 24 in which the public can learn more about the research that Jessica Muhlin is doing in the intertidal zones on Schoodic Point. Ms. Muhlin is studying the population genetics of Fucus vesiculosus, better known to most of us as rockweed. Her research involves releases of hundreds of oranges, each marked with identifying information, as a means of collecting data on local the movement of local currents along Schoodic shoreline. The workshop includes a slide presentation describing Ms. Muhlin’s research and hand-on engagement by participants in a synchronized release of oranges from multiple locations on the Schoodic peninsula. These Research Acadia workshops are fun and engaging, and are a wonderful opportunity share in a scientist’s enthusiasm for research and to spend some time out of doors seeing what scientists do. The workshops can be especially valuable for teenagers and pre-teens who have an interest in science. The workshop begins at 9 AM at the Schooner Club on the SERC campus. For more information see the full article in the news section of this website.