Science Behind the Seafood
The Chef Seafood Symposium is a Virginia Sea Grant annual event that invites professional, apprentice, and student chefs for a day of learning about seafood and the science behind the products chefs serve.
Coastal & Ocean Literacy
What We Do
Virginia Sea Grant seeks to increase the coastal and ocean literacy of citizens, students, teachers, culinary industry members, consumers, and local resource managers. The education team within the Marine Advisory Services Department at VIMS maintains an online clearinghouse of marine education information, conducts teacher workshops, and sponsors educational events and programs.
Education projects led by Marine Advisory Services at VIMS include:
- The Bridge Ocean Science Education Resource Center
- Blue Crab Bowl
- Professional Development for Educators and Culinary Professionals
- Seafood Education
- Climate Literacy Workshop
Current work is featured below
Bishop Sullivan Takes 1st at 2012 Blue Crab Bowl
For a record fifth year in row, Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School (Virginia Beach) took first place at the annual Blue Crab Bowl, Virginia’s marine and ocean science quiz competition. This year’s Blue Crab Bowl was held at Old Dominion University on March 3. Other placing teams including Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School (Glenns) in second, Seton School (Manassas) in third, and Grafton High School (Yorktown) in fourth.
UVA Bay Game Gives Students a Stake in the Bay
What should farmers be doing to improve the health of Chesapeake Bay? How about watermen? And regulators?
The UVA Bay Game is a large-scale simulation that allows players to take the perspectives of these and other stakeholders in the Bay region. In honor of Earth Day 2011, on April 22, students at seven universities in the region gathered on their home campuses and communicated with each other through internet videoconferencing for a little bit of friendly competition and a lot of learning.
Virginia Beach School Takes First at Marine Science Competition
For a record forth year in a row, Bishop Sullivan High School took top honors at the Annual Blue Crab Bowl on Saturday February 26. Students Walker Olsen, Cameron Forren, Mary Chang, Nathan Taylor, and Joe Brindenstine with their coach, science teacher Bill Dunn were awarded a Blue Crab Bowl Trophy to commend their success at the day-long marine science quiz tournament held at Virginia Institute of Marine Science (Gloucester Point).
Scientists in the Classroom
The PERFECT Program is taking marine science graduate students out of their labs and into K-12 classrooms. Last year, nine VIMS students taught in local schools and developed their science communication skills in the process. This fall, a new cohort of scientists-in-training is poised to enter the program.
Blue Crab Bowl
Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School of Virginia Beach repeated as champions of the annual Blue Crab Bowl, a regional academic competition that tests students’ knowledge of the oceans. The team earned the right to represent Virginia in the National Ocean Science Bowl (NOSB©) in Washington, D.C., on April 25–27. There the team faced 24 other [...]
Teachers Navigate the Web
This summer, the Web site that is teachers’ preferred source for reliable marine science resources got a facelift. Virginia Sea Grant educators developed the Bridge a decade ago, and the site remains strong in the age of Google.
