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This leg of the R/V Melville Research Cruise (Guam-Guam, March 4-April 12, Bloomer & Stern, co-chief scientists, sponsored by the National Science Foundation) includes an important science education component. Dr. Homer Montgomery, Assistant Professor - Science/Mathematics Education at UTD, will also participate in the cruise. Two 8th grade science teachers, Katy Myrick (Garland ISD) and Rick Ford (Keller ISD) will join the scientific crew for the entire 6 week leg, which will be devoted to surveying and sampling the southern Mariana arc and back-arc basin system as part of the NSF MARGINS initiative/Subduction Factory experiment. Montgomery, Myrick, and Ford will participate as 'normal' members of the scientific crew, standing watch, etc., and will communicate with the UTD School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics land-based team to share their learning experiences.

Throughout the cruise, the participation of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the University of Hawaii (Hawaii MR-1), Oregon State University, and The University of Texas at Dallas will be highlighted, along with the support of the National Science Foundation.

While the Science/Mathematics Education activities will be noticed much aboard ship, The Subduction Crew website will have a huge impact on land — bringing a bit of the science and shipboard experience to classrooms around the globe.

SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Science Education Team

Homer Montgomery, Ph.D.
Science/Mathematics Education, Assistant Professor.
The scientist seduced by education, serves as the Science/Mathematics Education Department’s liaison to UTD’s Geosciences Department and other scientists.

Katy Myrik, M.A.T.
Garland ISD, Science Teacher. An eighth grade science teacher at Austin Academy in Garland, Texas.

Rick Ford
Keller ISD, Science Teacher; Head of the Science Department at Fossil Hill Middle School in Keller, Texas.

GEOSCIENCES DEPARTMENT

Robert J. Stern, Ph.D.
Geosciences, Department Head

Jill Shipman
Graduate Student, Geosciences

Adam Robinson
Graduate Student, Geosciences

SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS

Rebekah K. Nix, M.A.T.
Educational Assistant

Punya Narra
Technical Assistant & Graduate Student, Computer Science

Arnold Chang
Technical Assistant & Graduate Student, Physics

The National Science Foundation

MARGINS initiative/Subduction Factory experiment

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Oregon State University

The University of Hawaii

More details for this section will be available soon!