. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. UNC Sea Grant V October 1985 , , State UD>a"- ti. 0. a)AST Swatch Puerto Rican exchange takes teachers back to school. Photo by Sarah Friday t didn't take much advertising for Lundie Spence, UNC Sea Grant's marine education specialist, to round up a group of qual- ified teachers for a special workshop in Puerto Rico July 14 to 22. Sixteen edu- cators from North Carolina and Puerto Rico signed on the dotted line, paid their money and joined Spence and Juan Gonzalez, Puerto Rico Sea Grant's marine ed
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. UNC Sea Grant V October 1985 , , State UD>a"- ti. 0. a)AST Swatch Puerto Rican exchange takes teachers back to school. Photo by Sarah Friday t didn't take much advertising for Lundie Spence, UNC Sea Grant's marine education specialist, to round up a group of qual- ified teachers for a special workshop in Puerto Rico July 14 to 22. Sixteen edu- cators from North Carolina and Puerto Rico signed on the dotted line, paid their money and joined Spence and Juan Gonzalez, Puerto Rico Sea Grant's marine edu- cation specialist, for a unique cultural and scientific ex- change program on the southwestern coast of the island. For the entire week, it was the teachers' turn to learn. "This was a pilot program to see if the two educa- tion systems could work bilingually and biculturally. And it did," says Spence. "It took some translators. But on the whole, because we were using hands-on ac- tivities, language and culture were not a barrier. There was a definite exchange and a ; Wanted: Teachers with a sense of adventure and a desire to explore. Must be will- ing to travel. Full-time one week position available. Fringe benefits to last a lifetinne. Eight teachers from North Carolina and eight from Puerto Rico crossed the lan- guage barrier and brought the class- room to life in the mountains, on the beaches and in the fields of Puerto Rico. The group spent part of the time in the class sharing curricula and studying the island's ecosystems, and the rest of the time probing those habitats. For the teachers, this was a trip on the nature trail of their dreams. Coral reefs, mangrove swamps, tropical caves, experimental farms, rain forests and bioluminescent waters were located within two hours of their base in the village of Parguera. "With a small amount of driving, these teachers were able to see a great diversity of habitats," says Spence. That's
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