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My name is Elizabeth Gibbs and I teach life science to seventh grade
students at Thompson Middle School in Newport, Rhode Island, where I am in
my seventh year of classroom teaching. Growing up on the Rhode Island
coast, I have always loved being in, on, or around the ocean and enjoy
scuba diving, kayaking, windsurfing, and just splashing around in the
water and poking around in tide pools. With a background in environmental
education, I have taught outdoors for Boston University Sargent Camp in
Peterborough, New Hampshire, Save The Bay in Providence, Rhode Island, and
the Office of Marine Programs at the University of Rhode Island Graduate
School of Oceanography. I emphasize learning in the field as much as
possible. I have taken my students on field study trips to Rose Island,
Fort Getty, and the Newport waterfront. In 2002, I participated in an
Earthwatch program, Caring for Chimpanzees, in which I taught live from
the field while volunteering at the Chimpanzee and Human Communication
Institute in Ellensburg, Washington. In the summer of 2003, I was thrilled
at the opportunity to participate in the ARMADA project (www.armadaproject.org)
to involve my students in real-world research, allow them to conduct field
study of their own, and learn firsthand about the fascinating dusky
dolphins of New Zealand.
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