Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
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Mangrove Education and Restoration Blog North Carolina State University (NCSU) student Ryann Rossi is studying mangrove disease throughout the Bahamas. Through a partnership with NCSU, our students in the B.A.M. and J.A.M.I.N. programs are participating in her hands-on citizen science …
Mangrove Education and Restoration Blog Ashanti Lyttle is a 10th grade student at William Knibb High School in Falmouth, Jamaica. She is an aspiring biologist who would like to one day work in the human health field. Ashanti loves learning …
Mangrove Education and Restoration Blog Did you know that there is a native Jamaican dialect? You have probably heard it before if you listen to Bob Marley or other Jamaican reggae musicians. The dialect is called Patois or Patwa. The …
Mangrove Education and Restoration Blog “A sea cucumber is a part of the phylum Echinodermata. Can anyone recall what characteristics animals in the phylum Echinodermata have?” asks Amy Heemsoth, Director of Education for the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation. …
Mangrove Education and Restoration Blog With the school holidays behind us, we returned to The Bahamas and Jamaica in mid-January for the second phase of the Mangrove Education and Restoration Programs. During these trips, I was accompanied by two special …
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation has formed several education partnerships to bring marine science education and the Coral Reef Ecology Curriculum to students and teachers around the world. Alligator Head Foundation Alligator Head Foundation is a non-profit …
It’s that time of year again – We J.A.M.I.N.! In partnership with the University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Marine Lab, we have kicked-off the 2017-2018 Jamaican Awareness of Mangroves in Nature (J.A.M.I.N.) program. This year we would like …
Join along with Living Oceans Foundation Education Director, Amy Heemsoth, as she recounts in these photos her trip back to the Bahamas to kick-off the 2017-2018 Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program. We welcome all the first-year participants to the B.A.M. program!
With the help of our partners FRIENDS of the Environment in the Bahamas and the University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Marine Lab in Jamaica, we have successfully completed the third year of J.A.M.I.N. and second year of B.A.M. …
Previously, you heard the voice of the students in our J.A.M.I.N. program. Now it’s time to hear how the students in The Bahamas feel about our B.A.M. program. B.A.M. Year 1 Program “This program has been the best …
