The high-school senior was joined by another classmate from MHS’ Cooperative Training Program, Michael Moran, who commented he too was a science buff and wondered about marine biology as a career.
For both of these young men and the rest of the attendees the lectures were extremely engaging and easily understood even for novices.
The Asia Pacific Academy of Sciences, Science Education, and Environmental Management purposely sets a short time limit for presentations to keep the material focused and broad enough to captivate the general public as well as hard-core scientists.
The first presentation of the day featured research and conclusions from tracking the migratory bird — Pacific Golden-Plover — during its journey from the Pacific islands to Alaska and back.
This reporter —with very little hard scientific knowledge — expected to be overwhelmed with technical language and statistics, but instead the presentation was visually engaging and the data conclusions and their importance easily understandable.
The movie that followed, “Traditional Fishing on Guam: Chamoru Chenchulu Fishermen,” was also a gem that drew in the viewer and made one want to see and hear more from the traditional island fishing masters.
Day 2 agenda
Tomorrow’s agenda starts at 3:30 p.m. at the American Memorial Park auditorium on the subjects of PCB’s and Saipan fish, reproductive characteristics of the crab family Xanthidae; Marianas High School’s new curriculum of sciences and mathematics through the study of aviation.
Rounding-out the program are developments regarding the Mariana Islands Marine National Monument Science Plan, and the CNMI’s bio-sampling program.
Admission is free and agenda items last approximately 25-minutes and then open up for lively question and answer sessions.
Interested members from the public and government resource agencies are strongly encouraged to attend.
For more information, contact John Furey via email at [email protected].
