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Desi Smith/Gloucester Daily Times Curtis Sarkin of Maritime Glouester talks about the ocean's food chain circle with third-graders at East Gloucester Elementary School.
Desi Smith/Gloucester Daily Times Amanda Madeira of Maritime Gloucester leads a workshop at Beeman Elementary School about the properties of water.
Curtis Sarkin of Maritime Gloucester answers third-grader Neville Clancy's questions about the ocean's food chain circle during a workshop at East Gloucester Elementary School.
Desi Smith/Gloucester Daily Times A group of East Gloucester Elementary School third-graders works together with picture cards to create a replica of the ocean's food chain circle.
Vanessa Pavia 11, is excited that she was able to get a paper clip to float in water at Beeman Elementary School.
A group of East Gloucester Elementary School third-graders works together with picture cards to create a replica of the ocean's food chain circle.
Desi Smith/Gloucester Daily Times Curtis Sarkin of Maritime Gloucester talks with third-graders about the ocean's food chain circle at East Gloucester Elementary School. Desi Smith/Gloucester Daily Times
A group of third-graders works together using picture cards to show the order of the ocean's food chain circle. Curtis Sarkin of Maritime Gloucester led the class, which was about the food web, at East Gloucester Elementary School.
Gloucester: Curtis Sarkin of Maritime Gloucester talks with third-graders at East Gloucester Elementary School about the ocean's food chain. Desi Smith/Gloucester Daily Times. January 11,2013

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January 17, 2013

Water and sea life

Maritime Gloucester brings science lessons to schools

By Times Staff Gloucester Daily Times The Gloucester Daily Times Thu Jan 17, 2013, 11:14 PM EST

While the museum and aquarium are closed for the winter, the staff of Maritime Gloucester is keeping its mission alive: to connect people to the city’s working waterfront.

Museum staffers have been visiting Gloucester’s schools to teach them about water, ocean life and various other science topics.

Recently, Amanda Madeira of Maritime Gloucester led Beeman Elementary School pupils in experiments examining the properties of fresh water versus saltwater.

Pupils at East Gloucester Elementary School learned about the ocean’s food web in a class led by museum staffer Curtis Sarkin.

The museum will be offering a variety of sessions for prekindergartners through first-graders during school vacation Feb. 18 through 22. The sessions, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the museum, are $20 for nonmembers, $15 for members. Class range from “Make your own ‘Socktopus’” to “Giant Plankton.”

More information about the museum and its program is available at maritimegloucester.org.