Outreach
Girls in Science and Engineering Day at the Intrepid Museum, NYC, March 6 2021
Kahina and Emily prepared a cool video to explain the research they are so passionate about
Watch the video.
Article published in Futurum Careers:
https://futurumcareers.com/how-microbes-in-iceland-can-teach-us-about-possible-life-on-mars
https://doi.org/10.33424/FUTURUM112
This article was produced by Futurum, a magazine and online platform aimed at inspiring young people to follow a career in the sciences, research and technology. For more information, teaching resources, and course and career guides, see www.futurumcareers.com
Great project for plankton lovers: Make Your Own: Bioluminescent Dinoflagellate by Kitty Quitmeyer
February 2019: Kids Week 2019 at the Intrepid Museum
For this event, Sophie Charvet, Nick Bock, Emily Waggoner and Ben Ramcharitar developed an educational activity that will soon be available to download!
Funding: NSF award #OCE 1458070 and OCE 1737083
The Duhamel Lab booth: we discussed the biological carbon pump, and phytoplankton adaptations to different environmental conditions in the Ocean, including light, nutrients and pH. Left to right: Emily, Ben, Sophie and Nick.
March 2018: Sun-Earth Day at the American Museum of Natural History
For this event, Nick Bock and Sophie Charvet developed an educational activity that can be downloaded here:
Funding: NSF award #OCE 1458070
Example of phytoplankton cultures grown in our lab: see the different colors due to different pigment content
The Duhamel Lab booth: we discussed the importance of phosphorus and phytoplankton adaptations to different environmental conditions in the Ocean. Left: Cassia and Persis showing the many shapes of phytoplankton. Right: Sophie showing the pigment composition of phytoplankton.
March 2017: Sun-Earth Day at the American Museum of Natural History
Funding: NSF award #OCE 1737083 and 1458070
Our team: From left to right: Maria Hernandez, Solange Duhamel, Christopher Hamilton, Nick Bock
April-May 2015: 826NYC workshop
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Feb-March 2015: OUTPACE cruise
http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2016/03/03/in-a-vast-ocean-studying-impact-of-the-tiniest-creatures/
https://outpace.mio.univ-amu.fr/spip.php?rubrique74
https://www.ird.fr/toute-l-actualite/science-en-direct/outpace-2015
Additional videos (in French):
OUTPACE - 20 Feb 2015 - Cruise starts
OUTPACE - 10 March - First Long station
OUTPACE - 17 March - After 15 days at sea
OUTPACE - 27 March - Second Long station
OUTPACE - 15 April - Third Long station
October 2014 and 2016: LDEO Open House
Duhamel Lab activities:
Working on a ship: how to tie knots and secure equipment
Build your own phytoplankton: Will it float or will it sink?
Photo credits: Solange Duhamel
April 2014: Northern Valley Earth Fair
This event was highligted in the St John's University newsletter. Click on the picture to open the newsletter.
Solange demonstrating the principles of pressure increase with ocean depth. Photo credits: Kim Popendorf
March 2013: Women in Science discussion panel at LDEO
http://twitpic.com/cdgwgk
Group picture: Women in Science discussion at LDEO. Photo credits: Minosca Alantra
October 2011, 2012: Lamont-Doherty Earth observatory open house
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/events/open-house
Kids learning about surface tension with the penny plop experiment (C-MORE Kit) at LDEO Open House 2012. Photo credits: Solange Duhamel
Kids learning about density with the Cartesian diver experiment (C-MORE Kit) at LDEO Open House 2012. Photo credits: Solange Duhamel
March 2012: Falmouth (MA) high school science fair
http://www.falmouth.k12.ma.us/index.php/gallery/sciencefair/2012sciencefair/410
Kids learning about density with the Cartesian diver experiment (C-MORE Kit) at Falmouth high school science fair 2012. Photo credits: Solange Duhamel
Monica and Solange at the Falmouth high school science faire (2012). Photo credits: Solange Duhamel
May 2011: UH Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education Program, public outreach series (HI): “Big Rapa Expedition: Sea It Live”.
http://www.hanaumabayeducation.org/
Speakers of the UH Sea Grant Hanauma Bay lecture (May 2011). From left to right: Elisha, Alli, Solange, Ken. Photo credits: Fenina Buttler
Outreach at the University of Hawaii
February 2011: Leeward Regional Science Olympiad
http://www.hsso.org/?q=node/6
Experiment to illustrate ocean acidification. Ocean FEST 2010. Photo credits: Solange Duhamel