Time traveling into coastal history

The Dauphin Island (Ala.) Sea Lab’s Discovery Hall Programs, during the state’s bicentennial year, will offer a multi-day workshop - 'Time traveling through our coastal history using seashells: A STEAM approach' – that will link science, history, and art from July 16-19. The workshop is designed for middle and high school teachers. Educators will explore how scientists use seashells and radiocarbon dating to consider human interactions with the state’s coastal ecosystems, and investigate past environmental conditions in the Gulf of Mexico.Workshop attendees will collect living and dead molluscan communities - while aboard the R/V Alabama Discovery – and discuss the science of underlying hypoxia and math behind radiocarbon dating. (Source: DISL 01/18/19)