February 5: SEMASC Lock-in at Middleborough High School

41° 52' 49" N
70° 52' 27" W
Coordinates from Stephen Morse. Look up your own and calculate how many degrees, minutes, and seconds you are from Middleborough (aka Middleboro) High School.

The EarthView team was pleased to be invited to stay way up past their bedtimes as a special guest of the annual meeting of the Southeast Massachusetts Association of Student Councils (SEMASC) at Middleborough High School.

EarthView usually does not have a DJ. At the SEMASC meeting, hundreds of students had the chance to dancewhile experiencing the earthin a whole new way!

We hope SEMASC students will check back here for photos and post their comments and questions.

Oceania

One of the most important lessons of EarthView is that the earth is mainly covered in water. For decades, Dr. Sylvia Earle has been a leader in helping people to understand and explore oceans. Listen to her conversation with radio host Tom Ashbrook to learn about her work, her leadership as a woman in science, and how she got Google Earth to take oceans seriously! You can even follow the discussion on your own computer, using the new layers in Google Oceans. The Ocean layer includes a lot of links to ocean photos, videos, and more from National Geographic and other partners.

Another surprise for many EarthView visitors is the extent of islands and island chains in the Pacific Ocean. Even for the well-traveled EarthView Team, many of the island nations -- and even the U.S. island territories -- are difficult to place. We are finding the Australia/Oceania quiz from Lizard Point helpful, though we still have a lot to learn about this part of the world.

MaCIE at BSC

41º 59’17” N
70º 58’21” W
Find the latitude and longitude of your own home or other location in an atlas or at Steve Morse.



To conclude Geography Awareness Week and International Education Week, EarthView is at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Council for International Education (MaCIE), which is being held Bridgewater State College -- the home of EarthView -- on Friday, November 20, 2009.

Endicott College

42° 33' 11" N
70° 50' 50" W
Find the latitude and longitude of your own home or other location in an atlas or at Steve Morse

Dr. Hayes-Bohanan was very pleased to bring EarthView to the beautiful, seaside campus of Endicott College in Beverly. He was there to help the School of International Education kick off its celebration of International Education Week and Geography Awareness Week. EarthView will end the week at home, as Bridgewater State College hosts the annual meeting of MaCIE on Friday.



Members of the Endicott community are invited to post questions, comments, and ideas using the Comments link below.
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