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We LOVE plankton! And now, so does the Community Coastal Experience. With our help, they got to look at plankton here in Cordova after performing a plankton tow with Dr. Rob Campbell. #CommunityCoastalExperience #CCE #CORaLNetwork

This student was having so much fun tide pooling during the Copper River Stewardship Program Starfish are members of Phylum Echinodermata. This starfish is a Purple or Ochre Sea Star. These starfish usually are seen with 5 thick arms and are covered in white spines. #Starfish

Are you curious about how mussel abundance has changed in the Gulf of Alaska? Take a look at this video that highlights the research and findings on the topic, conducted by Gulf Watch Alaska. youtube.com/watch?v=AZex4dYv… #GulfWatchAlaska #CORaLNetwork #Mussels

Join us for Nature Journaling on Monday, July 10th from 6-7pm. We will be meeting at Odiak Pond. @Thenetloft will be joining us! #NatureJournaling

The US Forest Service met with the Community Coastal Experience Group to teach them about Dusky Canada Goose nest islands in Cordova. After we learned about nest islands, we were able to go out and help the USFS monitor a nest. #CommunityCoastalExperience #CCE #CORaLNetwork

This article mentions our avian research assistant, Anne Schaefer, and the work that she has been doing to monitor Aleutian Terns. alaskabeacon.com/2023/06/06/… PC: USFS, Tongass National Park

July is Intertidal Invertebrates Month! We want to be sure to educate you on best tidepooling practices to keep our ocean friends safe: step on rock where possible, walk don't run, wet your hand with seawater prior to touching critters, and place things back where you found them.

The Community Coastal Experience Group had a great morning at Sheridan Glacier last Friday. The glacier was very active and there were some big calving events. #CommunityCoastalExperience #CCE #CORaLNetwork

The Community Coastal Experience had a great day with the @CopperRiverWatershedProject. They learned about some of the in-progress weir and culvert monitoring projects and were able to gain skills monitoring a culvert. #CommunityCoastalExperience #CCE #CORaLNetwork

Meet the bogbean. This plant is found in wetland environments in various parts of the country, including here in Cordova. Flowers are seen in May and June. The flowers are star shaped, five-petaled, and covered in soft, white hairs.

Meet the Community Coastal Experience (CCE) Interns. This internship was funded by the CORaL Network with the overarching goal to promote equity and co-production of knowledge in STEAM fields throughout our region. #CommunityCoastalExperience #CCE #CORaLNetwork

These kiddos had so much fun in Nature Art Camp last week. They especially enjoyed picking the Lupine down by Sheridan Glacier. Did you know that Nootka Lupine have valuable nitrogen fixing bacteria that live in the nodules of their roots. #SummerCamp #Wildflowers #Lupine

Happy World Oceans Day from the Prince William Sound Science Center. We encourage everyone to take a moment today to appreciate the ocean. What better way to appreciate the ocean than to participate in our coastline cleanup from 9-4. Let's help to keep the ocean clean of trash.

In celebration of World Oceans Day, on June 8th, we will be hosting a coastline clean up. You can stop by the Science Center from 9-4 for garbage bag pick up and drop off. We will also have hot chocolate to share with anyone who participates. Let's help to keep our oceans clean.

Shown here is the anatomy of a flower. Notice that the "male" parts of the flower all labeled in blue, and together they make up the stamen. The "female" parts of the flower are labeled in pink, and together they make up the pistil. #FlowerMonth #Flowers #FlowerAnatomy

Join us for our first of three Nature Journaling sessions this summer. We hope to see you at Ski Hill.

This month we will be highlighting flowers! Before you know it we will be seeing blooming fireweed like the ones shown here. Fireweed blooms from the bottom up, with the first blooms blooming at the peak of summer and as they move their way up, summer slowly comes to an end.

The Prince William Sound Natural History Symposium will be on Tuesday, May 16th. We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a watch party, open to the public. Join us at any point throughout the day at the Science Center to partake. We will have some popcorn to snack on!

"Eye" see you getting ready for Shorebird Festival. Our avian researchers are ready to go. They will be out at Hartney Bay using mist nets to capture shorebirds, collecting the fecal droppings of migrating shorebirds to identify the presence of microplastics. #Shorebirds

Check out our latest Ask a Scientist question and answer about how potholes are formed: pwssc.org/education/ask-a-sc… #AskAScientist