Memorial Junior High Science teacher, Alejandra Martinez, has been invited to participate as an Education and Outreach Officer on the International Ocean Discovery Program. She will sail aboard the JOIDES Resolution, an ocean drilling vessel that collects sediment cores. She will be on board for two months beginning. She will board the ship in Columbo, Sri Lanka and get off in Port Luis, Mauritius December 1st, 2015 - January 30, 2016
JOIDES Resolution expeditions are typically 2-month long projects that aim to answer a set of scientific questions using sediment/rock samples and data collected from below the seafloor. Each expedition includes a group of ~30 scientists, ~25 technical staff, and 65 crew who work together to achieve the expedition objectives. Alejandra will serve as the education officer whose mission is to convey the excitement of International Ocean Discovery Program expeditions and the importance of scientific discoveries to the wider public.
Congratulations to MJH Science teacher Alejandra Martinez and the entire MJH campus
