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YBMS CLUB
YBMS aims to provide scientific and artistic activities to Bahamian youth through
YBMS currently hosts an after school program at C.V Bethel Senior High School (Nassau). This years program has students exploring topics that leading scientists are currently studying within the Bahamas. Topics include aquaculture, bonefish, blue holes, coral reefs, lionfish, sharks, mangroves and marine mammals. Students will spend their first semester learning about their topic through peer reviewed scientific articles, books and credible educational websites. Each group will produce a tri-fold display and a 15-minute presentation. Presentations will be open to the general public. During the winter break students will be sent to research sites throughout the country to experience fieldwork directly related to their topic of study. During the spring semester students will develop an outreach/ educational program for the Bahamian community focused around their topic of study. At the end of the semester students will have the opportunity to carry out their outreach project.
Meet our YBMS CV Bethel club members
SURGE: Marine Science Leadership Workshops
YBMS stands on the foundation that determined service oriented leaders will create positive environmental and social change within the Bahamas. Based on this premise, YBMS created SURGE, a marine science leadership program for high school and college students, which integrates leadership-training skills with environmental applications.
Surge: Blue Hole Workshop - October Saturday 24th 2009
Explore the unknown world of Bahamian blue holes! Learn about the geological, biological and chemical significance of this little-known ecosystem while interacting with leading scientists and cave divers.
Location: Grace community Church – Palmetto Village
Time: 9an – 5 pm (registration begins at 8 am)
Cost: $15
Includes: Lunch and a YBMS t- shirt
Registration: Download form and return to your high school office or Precious Posterity Pediatric Centre 4th Terrace Centervile
For questions e-mail: ybms@tropicbirds.org or call: Lydia 394-7414
YBMS strives to offer summer programs for students that give them first hand exposure to the Bahamian ecosystems. Over the past two summers camp programs have included exploring sea grass beds, mangrove communities and coral reefs. Understanding the physiology of lionfish and the threat they impose on the environment. Exploring the Exuma Cays land and Sea Park, swimming with sharks and over stromatolites. Summer camps for 2010 are planed for Andros, Cat Island and Exuma.
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