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Three Rivers Science Symposium

Octiber 19, 2012

Hosted by the departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics in the School of Arts and Sciences

Current Symposium Topic

Explorations in Marine Science

A Manatee

Marine Biology Directors Directors:  Dr. Larry Wiedman and Mr. Warren Pryor
Ocean Chemistry Director:  Dr. Paul Schmidt

Join the science faculty of USF for a day long "dive" into our water world, Earth.  This hands on laboratory experience will explore many of the mysteries of the marine realm including:

  • Critter predator/prey strategies like brute force, speed, agility, camouflage and mimicry
  • Ocean chemistry, that greatest of solutions, including environmental concerns
  • What makes marine dwellers so especially adapted to living in the world's ocean

Bottle Nose Dolphin