Sea Lab with Dr. Spencer Taintor

Dr. Spencer Taintor, Head of School for St. Mark’s Episcopal School and Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, fills us in on Sea Lab and the awesome programming it provides, as well as an inspirational message of hope about water quality. 

In this session, you’ll learn about:

• Spencer’s background 
• How watching water quality degrade in Biscayne Bay while growing up affected Spencer
• What Sea Lab is
• Why Spencer wants to teach kids to be “solution makers” not “solution thinkers”
• How Spencer interfaced with the local business community to establish Sea Lab
• The researchers Sea Lab has partnered with
• The broad age range that can take advantage of Sea Lab
• How to think globally but act locally
• Some of the research projects that are underway
• Some of the struggles Spencer encountered when building the tidal pool for Sea Lab
• How the Sea Lab program is expanding
• How Sea Lab is educating the community for the long term

Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:

Spencer’s LinkedIn profile

Sea Lab’s website (make sure you check out the Sea Lab launch video!)

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