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Photo courtesy of the Mathews Museum." class="wm-image-card__image NewsFeedRow__image" src="//www.vims.edu/blog/_images/aquascope-research/img_7773_news-listing-thumbnail600x400.jpg"/> 1378 </div> 1379 </div> 1380 <div class="wm-image-card__text-section NewsFeedRow__text-section"> 1381 <h3 class="wm-description-text__title NewsFeedRow__description-text-title"><a class="NewsFeedRow__url" href="/blog/blog-posts/aquascope-exhibit-research.php" target="_self">Then & Now: Life Beneath the Chesapeake Bay</a></h3> 1382 <div class="wm-description-text__caption NewsFeedRow__description-text-caption">Photographs from the historic Aquascope submersible, now on display at the Mathews Museum in Virginia, offer a glimpse of what life was like at the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay in the 1950s. 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Exploring STEM accessibility and scientific literacy </a></h3> 1396 <div class="wm-description-text__caption NewsFeedRow__description-text-caption">We spoke with some of VIMS & the Batten School's leaders in science education about the importance of scientific literacy, experiential learning and opportunities for the public to connect with our science.</div> </div> 1397 </li> 1398 1399 <li class="wm-image-card h-theme-card NewsFeedRow__card wm-slideshow__slide"> 1400 <div class="NewsFeedRow__link"> 1401 <i class="fa-solid fa-arrow-up-right"></i> 1402 </div> 1403 <div class="wm-image-card__image-section NewsFeedRow__image-section"> 1404 <div class="wm-image-card__image-wrapper NewsFeedRow__image-wrapper"> 1405 <img alt="A pair of chest waders can cost several hundred dollars, and some students may only need them for a single course. 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Together, they provide students with shared access to specialized footwear that can be expensive to purchase for only a handful of uses.</div> </div> 1411 </li> 1412 1413 </ul> 1414 </div> 1415 <div class="wm-slideshow__dots NewsFeedRow__slideshow-dots"> 1416 </div> 1417 <div class="NewsFeedRow__message h-theme-card"> 1418 <p>Loading...</p> 1419 </div> 1420 1421 <a class="wm-row__moreButton NewsFeedRow__moreButton" href="/blog/blog-posts/index.php" target="_self">See all blog posts</a> 1422 1423 </div> 1424</div> 1425 1426 1427 1428 1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434 1435 </section> 1436 1437 1438 1439 1440 1441 1442 1443 1444 1445 1446 1447 1448 1449 1450 <section class="page-theme-wrapper h-theme-blue"> 1451 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459 1460 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469<div class="wm-row VideoRow h-theme-blue"> 1470 <div class="wm-row__mainWrapper"> 1471 <h2 class="wm-row__title VideoRow__title">Osprey Cam</h2> 1472 <div class="wm-row__intro-text VideoRow__intro-text"> 1473 <p>Watch real-time images of an osprey family during their annual nesting and breeding season on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. The images come from a nesting platform in the waters of the York River immediately in front of the Batten School & VIMS campus in Gloucester Point, Virginia. The nest site protects the resident ospreys from predators and gives them ready access to nearby fishing grounds. Archived videos of the osprey are available on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/vainstituteofmarinescience">YouTube channel</a>. </p> 1474</div> 1475 1476 <div class="VideoRow__video">
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