What Did You Learn Today?

Posted March 24, 2005
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Any marine biologist can conduct research on whales, dolphins or seals. That’s easy. But consider a microscopic, single-cell organism like phytoplankton…there aren’t many scientists studying THAT.

Jessica Nolan THOUGHT she wanted to study fish. But while on a research cruise to Alaska, she discovered that phytoplankton plays a critical role in ocean life. It is the foundation of the marine food chain. Neither whales nor dolphins play as vital an ecological role as Phytoplankton.

Find out more about Jessica Nolan's unique approach to teaching her York College students in our most recent "What Did You Learn Today?" segment.

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