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Izzo</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif;"><b><i>With Science Educator, Peg LeGendre</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">BREWSTER, MA — The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents
</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><i>Ocean Commotion</i>
<b>Four Sessions:</b> <b>Saturdays, May 4 & 18; June 1 & 15, 2024 10:30am-11:30am.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; color: black;">Climate change is not just warming the atmosphere, it is also making oceans more acidic. Learn what ocean acidification means for creatures like clams and oysters that use calcium
carbonate to build their shells, and for the development of young horseshoe crabs and lobsters.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; color: black;">Bring out your inner scientist as you do hands-on activities to explore the problem of rising ocean acidity. Each of the four sessions will feature different activities and video presentations.
You may register for one or more sessions.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; color: black;"><b>Free with Museum Admission</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><b><i>*This Ocean Acidification project is organized by SEED, Inc. and funded by an MIT Sea Grant.</i></b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Teresa Izzo</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Program Coordinator/Publicist</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">869 Main St. / Rte. 6A</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Brewster, MA 02631</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">www.ccmnh.org</span></p>
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