COSEE-West partners with informal science education centers (ISEC) and their education staff to bring current ocean-related science into their programs and exhibit halls. Each ISEC has a different audience and a different science education focus. COSEE-West and ISEC education staff collaborate to convey an audience appropriate topic by developing interpretives (e.g., activities, signage, exhibits, interactives, etc.) for each ISEC.
Marine Protected Areas - Day at Catalina - June 12, 2012
Free workshop for informal science educators on using data visualizations Monday, March 19
Resources and Products from our Interpretives Development Workshops
To download these resources and lessons, click on the title you are interested in.
A few resources that may be of assistance with developing interpretives for informal science education centers:
InformalScience.org (BETA)
A resource and online community for informal learning projects, research and evaluation.
The Psychology of Climate Change A Guide for Scientists, Journalists, Educators, Political Aides, and the Interested Public
by Debika Shome and Sabine Marx
Institute for Learning Innovation ILI engages with its partners on research to further the understanding of free-choice learning and its role in a learning society."
"Making the Hippo Dance" (29:31)
WNYC's Radio Lab podcast
Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich talk about troubles in talking about science: How do you make science friendly to those who don't know they like science or don't think they like science? A behind-the-scenes look at Radio Lab.
"The question here is just how far can you go in the name of making an idea clear? What’s allowed? Is music allowed? Are sound effects allowed? What helps? What hurts? We play some never-released tape from the vault, and reveal a bit about what techniques we used to try and make it sing."
Archived Webinar Series hosted by COSEE-NOW
"Using Ocean Data In Education"
"COSEE NOW is pleased to present a new webinar series on Using Ocean Data in Education. In this series, we will explore effective strategies for incorporating real ocean data in formal and informal education products and programs, as a way to connect students to scientific concepts and real-time science."
Session B and C might be of particular interest to informal educators.
"Session B & C: Beyond the Wow! Helping public audiences make sense of scientific visualizations"
with presenter Shawn Rowe of Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center.
To view these archived webinars (approximately 1 hour each), scroll down to the end of Sessions B & C section and click on “View the recorded session ”
Focus on Harmful Algal Bloom Interpretives for the SEA Lab 2011
- Workshop preparation:
- January 31, 2011 Interpretives Workshop:
- Summary of what local ISECs currently teach related to harmful algal blooms
- Keynote speakers:
- "Harmful Algal Blooms Along the Southern California Coast: What are They, What are Their Causes, What are Their Impacts" by Dr. David Caron
- "Research and monitoring of harmful algal blooms: Improving observations using autonomous vehicles and sensor networks" by Beth Stauffer, USC graduate student
lecture on video (MOV), slides (PDF)
- "SCCOOS Harmful Algal Blooms" by Amanda Dillon
lecture on video (MOV), slides (PDF)
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- Resources provided at this workshop
- Products and Outcomes from this event: [coming soon]
- Summary of ideas from the three groups [coming soon]
Focus on Climate Change Interpretives for the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium 2009-2010
- Workshop preparation:
- December 15, 2009 Interpretives Workshop:
- Summary of what local ISECs currently teach related to Climate and/or whales
- Keynote Speakers:
- Resources
- Students' Misconceptions about global warming and the greenhouse effect, see Table 6
- Glossary
- Websites & Articles
- Excerpt from Whales in Hot Water: The Impact of Changing Climate on Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, May 2007.
- Excerpts from Current: The Journal of Marine Education, vol 25, no.1
- The Threat of Acidification to Ocean Ecosystems by J. Guinotte and V.J. Fabry
- Researcher Spotlight: Gretchen Hofmann, Ecological Physiologist by S. Brooke
- Anticipating Ocean Acidification's Economic Consequences on Commerial Fisheries by S.R. Cooley and S.C. Doney
- Table 1. Examples of the response of marine fauna to ocean acidification, from Fabry, V.J., Seibel, B.A., Feely, R.A., and Orr, J.C. 2008. Impacts of ocean acidification on marine fauna and ecosystem processes. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 414-432.
- Figure: Detection and attribution at the continental scale (slide #27) from NSTA webinar: Earth Then, Earth Now: Our Changing Climate
- Transparent Animal May Play Overlooked Role in the Ocean: Swarming by the billions, gelatinous salps transport tons of carbon to the depths. Oceanus, 2008.
- Legendre, L. and Febre, J.L. 1995. Microbial food webs and the export of biogenic carbon in oceans. Aquatic Microbial Ecology vsl 9:69-77.
- The Great Dissolving by D. George. California Coast & Ocean. vol 25, no 1, spring/summer 2009, p15-19.
- Nellemann, C. (Ed.). Blue Carbon: The role of healthy oceans in binding carbon. UNEP, FAO, IOC/UNESCO.
- Moore, S.E. 2008. Marine Mammals as Ecosystem Sentinels. Journal of Mammalogy 89(3):534-540.
- Hassol, Susan Joy. March 2008. Improving How Scientists Communicate About Climate Change. Eos 89(11):106-107.
- Communicating and Learning About Global Climate Change: An abbreviated Guide for Teaching Climate Change, from Project 2061 at AAAS.
- Products and Outcomes from this event:
- Whale Jenga by Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Focus on Microbes at Ocean Institute March 2008
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