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Search Search Results for: "COSEE"   Resources   178 Results   K-12 Lesson Plans and Other Resources Lesson Plan (PDF, 913 KB) Scientist Presentation (PDF, 2.82 MB) Bowhead Whale Unit Grades 1-3. Lesson Plan (PDF, 203 KB) Arctic Smorgasbord High School. L   MORE >> --Alaska   COSEE-TEK "Build a Hydrophone" Tutorial The COSEE-TEK DIY hydrophone project has evolved over the years with design improvements, refined methods, and increased collaboration with community colleges and the Marine Technology for Teachers an   MORE >> --TEK   Study the Sounds in the Sea With a Low-cost, Piezo-electric Hydrophone For the collaborative Acoustics Teacher Technology Experience (TTE) with American School for the Deaf (ASD), COSEE-TEK staff designed a new do-it-yourself hydrophone based upon the design by Vivas and   MORE >> --TEK   A Tale of Two Corals COSEE Florida presents this short video about the importance of genetic variation in two species of corals and hybrid of the two.   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE Highlights The COSEE network has been successful at reaching its core mission of engaging scientists and educators to transform ocean sciences education for all. The network has achieved this by integrating the   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Opportunities for Creating Lifelong Ocean Science Literacy A new report, "Opportunities for Creating Lifelong Ocean Science Literacy", is now available. COSEE OCEAN sponsored an inquiry group to examine the current state of ocean science literacy, writ broad   MORE >> --OCEAN   LSAMP OSTC Outreach Poster COSEE-TEK strives to enhance ocean science and technology literacy with hands-on experiences for students and teachers of all ages in an effort to engage and recruit the next generation of STEM workfo   MORE >> --TEK   2013 Ocean Science and Technology Day COSEE-TEK has sponsored two Ocean Science and Technology Days at the Mystic Aquarium that provide scientists the opportunity to broaden the impact of their science to over 3500 visitors annually. COS   MORE >> --TEK   COSEE-OS Aligns with NGSS A portion of his webinar talk about the connections between ocean salinity, the water cycle, and global climate, Dr. Ray Schmitt talks about how conventional water cycle diagrams need a larger focus o   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Build-a-Hydrophone During spring 2012, COSEE-TEK has taken the plunge into underwater acoustics with two educational institutes focusing on the engineering and application of low-cost hydrophones. COSEE-TEK technicians   MORE >> --TEK   Ocean 180 Flyer Our COSEE partner in Florida is offering a new opportunity to support middle school science teachers through the Ocean 180 Video Challenge, bringing ocean science research into classrooms through film   MORE >> --Island Earth   COSEE-IE Student Ocean Film Contest Student Agreement Form COSEE-IE Student Ocean Film Contest Student Agreement Form   MORE >> --Island Earth   COSEE-IE Student Ocean Film Contest Submission Form COSEE-IE Student Ocean Film Contest Submission Form   MORE >> --Island Earth   COSEE-IE Student Ocean Film Contest Informational Flyer COSEE-IE Student Ocean Film Contest Informational Flyer   MORE >> --Island Earth   COSEE Island Earth Public Service Announcements Three short videos explaining the mission of COSEE Island Earth in Hawaii. 60 Second Video http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=GsdiOLP71eE 30 Second Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?   MORE >> --Island Earth   Principle 7D Climate Literacy Principle 7D: The chemistry of ocean water is changed by absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.     Scientist mapConsensus map What Key Concept is Important for   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Factsheets and Overviews Web Version pdf Ocean Acidification - the Other Carbon Dioxide Problem Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) Carbon Program. Dutton, I.M., J. Mathis, C. Stephens, J. Short, and M.Sigman. Oce   MORE >> --Alaska   Dolphin Smart COSEE Island Earth has recently joined NOAA in being a proud supporter of their Dolphin SMART program. http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/dolphinsmart/what.html   MORE >> --Island Earth   The Arctic Ocean Lesson Plan (PDF, 913 KB) Scientist Presentation (PDF, 2.82 MB) Bowhead Whale Unit Grades 1-3. Developed for students in a whaling community. Lesson Plan (PDF,    MORE >> --Alaska   Field Protocol for EVA Samplers COSEE-TEK's citizen science based, water quality monitoring project entitled 'The Courtship of EVA & BOB' utilizes an easily constructed, cost effective basic observation buoy (BOB) as a floating plat   MORE >> --TEK   EVA & BOB Project - Best Practices COSEE-TEK's citizen science based, water quality monitoring project entitled 'The Courtship of EVA & BOB' utilizes an easily constructed, cost effective basic observation buoy (BOB) as a floating plat   MORE >> --TEK   COSEE-TEK "Build-a-BOB" A Basic Observation Buoy (BOB) is a floating platform with capacity to carry a suite of environmental sensors for extended periods of time. The following Build-a-BOB instruction manual is a product o   MORE >> --TEK   What Has COSEE Meant for Our Science and Careers? COSEE NOW reviews their experience in using real-time data in this PowerPoint presentation and comments upon which tools are likely to become increasingly important to their lab in the coming years.   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Virtual Tools to Aid Scientists in Developing Broader Impact Projects COSEE NOW is dedicated to supporting ocean scientists in successfully communicating the broader impacts (BI) of their research. We have created a suite of new online resources for scientists, which c   MORE >> --COSEE.net   The Research Experience for Preservice Teachers Program in COSEE Florida: 2011 Results for Ocean Scientists A focus of COSEE Florida is establishing opportunities for ocean scientists and preservice science middle grade teachers (interns) to work together on ocean science research projects. The Research Ex   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Scientists Mentoring Graduate Students on Research and Teaching Through COSEE Concept Mapping Collaborative Workshops Four COSEE Centers - Ocean Systems, West, Networked Ocean World, and California - held concept mapping collaborative workshops to help scientists mentor graduate students to improve their teaching and   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Impact of Experiential Ocean Science Education on Scientist-Volunteers� Knowledge, Teaching Capacities, and NSF Broader-Impacts Endeavors Ocean Inquiry Project (OIP) ' a strategic partner of COSEE-Ocean Learning Communities (COSEE-OLC) ' connects ocean scientists and members of the public in deep and meaningful learning experiences, whi   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE-TEK Teacher Technology Experience: A Catalyst for Learning and Communicating Ocean Science and Technology A PowerPoint presentation by COSEE-TEK on Teacher Technology Experiences (TTEs), the goals of which are to improve educators' technology content knowledge, heighten scientists' awareness of the challe   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE-West Online Workshops: Helping Scientists Bring their Research to Broader Audiences COSEE-West's online workshops focus on bridging ocean science research and education and promoting collaborations among ocean scientists, K-12 teachers and informal educators. They provide a venue fo   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Paying it Forward: Engaging Scientists in Communicating Ocean Science to Volunteer Interpreters Volunteer interpreters play an integral role in communicating ocean science to the public in informal science education settings, such as state parks, aquariums and science centers, and scientists are   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Using Scientists' Research Interest To Drive Teacher Professional Development Workshops COSEE West ' Colorado Collaborative is a partnership that focuses on making ocean sciences relevant to inland audiences; it also exposes teachers from the interior Southwest and Southern California to   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Connecting Ocean Scientists with Future Educators: COSEE Florida's Research Experience for Pre-Service Teachers   Modeled after NSF's Research Experiences for Undergraduates program, COSEE Florida's Research Experience for Pre-Service Teachers (REPT) project is an educationally valuable capstone eleme   MORE >> --COSEE.net   The North Atlantic Bloom 2008 Webinar Series The North Atlantic Bloom (NAB) webinar series features the research of scientists from the 2008 NAB Experiment and focuses on key concepts in ocean science. The NAB scientists partnered with COSEE-Oc   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE Goes International: COSEE CHINA The COSEE network is driven by its goals of developing effective broader impacts of ocean science and integrating cutting-edge ocean research into educational programs and activities. This workshop w   MORE >> --COSEE.net   What We Have Learned: Connecting Scientists with Students through the Use of Communications Technology In collaboration with the Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence California (COSEE CA), scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Scripps) have worked with a group of three middle sch   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Increasing Under-Represented High School Students' Ocean Awareness and Knowledge   From December 2010 through June 2011, Liberty Science Center offered a two-day ocean science program to 208 students and their teachers from 10 public high school in Newark, New Jersey. T   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE Conference Resources ResourcesList_TopItemTitle { color: 2c83ce; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 5px; } . ResourcesList_TopItemBlurb { font-family: Arial, Hel   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Observing Ocean Processes with Student-Built Ocean Drifters and Time Animations in Google Earth The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center and COSEE NOW are using ocean drifters to teach college students about the interrelationship of ocean processes and understand how oceanography r   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE-West Ocean Observing Institute: Using Online Data in the Classroom Since 2008, educators have convened for five days during the summer at UCLA, USC and three informal science center partners; NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Ocean Institute and Cabrillo Marine Aquariu   MORE >> --COSEE.net   The Ocean Literacy Principles: Understanding the Impact of This Educator-Scientist Collaboration on Public Understanding of Science COSEE-CA researchers have developed a survey that measures understanding and attitudes about the ocean and the role that ocean sciences play in supporting understanding of Earth systems. A measure of   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Building Bridges: Collaboration for Broadening Participation in Ocean Sciences NC OPT-ED & COSEE SouthEast are working together to increase exposure to ocean sciences to underrepresented minority students in North Carolina.   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Building an Ocean Science Learning Network The COSEE Florida Ocean Science Learning Network takes advantage of the abundance of high quality informal education centers across the state. The community-based centers have proven to be ideal venu   MORE >> --COSEE.net   The 3-Minute Solution: Communicating Your Research In Short, Effective Videos With the rise of YouTube and other online outlets, short videos have become a part of the daily information stream for students, educators, and citizens. In this 2012 Ocean Sciences presentation, Cat   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE: Partnering with Community Colleges to Enhance Ocean Education and Broaden Participation Two-Year College Collaborations and Research: Broadening Participation and Enhancing Geoscience Education Session ED11E -- Session Chairs: Allison Beauregard and Katryn Wiese 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM; Room   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Ocean Science Topics COSEE produces and collects resources to educate audiences on a variety of ocean related topics. The Ocean Sciences section serves to organize this ever-growing database of resources into useful cate   MORE >> --COSEE.net   NASA Aquarius New Global Salinity Data: Spicing up STEM in the Classroom Want to make salinity and its connections to the water cycle, ocean circulation and climate come alive for your students? NASA Aquarius Education and Public Outreach has teamed up with COSEE-OS to co   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   North Atlantic Bloom 2008 Webinar Series The 2008 North Atlantic Bloom Experiment (NAB08) was a collaborative effort to observe an entire phytoplankton spring bloom. To broadly disseminate results and contribute to the public's understandin   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Scientists Mentoring Graduate Students on Research and Teaching Through COSEE Concept Mapping Collaborative Workshops COSEE-OS External Evaluator Dr. Ted Repa, representing four COSEE Centers (California, NOW, Ocean Systems and West), shared end-of-workshop evaluations from the Faculty/Graduate Student Collaborative   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   How Do We Cover the Globe with Aquarius Data? After a successful launch in June of 2011, the Aquarius/SAC-D satellite has begun collecting global salinity data - but it is not without challenges. Learn from NASA scientists what it took to design   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Responsive, Flexible and Scalable Broader Impacts In many educator professional development workshops, scientists present content in a slideshow-type format and field questions afterwards. The Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence - Ocean   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Earth, Air, Water and Fire: Multi-Media Concept Mapping to Promote Ocean Literacy in Rural and Inland Audiences Discover a powerful visual tool to help your students and audiences' no matter where they live - improve their understanding of ocean and climate interactions. COSEE-OS has developed a suite of inter   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Art and Ocean Science: Using Art to Teach Ocean Science Topics to Formal and Informal Audiences   Last March, Amy Holt Cline of COSEE-OS and UNH, along with Perrin Chick of the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, NH and Author/Illustrator Karen Romano Young, presented the connections between ar   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Online Interactive Tools for Ocean and Climate Science Education   The Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) is a national network with the collective mission to engage scientists and educators and transform ocean science education. As a the   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   COSEE-Ocean Systems: Collaborative Mapping to Clarify Concepts in Ocean Observing COSEE-OS creates and evaluates tools and processes that broaden understanding of the ocean's role in the climate and earth systems. To promote systems thinking, COSEE-OS applies the technique of conc   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Scientist-Educator Partnerships to Enhance Rural Ocean Literacy Since 2005, COSEE-OS has been creating & testing models of collaboration, particularly with respect to reaching rural and inland audiences, engaging ocean researchers, and creating transferable activi   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Drawing in a New Crowd of Ocean Science Literate Citizens A case study describing how Robert (Bob) Khederian, a faculty member who teaches oceanography at the New England Institute of Art in Brookline, MA, uses the COSEE-OS multimedia tools in his oceanograp   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Concept Map Builder The COSEE-OS Concept Map Builder is a web-based tool that allows users to create customized concept maps linked to videos, images, news, and resources. The resulting maps can be exported as XML data   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Mapping the Oceans � Helping Students Make Connections COSEE-OS concept maps are designed to help teachers and their students understand the connections and relationships between climate & oceanography. These maps are created through discussion and colla   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Ocean Acidification Demonstrations- Lesson Plans for Shell Activity This activity, made by the COSEE West program, gives a tactile demonstration of the effects of increased acidity in seawater. The lesson plan has the students douse egg shells, sea shells, coral skel   MORE >> --Island Earth   Ocean Acidification Demonstrations- Lesson Plans This activity, made by the COSEE West program, gives a visual demonstration of the effects of increased acidity in seawater. Using dry ice, a natural indicator such as red cabbage dye, and a pH meter   MORE >> --Island Earth   Best of COSEE Hands On Activities COSEE-OCEAN's well-received compilation of each COSEE Center's three best hands-on ocean science activities.   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Gearing up for Ocean First Focus with Concept Mapping A case study describing how Jennifer (Jenn) Bowdoin, a first-year teacher and science faculty member at Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts, uses the COSEE-OS multimedia tools to introduce the comp   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Broadening the High School Student Horizon with Science Connections A case study describing how Bryan Field, a veteran teacher of 12 years and science faculty member at Conant High School in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, uses the COSEE-OS multimedia tools to help his studen   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Ocean Climate Interactive This flash-based application allows users to explore concepts and their relationships through a variety of assets - videos, images, news articles, and teaching resources - within a profile that gives   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Online Tools Help Get Scientists and Educators on the Same Page Contributed by COSEE-OS staff, this article addresses research and development of concept mapping techniques and related multimedia software by COSEE-OS. These tools, developed over the past three ye   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Graduate Student/Faculty Collaborative Workshops In the past year, COSEE-OS has run a series of model workshops that bring together teams of researchers and educators in order to synergistically improve communication of complex science topics using   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   SMS Graduate Students and Post-Docs Pilot Collaborative Workshop with COSEE-OS In response to interest from graduate students and research faculty, COSEE-OS has adapted its 'scientist-educator collaborative' workshop model to focus on graduate student professional development, a   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Tools That Work ResourcesList_TopItemTitle { color: 2c83ce; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 5px; } . ResourcesList_TopItemBlurb { font-family: Arial, Hel   MORE >> --COSEE.net   For Scientists ResourcesList_TopItemTitle { color: 2c83ce; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 5px; } . ResourcesList_TopItemBlurb { font-family: Arial, Hel   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Capitalizing on Education and Outreach (E&O) Expertise to Broaden Impacts Academic scientists have a number of avenues through which they can participate in education and outreach (E/O) programs to address the mandate for broader impacts. During this presentation, the auth   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Tools That Work: Blogs COSEE-OS regularly runs workshops pairing educators and scientists, teaching them how to use concept mapping to communicate complex ideas in science to their audiences. As part of this process, the s   MORE >> --COSEE.net   CLIMATE LITERACY Climate Literacy Climate Literacy is an understanding of the climate's influence on you and society and your influence on climate. A climate-literate person: Understands the essential principles of a   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   OCEAN LITERACY Ocean Literacy Ocean literacy is an understanding of the ocean's influence on you and your influence on the ocean. An ocean-literate person: Understands the essential principles and fundamental conce   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   COSEE-OS PRESENTATIONS ResourcesList_TopItemTitle { color: 2c83ce; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 5px; } . ResourcesList_TopItemBlurb { font-family: Arial, Hel   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   RESOURCE REVIEW COSEE-OS has completed its initial rounds of the educational resource review process using teams that each included a scientist, a classroom teacher, and an informal educator. Futhermore, all "COSEE-   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   Measuring Success of Federally Funded STEM Education Networks NetSciEdSymposium COSEE OCEAN gave a presentation on network analysis of educational networks at NetSci 2012. Steve Uzzo and Catherine Cramer gave a presentation on the Social Network Analysis (SNA) of COSEE OCEAN and   MORE >> --OCEAN   Harmful Algal Blooms: Websites This page provides links to a series of websites that will help support the activities presented at COSEE Florida's Harmful Algal Bloom Educator Workshop in Jacksonville, Florida   MORE >> --Florida   Curriculum Developed in the ITEST and COSEE Programs In this webinar, the ITEST Learning Resource Center and COSEE (Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence) showcase curriculum materials on topics ranging from biomedicine to engineering design t   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Graduate Students for Ocean Education COSEE Ocean has started a Facebook page specifically for oceanography and marine graduate students interested in education and outreach-Graduate Students for Ocean Education (GrOE). They will find an   MORE >> --Florida   COSEE Conference, Puerto Rico Keynote: The Ties That Bind The presentation was given by Dr. Karen Stephenson as the keynote in the session Using Network Science for Better Collaboration, held during the ASLO February 2011 meeting   MORE >> --OCEAN   FOR SCIENTISTS ResourcesList_TopItemTitle { color: 2c83ce; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 5px; } . ResourcesList_TopItemBlurb { font-family: Arial, Hel   MORE >> --Ocean Systems   COSEE Map Handout With 14 Centers and a National COSEE Office located throughout the United States, each Center is a consortium of one or more ocean science research institutions, informal science education organizatio   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Evaluation of and Within COSEE, Structures, Functions and Expectations External and internal components of evaluation work.   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE: The Report of a Workshop Sponsored by the National Science Foundation This document recommends strategies for the National Science Foundation and other Federal agencies to use in a nationally coordinated effort to improve and promote Ocean Sciences education.   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE Priority Recommendations Document The COSEE Priority Recommendations Document represents a final report submitted to The Division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation in July 2001. This 69-page "Background Document" is base   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE Network Strategic Business Plan Strategic Business Plan for the years 2010-2014. Includes mission, values, vision, key goals and outcomes, and an explanation of acronyms.   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Best Practices in the Professional Development of Educators The eleven Centers of Ocean Sciences Education Excellence engage in the professional development of educators using several "best practices" models. This document provides a description of and recomm   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - Network and National COSEE Office The Network National COSEE Office (NCO) was established to facilitate meetings, oversee the Network web presence and coordinate the National Advisory Council. In addition, the NCO provides support an   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE Network Evaluation Read about how the COSEE Network evaluates its programs to understand the collective impact of the local Centers on ocean sciences education nationally.   MORE >> --California   The Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE): A National Success Story An article that describes some of the COSEE Network goals and discusses how the Network has been successful in working toward those goals.   MORE >> --California   COSEE One Pager - Alaska COSEE Alaska was established as both a regional (Alaska) and thematic center (People, Oceans and Climate Change) to weave together traditional knowledge and western science about ocean climate change   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE Online Media COSEE offers free public webinars, podcasts, videos, and online workshops to help ocean scientists, educators and members of the general public learn about topics within the ocean sciences. The follo   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Waterford High School Joins Our Coastal Monitoring Network An environmental science teacher and students at Waterford High School in Waterford, CT are currently participating in a COSEE-TEK lead citizen science project to monitor water born pesticides and mar   MORE >> --TEK   "The Courtship of EVA & BOB" - Project O BOB Sites In conjunction with COSEE-TEK's "EVA & BOB Project", Project Oceanology has deployed three basic observation buoys (BOBs) in and around the mouth of the Thames River in the Eastern portion of Long Isl   MORE >> --TEK   COSEE One Pagers ResourcesList_TopItemTitle { color: 2c83ce; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 5px; } . ResourcesList_TopItemBlurb { font-family: Arial, Hel   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Make Your Own Video: A Simple Guide to Communicating Your Research Effectively COSEE OCEAN has developed a simple, easy to use guide to help scientists make their own short videos about their research and their scientific career.   MORE >> --OCEAN   Broadening Participation ResourcesList_TopItemTitle { color: 2c83ce; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 5px; } . ResourcesList_TopItemBlurb { font-family: Arial, Hel   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Institute for Broadening Participation: Multicultural Training COSEE-OS has partnered with the Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP) in a joint effort to increase diversity in the ocean sciences. IBP is a non-profit organization created to design and impl   MORE >> --National COSEE Office   Bibliography to Inform COSEE�s Activities Related to Broadening Participation This bibliography was compiled by the NSF-funded COSEE Diversity Working Group and provides an overview of resources (organizations, policy documents, research studies, intervention studies, etc.) tha   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Best of COSEE Hands-On Activities The Best of COSEE Hands-On Activities offers ocean scientists simple, engaging, and easily accessible hands-on activities that will make your presentations to K-12 students, the public, or other non-s   MORE >> --OCEAN   Best of COSEE Hands-On Activities The Best of COSEE Hands-On Activities offers ocean scientists simple, engaging, and easily accessible hands-on activities that will make your presentations to K-12 students, the public, or other non-s   MORE >> --OCEAN   Harmful Algal Blooms Resources on Harmful Algal Blooms COSEE Florida has developed activities and resources for communicating harmful algal blooms (HABs) to middle and high school students, as well informal education inst   MORE >> --Florida   Baiting the Hooks: Scientist-Educator Team Development Through Concept Mapping and Online Tools Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" ' Chinese Proverb. Can we teach scientists to "fish" for their audiences from all walks of life, and enjoy the experience so much that they contri   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Meeting Ocean Scientist's Needs to Improve the Communication of Their Science Research: What COSEE-OS Has Learned   Error is a given when trying to communicate the relationships among complicated science concepts. Communication research has identified at least 11 sources of error that the scientist needs to   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Regeneration in the Classroom: Linking Infaunal Injury and Ocean Literacy Using Integrated Concept Mapping Concept maps are a useful educational tool to examine the costs and benefits of injury and regeneration, particularly linking the impacts from individuals and ecosystems. Such maps effectively show t   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Video Clips Video Clips Glide with the Tide COSEE-TEK's Summer 2011 teacher technology experience (TTE) entitled "Glide with the Tide" focused on the use of ocean gliders to conduct CTD, dissolved oxygen, and lig   MORE >> --TEK   Oceans of Opportunities for Teachers and Students Oceans of opportunities offered through COSEE Center Partners for teachers and students.   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Oceans of Opportunities for Undergraduates, Graduate Students and Post-Docs Opportunities offered through COSEE Center Partners for undergraduates, graduate students and post-docs.   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Careers in the Marine Sciences The Ocean Careers website is a nationwide project supported by COSEE California that can help you find: A college, university or training center that specializes in ocean-related education Professiona   MORE >> --COSEE.net   South Atlantic Bight: Research Oceanographers and fisheries scientists have organized multi-agency efforts to the address the question of how global climate change may affect the abundance and production of animals in the region of   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - Florida COSEE Florida's mission is to connect scientists conducting world-class ocean research in the Sunshine State with Florida's citizens in exciting and meaningful ways. The majority of Florida's populat   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - OCEAN COSEE OCEAN was established to increase the capacity and productivity of the COSEE Network, to leverage existing professional networks, and to develop models for urban school district curriculum devel   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - TEK COSEE TEK was established to address the crucial linkages between science, technology, and engineering in the field of oceanography and provide educational resources that highlight the history, breadt   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - SouthEast COSEE SouthEast provides regional interactive access to ocean scientists and educators to increase access to ocean sciences information, facilitate the inclusion of ocean sciences to to pre-college co   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - West COSEE West was established in order to build and strengthen connections between scientists/researchers and the education community, as well as to catalyze community based ocean sciences education in t   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - Ocean Systems COSEE Ocean System's mission is to support the COSEE Network by developing flexible and transferrable tools and processes to effectively bring ocean sciences research to broad audiences. We engage te   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - Pacific Partnerships Marine laboratories are traditionally places that, by their nature, foster a diverse community of ocean learners. COSEE Pacific Partnerships draws on that community to integrate marine research and e   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - Ocean Learning Communities COSEE Ocean Learning Communities was established to cultivate and study Ocean Learning Communities, which are multi-disciplinary collaborations across many organizations and through which current ocea   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - Networked Ocean World COSEE Networked Ocean World is invested in communicating ocean observing data to the general public by facilitating communications between educators and scientists; developing products and services to   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - Great Lakes COSEE Great Lakes is the only Center located on the North Coast of the U.S. Our 'ocean' is the freshwater inland sea that contains 20% of the world's supply of fresh surface water. We are the link b   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - Coastal Trends COSEE Coastal Trends has brought scientists, educators, and students together to conduct research and develop classroom materials based on that research. The collaborative processes at the heart of C   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - Central Gulf of Mexico Since its inception, COSEE Central Gulf of Mexico has been and continues to be a unique, regional effort involving formal and informal educators, scientists, and the general public representing univer   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - California COSEE California is dedicated to creating collaborations among scientists and educators that enhance the public's understanding and appreciation of the ocean. We focus on developing and widely dissem   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE Alaska Publications, Media & Reports nbsp;(PDF, 194 KB) Portrait of COSEE Alaska. COSEE Alaska program description (PDF, 6.11 MB) Barnhardt, R. and A.O. Kawagley, eds.  (DOCX, 696 KB) 2010 Teache   MORE >> --Alaska   Introduction to Network Science COSEE OCEAN co-PI Dr. Stephan Uozzo of the New York Hall of Science gave this presentation to the COSEE OCEAN Team, as an introduction to network science.   MORE >> --OCEAN   COSEE Alaska Presentations  (PDF, 3.63 MB) Sigman, M. Teaching about Climate Change: COSEE Alaska resources.  (PDF, 2.16 MB) Sigman, M. Introduction to COSEE Alaska Teaching Resources and the Alas   MORE >> --Alaska   Faces of Climate Change Videos Three compelling short videos showcase the dramatic changes in Alaska's marine ecosystems through interviews with scientists and Alaska Natives. This video was produced by COSEE Alaska, the Alaska Se   MORE >> --Alaska   Place-based Ocean Science Fairs COSEE Alaska is sponsoring ocean science fairs in rural Alaskan communities that integrate Alaska Native culture by requiring that projects have cultural or community relevance.   MORE >> --Alaska   An Imminent Thaw: changing Arctic sea ice A five-minute podcast based on interviews with Alaska scientists and member of Alaska Native Alaskan communities about changes in sea ice patterns and their implications for the ecosystem and human co   MORE >> --Alaska   COSEE Alaska Educator Guide to Resources for Teaching about Alaska's Sea and Rivers  (PDF, 641 KB) Quick reference with links to: - Lesson plans and units in the online Alaska Seas and Rivers K-8 curriculum produced by Alaska Sea Grant - Resources and lesson plans rela   MORE >> --Alaska   Alaska Native Knowledge and Climate Science: designing culturally-relevant education for a changing ocean. COSEE Alaska presentation at the Northwest Aquatic and Marine Educators Conference, Florence, OR. July 2010.   MORE >> --Alaska   Communicating Ocean Science Graduate Courses Weblinks from a presentation by Craig Strang, COSEE California at a Communicating Ocean Science Workshop, 1/18/2010   MORE >> --Alaska   COSEE Program Overview Weblinks from a presentation by Geoge Matsumoto at a Communicating Ocean Science Workshop, Anchorage 1/18/2010   MORE >> --Alaska   Ocean Scientists' Role and Needs Related to Education: A Six-Year Study To support the COSEE mission of engaging scientists and educators to transform ocean science education, COSEE NOW team members have been conducting an annual online scientist survey since 2004 (most r   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Bringing Ocean Researchers and Marine Volunteers Together Through Field Research   Ocean Inquiry Project (OIP), a non-profit organization in Puget Sound, WA, delivers inquiry-style marine science education using a hands-on curriculum while gathering research-quality data in P   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Annual Scientist Survey, 2008 Report Since 2004 COSEE NOW has conducted an annual online scientist survey to gather data on the education involvement, practices and needs of scientists at current and future ocean observing systems. Thei   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Real-Time Data in K-12 Classrooms: A Report This document by COSEE NOW reports on a front-end evaluation designed to investigate the ways by which K-12 teachers and students can and do use real-time data to understand and appreciate the role th   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Ocean Literacy Interactive Animation In 2007, a group of participants at COSEE NOW (including scientists, classroom educators and designers) collaborated on an interactive module to highlight the 7 essential principles of the Ocean Liter   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Common Marine Plankton Poster As part of her involvement in COSEE New England's Ocean Sciences Education Institute II project, Dr. Juanita Urban-Rich researched and produced a hand-drawn poster identifying common species of marine   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Greatest of the Great Lakes - A Medley of Model Lessons This collection of 41 innovative classroom activities, assembled by COSEE Great Lakes, provides teachers and students with insights into the uniqueness of the Great Lakes and their influence on aquati   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Research at the Poles COSEE West online workshop conducted in April 2007 by Dr. Robin Ross, University of California Santa Barbara (Ecological Responses of Antarctic Krill to Environmental Variability: Can We Predict the F   MORE >> --COSEE.net   The Ecology of Coral Reef Communities COSEE West online workshop conducted in March 2005 by Dr. Richard Murphy (Coral Reefs: Cities Under the Sea), Dr. William M. Hamner (The Coral Reef Paradox), and Dr. William M. Hamner (Coral Reef Biog   MORE >> --COSEE.net   The Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms COSEE West online workshop conducted in February 2006 by Dr. Mary Silver (Harmful Algae of California Coastal Waters) and Dr. David Caron (HABS: Causes, Effects and the Status of Research to Understan   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE West Lectures Twenty five lectures by well known scientists on a variety of marine-related topics.   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Marine Science Field Trip Guide for Teachers This compilation of field trips and resources related to the ocean sciences was designed by COSEE West for student, teacher and parent use. The guide includes field trip sites between San Diego and S   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE Coastal Trends Scientist-Educator Partnerships The COSEE Coastal Trends Scientist-Educator Partnership immerses middle school and high school teachers in ocean science research experiences. Scientists and teachers conduct research and develop cla   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Exploring Informal Science Education Through Ocean Inquiry The Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence-Ocean Systems (COSEE-OS) aims to bring ocean literacy and current scientific content into both formal classrooms and informal education settings acr   MORE >> --COSEE.net   The COSEE:CGOM Experience: Enhanced Scientist Experiences in Summer Institutes The Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence Central Gulf of Mexico has implemented a five-day Teacher Scientist Institute in several states each year during its first and second grant periods.   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Ocean Observing Systems (OOS) Workshops: Scientist Education Outreach Using Real-Time Data COSEE West partnered with COSEE Coastal Trends to present an Ocean Observing Systems (OOS) based curricula and hands-on activities workshop to enable K-12 teachers and informal educators to use real-t   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Creating Real-time Displays of Ocean Observing System Data for Classroom and Informal Use   Ocean observing systems (OOS) provide a wealth of real-time data that can be put to use in classrooms and informal learning centers. Additionally, when students analyze real-time data in struc   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE West: Swim Through One Day Professional Development Educator Workshop Model COSEE West and other COSEE Centers have conducted a variety of education outreach activities, including one day professional development workshops with scientists and educators. Although the literatu   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Developing Successful Online Workshop Models A professor model had scientists presenting ocean science content during an undergraduate course, followed by an online workshop in which undergraduates served as mentors for ocean science content (su   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Podcasting the Ocean   The Ocean Gazing podcast is one of COSEE NOW's primary educational outreach tools. The aim is to provide scientists with a forum for telling their stories about ocean observing science and the   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Adapting the Poster Session to Benefit Scientists and the Broader Community COSEE Ocean Learning Communities experiments with strategies to catalyze and support a community of ocean scientists, learning science researchers, educators, and citizens interested in the marine env   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Looking For An Eager Audience For Your Research While Satisfying "Broader Impact" Requirements? COSEE Ocean Learning Communities has developed a learning community of marine volunteer organizations, resource managers, University and State agency scientists and formal educators who through organi   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Reaching Out to Scientists: A Model for Integrating Scientists� Research into Teacher Professional Development The CIRES Education and Outreach Program offers a suite of programs aligned with the Essential Principals of Ocean Sciences (EPOS) and the Essential Principles of Climate Sciences (EPCS). One such pr   MORE >> --COSEE.net   The Impact COSEE Participation Has On Scientists COSEE Central Gulf of Mexico engages scientists in summer institutes in two ways: (1) During a week-long face-to-face experience and (2) During a three-week long on-line experience. In the face-to-fa   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Improving Ocean Literacy by Engaging Informal Science Education Facilities with COSEE-SE Partnerships The Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence ' SouthEast (COSEE SouthEast) develops strategies for engaging scientists and educators for increased ocean literacy. COSEE SouthEast employs innova   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Tools That Work: Ning and MailChimp How do you communicate among hundreds of ocean scientists and educators spread across the largest, but most-wired, state in the country? How do you add in the many scientists who do their research in   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Frequently Asked Oil Spill Questions Frequently asked questions and answers about crude oil. Responses prepared by Dr. Sharon Walker, Director of Education and Outreach at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies and COSEE Central Gulf o   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Tools That Work: Qualtrics, an Online Registration Tool We have all experienced this before: Someone emails or asks you about a piece of paper, such as an application for a workshop, that they had given you weeks ago, and suddenly your mind goes blank. Th   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Tools That Work: Adobe Connect One of the many opportunities COSEE West offers our educators is online workshops, where people from all over the world can interact with each other, as well as with our scientist speakers. During ou   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE One Pager - New England COSEE New England leverages New England's extraordinary assets to engage the public in understanding the vital connections between people and the ocean. We represent a collaboration among more than 3   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Lesson Plans: Habitats and Organisms, Coastal Processes, and Marine Technology A variety of lesson plans created by teacher participants in COSEE Central Gulf of Mexico projects.   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Ocean Observing Systems Lesson Plans COSEE West offered the Ocean Observing Systems (OOS) Summer Teacher Institute in August 2008 to middle and high school classroom teachers to show them the cutting edge technology of and data collected   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE Ocean Systems COSEE Ocean Systems, with a team of researchers and other experts from the University of Maine, University of New Hampshire, and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, was established to implement sev   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Ocean-Climate Concept Mapping Tool from COSEE-Ocean Systems Weblinks from a presentation by Annette deCharon on 1/18/2010 COSEE Ocean Systems (OS) webpage => http://cosee.umaine.edu COSEE-OS Workshops => http://cosee.umaine.edu/coseeos/workshops/workshop   MORE >> --Alaska   Best Practices in Professional Development Reference List This list was developed as a resource for the COSEE Best Practices Professional Development Work Session, held in September 2009.   MORE >> --COSEE.net   Resources from our events Ocean Bibliographies Marine Science Field Trip Guide for Teachers (revised 11/07)  (PDF, 250 KB) Marine Science Video List (PDF, 106 KB) Ocean Tube! The Ocean in a Warmi   MORE >> --West   Teacher Created Lesson Plans  (PDF, 84 KB) Using SCCOOS Data to Gain Perspective (PDF, 67 KB) on the Coastal Environment of Palos Verdes Peninsula and Santa Catalina Island, California Computer Lab,   MORE >> --West   Curricula http://www.usc.edu/org/seagrant/Education/IE.html Island Explorer Lesson Plans: http://www.usc.edu/org/seagrant/Education/IELessons/IELessons.html Grades 4th-6th Hands on marine science activities cor   MORE >> --West   Whales - Oct. 13, 2004 Whales - Oct. 13, 2004 Lecture 11 - Dr. Bill Hamner for Dr. John Heyning - Discovering the Mysteries of Whales (College of Exploration Website) Article by John Heyning, curator of Marine Mammals at th   MORE >> --West   Wetlands - November 19, 2004 Wetlands - November 19, 2004 Lecture 12 - Dr. John Dorsey - Hands-On Learning in the Ballona Wetlands (College of Exploration Website) Dead Zones (Word, 26 KB) Nutrients (Word,&nbs   MORE >> --West   Ocean Observations in the Classroom � Dec 1, 2007 Ocean Observations in the Classroom - Dec 1, 2007 PowerPoint Presentation by Dr. George Matsumoto, Senior Education & Research Specialist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) Ocean Observ   MORE >> --West   Ocean Observing Systems Summer Teacher Institute - August 11-15, 2008 Monday, Aug 11 at University of Southern California, Los Angeles Lecturer: Graduate student Ivona Cetinic, USC "The Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS): Ocean at your fingertip   MORE >> --West   COSEE Collection on the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) The COSEE collections encompass the COSEE Resource Collection and the COSEE News Collection. COSEE collections provide access to on-line resources for ocean science education excellence, including co   MORE >> --COSEE.net   COSEE Network Conference - April 29-May 1, 2008 COSEE Network Conference - April 29-May 1, 2008 "Climate Change" presentation by Dr. D.G. Capone (PDF, 2.53 MB)   MORE >> --West   Ocean Tube Ocean Tube: Movies and Animations COSEE-West is collaborating with the USC Division of Animation and Digital Arts to begin producing a series of animated shorts focused on ocean concepts and current r   MORE >> --West

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