Scientist-Educator Partnerships to Enhance Rural Ocean Literacy
Annette deCharon & Medea Steinman University of Maine
Amy Holt ClineUniversity of New HampshireCOSEE – Ocean Systems (OS)
Overview
• Since 2005, COSEE-Ocean Systems has been creating & testing models of collaboration
• Goals include:– Reaching rural & inland audiences– Engaging ocean researchers– Creating transferable activities for maximum
impact
Rural & Inland Audiences
• Through its workshops, COSEE-OS has made strides reaching rural & inland audiences:– 48% of 125 educators from 25 states were rural
• Goal– Increase the capacity of scientists to efficiently
translate their research into compelling and relevant content for various audiences
• Methodology– Help deconstruct knowledge into concepts to
create “concept maps”– Thus far, trained 30+ scientists to concept map,– Recently, 66% said they use COSEE-OS tools
Engaging Researchers
• Who created this “consensus map”?– Dr. Fei Chai & three educators from rural areas:
Engaging Researchers
Engaging Researchers
• Educators felt concept mapping helped them:– Think through topics learned at workshop– Share ideas / communicate with scientists
Transferrable Activities
• The first activity you will do today is based on our recent publication:– Goal is to use physical sciences inquiry to connect
with ocean topics
Transferrable Activities
• Important to tie “hands on” activities to other background resources:
Another great resource - NASA Aquarius http://www.cosee.net/aquarius/education-outcomes.html
Thank you!
• If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us:– Annette deCharon
<[email protected]>– Medea Steinman <[email protected]>– Amy Holt Cline <[email protected]>
• Please check out our website:– http://cosee.maine.edu