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CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO

NETWORKED OCEAN WORLD

COASTAL TRENDS

WEST

SOUTHEAST

NEW ENGLAND

OCEAN LEARNING COMMUNITIES

GREAT LAKES

OCEAN SYSTEMSPACIFIC PARTNERSHIPS

CALIFORNIA

ALASKA

Central Coordinating Office

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The mission of the COSEE Network is to engage scientists and educators to transform ocean sciences education.

Each Center works to:• Engage ocean scientists and assist them

with developing strong broader impacts of their research

• Foster the integration of ocean research into high quality education materials

• Enhance the capacity of educators to deliver high quality ocean science programs

• Promote a deeper understanding of the ocean

Marine Station Partners

Oregon Washington

California Hawai’i

Informal Science Education Partners

Community Colleges in Oregon, Washington,

California, & Hawai’i

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Week long professional development workshops for community college faculty taught by scientists

•July 20 Estuaries•July 21 Rocky Shores•July 22 Open Ocean•Evening Seminar: Ocean

Acidification•July 23 Deep Sea;

Ocean Bacteria•July 24 Islands and Seamounts

2009 Community College Faculty Institute: Marine Biology held at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology

Ocean Observing Systems - Drs. Ed Dever and Fred PrahlGlobal Carbon Cycle, Ocean Chemistry, and Ocean Acidification - Dr. Burke Hales Plastic in the Ocean and Harmful Algal Blooms - Dr, Angel WhiteWaves and Ocean Energy - Dr. George BoehlertHypoxia along the Oregon Coast - Dr. Jack Barth

Visit to the Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory and the Wallace Energy Systems and Renewable Laboratory in CorvallisCommunity College Liaison – Dr Al Trujillo, Palomar Community College, CA

2010 Community College Faculty Institute: Advances in Oceanography- Studying Climate Change in Ocean Systems to be held at the Hatfield Marine Science Center Oregon State University

NWBIO 2009 Workshop - Rocky Intertidal Biology

Workshops at meetings attended by community college faculty

Northwest Biology Instructors Meeting

NWBIO 2010 Workshop - Mariculture in the Coastal Zone

The PRIME ProgramPromoting Research Investigations in the Marine Environment

Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon,

Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University

Shannon Point Marine Center, Western Washington University

Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii

An Eight Week Summer Internship Program Based at Marine Laboratories for Community College Students

PRIME is designed to give community college students the opportunity to develop research and outreach skills through hands-on experience working with marine scientists and informal educators.

Eight weeks$2,000 stipendHousing at marine labParticipation in research seminarsPRIME program activities

Examples of PRIME Internship Projects Determining the role of sandy beach surf-zones as a habitat for juvenile Chinook salmon Daniel Jones and Dr. Jessica Miller, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2010

Hydrodynamics of Olympia Oysters in an Estuarine Environment, Jacob Evans and Dr. Steve Rumrill, SSNERR, 2009

A Laboratory and field study of the interactions between macroalgae and eelgrass in Oregon’s estuaries, Sea-oh McConville and Dr. Sally Hacker and Margot Hessing-Lewis, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2009

An analysis of the age and life stage of juvenile lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus, using otoliths, Amanda Wilson and Dr. Alan Shanks, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, 2008

Using Crab Eggs and Larvae to Study Effects of Ocean Acidification, Paul Pratt, and Dr. Steve Sulkin, Shannon Point Marine Center, 2009

Hydrodynamics of Olympia Oysters in an Estuarine

Environment

Jacob EvansClatsop Community CollegeSteve RumrillSouth Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

Poster: Jefferson County, WANOAA / Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative

PRIME projects - out reach component

Exhibits

Newsletter itemOutreach PostersFormal presentation of research results in a symposium

Behind the scenes tour

Activity for K-12 audience

Sea-oh McConville, PRIME intern 2009, presenting at the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference Portland, Oregon

COSEE-Pacific Partnerships is funded by NSF Grant Number OCE-0731338

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