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| New on COSEE.net this month is the implementation of RSS feeds (also available on all CMS Center sites) for distribution of news. RSS is a web feed format used to publish frequently updated material, such as news, in a standardized format. Our RSS documents (see the one for COSEE.net here) contain the news title, publish date, a blurb of content, and a link to the original news item. To subscribe to the COSEE.net or any Center RSS feed, click on the RSS feed buttons, located on the news web pages. The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds for new work on a regular basis, downloads any new updates, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds. |
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Smithsonian Panel Discussion and Webcast About Oil Spill Part of the Changing Tides lecture series, brought to you by Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and COSEE, and made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation. The discussion - One Year After the Gulf Oil Spill – will be held Tuesday, April 19 at 6:30 PM at the Smithsonian, and is free and open to the public. The event will also be available as a live webcast. For more information about this lecture and the Changing Tides series visit here.
Ocean Scientist Audio and Video Statements Needed The COSEE National Office is partnering with the Inner Space Center to develop the hardware, software, and related programming to connect U.S. oceanographic research vessels to informal science education institutions. Hardware installations and testing are currently taking place at two aquariums, Mystic and South Carolina, both members of the National COSEE Network and the Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center (CELC) Network. In addition to live programming, prerecorded programs will be available on demand. We are seeking input from the ocean scientist community in the form of short audio and video segments. This opportunity will feature ocean scientists completing the sentence, "I explore the ocean because..." Eventually, millions of people will have access to the programming through the network of CELC kiosks. If you know of ocean scientists who would like this opportunity to highlight their research for the public, please pass their contact information on to Andrea Gingras.
Ocean Literacy and Education Publications Available FREE Science Activities magazine has put all the lesson plans from the special Ocean Literacy issue [Fall 2009] online for free access during the month of April. Lessons range from elementary to high school and were developed by educators from COSEE, NOAA and GK-12 programs. Go to www.informaworld.com/VSCA and choose Volume 46, Issue 3 for access. And don't forget that throughout April 2011, Routledge publishers offers free access to all their education research journals. |
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Scientist Engagement Working Group Take a moment to visit the COSEE Engaging Scientists page. The SEW-G is very close to completing the approval process for Dr. Michael Kemp (University of Maryland, COSEE Coastal Trends) and Dr. Scott Glenn (Rutgers University, COSEE NOW). The production team continues to make excellent progress. The text and videos for Dr. Crystal Johnson (Louisiana State University, COSEE Central Gulf of Mexico) are nearing completion and will soon be reviewed by SEW-G. Dr. Brian McCann has scheduled visits with Dr. Isaac Ginis, (University of Rhode Island, COSEE National Office), Dr. Joel Hoffman (Environmental Protection Agency, COSEE Great Lakes) and Dr. Jude Apple (Western Washington University, COSEE Pacific Partnerships). Catherine Cramer is logging interviews and writing text for Dr. Adina Paytan (University of California, COSEE California), while Lisa Taylor completes case study website pages and posts additional content. The interview process will soon be started with the two remaining featured scientists, as this project moves steadily toward completion. Please contact SEW-G Chair Jessie Kastler with questions, suggestions and comments (228-872--4269).
Web Working Group This month the WWG oversaw the implementation of RSS feeds on the CMS websites. Click on the News pages for access. Also new: websites for COSEE TEK and COSEE OCEAN. Welcome to the CMS! For more information, contact Annette deCharon, WWG Chair.
ENTS Sub-Group The Excellence in Networking Tools Sub-Group (ENTs) is in the process of planning the next Network-wide webinar, scheduled for later in April. Details coming soon. For more information, contact one of the ENTs co-chairs Catherine Cramer and Carla Companion. |
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COSEE at NSTA 2011 The COSEE Network again had a great presence during the 2011 NSTA Conference in San Francisco, CA , March 10-13. Read a full report and view photographs from the conference here.
COSEE at NSTA 2012 We have been steadily building a large presence at the NSTA conference and would like to continue offering a large selection of programs and presentations for teachers. We need your assistance and talents to make this happen. Please consider submitting a proposal to present during the NSTA 2012 National Conference: March 29 – April 1, 2012, Indianapolis, IN. Session proposals for the NSTA National Conference are due on Friday, April 15, 2011. Session details here. If you decide to submit a proposal, please place COSEE in the title of the presentation and send Liesl Hotaling the following information: presentation title, presenter, proposal number, time requested (30 or 60 minutes) and a quick summary of the presentation. This information significantly helps plan the COSEE Day at NSTA schedule. If you have any questions, please contact Liesl Hotaling. |
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Resources EE Week Special Feature: Weather Connections to the Ocean As part of National Environmental Education Week's 2011 theme, Ocean Connections, broadcast meteorologists from across the United States have contributed videos explaining the ocean's role in weather in their regions. These meteorologists participate in Earth Gauge, a sister program of National Environmental Education Week that provides weathercasters with free environmental information and stewardship tips they can share with their viewers. Access the videos.
STEM Blog AAAS MemberCentral now has a new blog about what STEM educators have learned in and out of the classroom to promote student learning and career development, as well as reflections on STEM disciplines, institutions, and professional conduct. Read the blog. |
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COSEE Alaska participated in the production of three short videos showcasing the dramatic changes in Alaska's marine ecosystems due to the effects of climate change, in partnership with the Alaska Marine Conservation Council, Alaska Sea Grant program and Alaska Ocean Observing System. These introductions to the impacts of climate change in Alaska include interviews with Alaska Natives, commentary by scientists, and footage from Alaska's Arctic. To access the videos, click here and scroll down to the bottom of the page.
COSEE Coastal Trends in partnership with the National Parks Service will be offering a professional development workshop for Hawaii educators this summer. The 5-day workshop will focus on the science, research and cultural aspects of coral reefs and their susceptibility to climate change, June 20-24 2011, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Coconut Island, Oahu. The workshop is open to Hawaii teachers/educators only. For more information and to register, please visit here.
COSEE Ocean Learning Communities for the second year is one of the sponsors of the Seattle Aquarium’s Sound Conversations. The speaker series is targeted to the general public as a way to introduce and inform citizens about science and research related to the health of the world’s ocean and marine life. The series format uses an informal interview-like approach to engage the speaker in a conversation about their career, work and interests. Speakers this year include: March 3 - Kristen Laidre, a University of Washington ocean scientist focusing on artic marine mammals and climate change; April 7 - Mark Schrader, captain and director of Around the Americas, a project to promote awareness about the health of the ocean; and May 5 - Daniel Beltra, renown photographer who documented the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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On February 28 COSEE OLC partnered with Washington Sea Grant and SoundCitizen to run a Boat-Based Education Workshop at the University of Washington. The all-day workshop began a dialog about enhancing participation of boat-based informal education programs in ocean research. Discussions were intentionally structured to fit within a public participatory framework so organizations were positioned to think of themselves as long-term design partners for developing research projects. Participants left the workshop with excitement and enthusiasm for engaging in authentic science with SoundCitizen and plans are currently under development for future meetings that will expand partnerships with these groups to other ocean scientists.
COSEE Florida Dr. Edie Widder, deep-sea explorer and CEO of the Ocean Research & Conservation Association, collaborated with 27 professional educators to develop ocean-based activities for science classrooms. Dr. Widder lead the group on a simulated dive of the deep sea. COSEE staff, led by Laura Diederick, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce Education Coordinator, introduced the workshop participants to a variety of stations demonstrating simple but effective activities to communicate important physical and biological properties of the deep sea. More details here.
COSEE OCEAN announces its new website, now live. Design work was recently completed and content is currently being added. The Graduate students for Ocean Education (GrOE) Facebook page has new content posted daily, and is growing its fan base. COSEE OCEAN partner COSEE China announces its 2nd International Ocean Sciences Summer School & PhD Student Forum, July 1-8, 2011, in Xiamen, China. Details here. COSEE OCEAN collaborated with COSEE California to present a Special Interest Session on Ocean Science Education as part of the GK-12 Learning Network Conference on March 13.
COSEE Ocean Systems To celebrate the upcoming launch of the Aquarius/SAC-D satellite, COSEE-OS presents a workshop for K-12 educators to be held at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California, June 3-4, 2011. Aquarius will employ advanced technologies to make NASA's first space-based measurements of ocean salinity across the globe - an important observation for ocean and climate studies. From 650 kilometers (400 miles) above Earth's surface, Aquarius will detect changes in ocean salinity as small as a pinch of salt in a gallon of water.
Day 1 of the workshop will feature eminent NASA scientists who will work collaboratively with educators to examine connections between the water cycle, ocean circulation, climate and sea surface salinity. On Day 2, educators will tour the JPL facility, attach scientist-vetted content (e.g., animations and images, news items) to their online concept maps, and conduct hands-on activities that support workshop themes. This model is based on a series of COSEE-OS workshops that team researchers and educators to better communicate scientific content. Applications are due on/before Friday May 6, 2011. Apply here.
COSEE Pacific Partnerships is sponsoring a workshop for community college faculty with Dr. Daniel Roby, Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, on April 29 at the 2011 Northwest Biology Instructors' Organization Meeting at Yakima Valley Community College in Yakima, WA. The workshop will use information from his research on the ecology of fish eating colonial waterbirds (primarily Caspian terns, double-crested cormorants, and several gull species) and their impacts on the survival of juvenile salmonids in the Columbia River Basin and will include activities suitable for inclusion in community college courses. For more information visit the workshop event page or contact Coral Gehrke.
COSEE TEK announces its new website. COSEE TEK recently held its first External Advisory Committee meeting.
COSEE West and the COSEE West Colorado Collaborative are partnering in a teacher exchange and are offering two teacher workshop opportunities, one in Boulder, Colorado and one in Los Angeles, California. This year funding is available to support 5 Southern California teachers to go to Boulder, Colorado and 5 Colorado teachers to go to Los Angeles, California to attend these workshops. Information on the Boulder Workshop, Exploring Climate Connections between the Global Ocean and Climate, Ecosystems & Economy, here; Flyer for the Los Angeles Ocean Observing Systems Institute, here. |
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| Announcements |
Engaging Girls in STEM Webcast Engaging and Supporting Latinas in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Thursday, April 7, 2011, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific. Join practitioners from informal and formal education to discuss strategies and programming ideas for engaging and supporting Latinas in STEM. Presenters include Melissa Cigarroa and Lisa Chappa of the Imaginarium of South Texas and Melissa Hosten and Andria Disney of TI Inspire, a program in the Chandler Arizona Unified School District. Register here.
World Oceans Day 2011 and 2012 Once again, The Ocean Project and World Ocean Network are teaming up to help promote this event worldwide. The two-year theme is Youth: The Next Wave for Change. Click here to learn more about this two-year long theme. |
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Contribute to CNN! Send news and announcements of interest to the COSEE Network community to the editor, Catherine Cramer.
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| COSEE Centers and Council Representatives |
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| COSEE Alaska (Nora Deans, North Pacific Research Board) |
| COSEE California (Craig Strang, UC Berkeley) |
| COSEE Central Gulf of Mexico (Sharon Walker, Institute for Marine Mammal Studies) |
| COSEE Coastal Trends (Laura Murray, U of Maryland Center for Environmental Science) |
| COSEE Florida (Edwin Massey, Indian River State College) |
| COSEE Great Lakes (Rosanne Fortner, Ohio State University) |
| COSEE Networked Ocean World World (Janice McDonnell, Rutgers University) |
| COSEE OCEAN (Bob Chen, University of Massachusetts) |
| COSEE Ocean Learning Communities (Phil Bell, University of Washington) |
| COSEE Ocean Systems (Annette deCharon, Darling Marine Center, University of Maine) |
| COSEE Pacific Partnerships (Jan Hodder, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology) |
| COSEE SouthEast (Lundie Spence, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium) |
| COSEE TEK (Ivar Babb, University of Connecticut) |
| COSEE West (Linda Duguay, University of Southern California) |
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