CENTERS Alaska California Central Gulf of Mexico Coastal Trends Florida Great Lakes Island Earth Networked Ocean World New England OCEAN Ocean Learning Communities Ocean Systems Pacific Partnerships SouthEast TEK West

Centers Each COSEE Center is a partnership that develops strong interactions between ocean research institutions, formal education organizations, and informal education providers. Centers may have a regional focus or a national thematic mission, but all engage in catalytic activities. Each Center develops programs and educational materials that actively engage students and the public in the excitement of science. Participation in and contributions to the national COSEE Network activities are a major part of each Center's charge. For more information on an individual center, click on the links in the menu at left. COSEE Alaska Infrastructure to further ocean literacy; educational tools; cultural context; and linkages between the impacts of coastal climate change and human activity [more] University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK 99709 Contact: Robin Dublin robindublin@coseealaska.net Phone: (907) 644-­6707 COSEE California Undergraduate ocean sciences course; OceanCareers.com website; connections between scientists and informal educators; K-8 whole school immersion in ocean science [more] Lawrence Hall of Science University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-5200 Contact: Craig Strang cstrang@berkeley.edu Phone: (510) 642-­9809 COSEE Florida Ocean science concentration for pre-service educators; professional development workshops for scientists; connections between ocean scientists and informal educators; ocean science learning networks throughout Florida [more] Indian River State College 3209 Virginia Ave. Fort Pierce, FL 34981 Contact: Sue Cook scook@irsc.edu Phone: (772) 579-­0601 COSEE Island Earth Facilitate collaborations between marine researchers and educators; Expanded community participation in science; Courses in communicating sciences; Enhancing ocean literacy in resident and visitor populations; Bridging science, culture, and indigenous knowledge systems University of Hawai'i at Manoa The Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology P.O. Box 1346 Kane'ohe, Hawai'i 96744 Contact: Judy Lemus jlemus@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 236-7422 COSEE Networked Ocean World Ocean observing systems, real time data, teacher professional development, building pathways for scientist ­ educator partnerships. Special interests of this COSEE: K-12 professional development, undergraduate and graduate education, careers, engaging scientists, ocean literacy [more] IMCS Rutgers University 71 Dudley Road New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Contact: Janice McDonnell mcdonnel@marine.rutgers.edu Phone: (732) 932-­6555 x521 COSEE OCEAN Strategies to engage more ocean scientists in education and outreach; delivery of ocean science curriculum in a large urban school district; promotion of Ocean Literacy through a network of informal science institutions [more] University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA 02125 Contact: Bob Chen Phone: (617) 287-­7491 Bob.Chen@umb.edu COSEE-Ocean Learning Communities Building and fostering learning communities among diverse stakeholders who care about ocean issues, developing models of sustainable collaborations between scientists, educators, education researchers and maritime businesses based on mutual understanding, and sharing these models with other COSEEs [more] University of Washington Box 353600 Seattle, Washington 98195-7940 Contact: Philip Bell pbell@u.washington.edu COSEE-Ocean Systems Delivering effective tools and techniques to other COSEEs, helping them spread their efforts inland and to rural areas [more] University of Maine School of Marine Sciences Darling Marine Center 193 Clark's Cove Road Walpole, ME 04573 Contact: Annette deCharon annette.decharon@maine.edu Phone: (207) 563-­3146 x298 COSEE-Pacific Partnerships Integrating marine research and education for audiences that traditionally have had limited access to an understanding of the ocean [more] Oregon Institute of Marine Biology P. O. Box 5389 Charleston, OR 97420 Contact: Jan Hodder jhodder@uoregon.edu Phone: (541) 888-­2581 x215 COSEE SouthEast South Atlantic Bight-estuaries, marshes and watersheds, coastal waters, deep ocean; Coastal Legacy; South Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing system [more] SC Sea Grant Consortium 287 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29401 Contact: Lundie Spence lundie.spence@scseagrant.org Phone: (843) 727-­2078 COSEE-TEK Linking science, technology, and engineering to catalyze learning and communication of STEM topics for teachers, students, scientists, and the public [more] University of Connecticut at Avery Point 1080 Shennecossett Road Groton, Connecticut 06340-6048 Contact: Ivar Babb ivar.babb@uconn.edu Phone: (860) 405-9121 COSEE-West Teacher professional development; online workshops; urban schools and audiences [more] University of Southern California 3616 Trousdale Parkway, AHF 254 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0373 Contact: Linda Duguay duguay@usc.edu Phone: (213) 821-­1335 COSEE Central Gulf of Mexico COSEE Coastal Trends COSEE Florida (University of South Florida) COSEE Great Lakes COSEE New England

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