PowerPoint Presentation• Overview National COSEE Network
• COSEE Network of Centers
Image courtesy of COSEE-Ocean Systems
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researchers and educators
science education programs nationwide
improving science education
represented groups in the ocean sciences
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• 2000 - Workshop in Long Beach, MS with 73 multiple sector
participants to evaluate community needs
2001 - Priority Recommendations sent to NSF
- Special Issue of Current, the Jour. of Marine Educ.
- First NSF request for proposals
• 2002 - 7 Centers & Central Coordinating Office funded
2005 - Three new Centers funded, one Center unfunded
2007 - One new and two reorganized Centers funded, one
Center unfunded
institutions to K-12 school districts and informal learning
institutions
education entity and one informal science education provider
in catalytic activities
• Centers may have a regional focus or a national thematic
mission and must contribute to the National COSEE Network
activities
COSEE Coastal Trends – Maryland/Virginia
COSEE Central Gulf of Mexico – FL, AL, MS, LO, TX
COSEE Great Lakes – NY, OH, MI, MN, WI, IL, PN
COSEE West – Los Angeles – USC/UCLA (Colorado)
COSEE California – UCLA and UCSD (Hawaii and VA)
COSEE Pacific Partnerships - Oregon
COSEE Alaska
***COSEE Florida unfunded/inactive
NOPP –
Best use of human and financial resources in a cost- and time-effective manner;
Minimize duplication of programs across agencies;
ID and fill important gaps that are not covered by individual agency efforts;
Facilitate continuation of and sustained support for the commitments of its partners; and
Initiate and/or expand programs that are beyond the missions of individual partners.
IWG-
Leverage resources by broadening and strengthening networks and investing in common messages;
Recognize ocean education as a specific expression of Earth system science and environmental education and link to these important concepts; and
Promote the OLEPFC as a model framework for organizing our efforts
ORRAP Outcome –
Outcome: Our ocean, coastal zones, and Great Lakes grow in popularity and importance, thus attracting more students and workers to the STEM disciplines – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Typical COSEE Center
institutions
community colleges, school districts, state and federal
agencies, aquaria and museums
lecture programs , undergrad and grad courses,
public programs,
organizations, etc.
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COSEE has grown into the nation’s most comprehensive ocean science and education network with 208 current partners:
56 Universities and Research Institutions
4 Community Colleges
26 School Districts
73 Informal Science
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COSEE 2008
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- NOAA Research - Ocean Exploration and Sea Grant
- NOAA Office of Education
• Private Industry
• One Center also receives $250K/yr from NOAA
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Educator Hired – Elizabeth Ban
COSEE Messages, Ocean Lectures
Image courtesy Chip Clark
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Facilitator in first COSEE planning workshop in MS in 2000, Lead writer on COSEE SE proposal, which was successfully funded
Represent NOAA on COSEE Council as non-voting member
On Statement of Purpose Team for OH, Core Team for OH Portal Prototype developing the education component for that, PKC Detail to SI OH, Myles Gordon and other SI leadership
CC MMWG
Myles Gordon
NSF PMs
Proposals
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outreach activities
development activities with ocean scientists
• Advanced ocean awareness and literacy among the general
public, directly reaching thousands of people
• Developed and implemented new undergraduate and graduate
courses on communicating ocean sciences at 22 universities
• Reached underserved and underrepresented audiences
through targeted recruitment, partnerships with school
districts, and translation of materials for non-English speakers
• Created K-12 curricular materials, with teams of educators
and scientists, integrating ocean sciences into science curricula
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NOPP –
Best use of human and financial resources in a cost- and time-effective manner;
Minimize duplication of programs across agencies;
ID and fill important gaps that are not covered by individual agency efforts;
Facilitate continuation of and sustained support for the commitments of its partners; and
Initiate and/or expand programs that are beyond the missions of individual partners.
IWG-
Leverage resources by broadening and strengthening networks and investing in common messages;
Recognize ocean education as a specific expression of Earth system science and environmental education and link to these important concepts; and
Promote the OLEPFC as a model framework for organizing our efforts
ORRAP Outcome –
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