Incorporation of MarineResearch and Resource

Issues into Public Education

Simona Bartl, Ph.D.Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

San José State University FoundationProfessional Development for Teachers

Target Audience

20 teachers/year Middle and high

school science 2,500 students

5 classes of 25students per year(USDE estimate)

North CarolinaWisconsin

2007

2008

Schools

Program Goal

Teachers willdemonstrate increasedunderstanding of howmarine research providesdata for developingeffective marine resourcemanagement techniques,especially as they relateto the Monterey Baywatersheds.

Eight Program Objectives

Project Overview

Summer workshop Curriculum

field, lab, andcomputer activities

using real and currentdata

addressing currentissues

targeting CA sciencestandards

Project Overview

Academic yearsupport

To local classrooms Scientists Teacher helpers Stuff

To the field Local experts

Evaluation Plan

The evaluation plan forthis project will be threefold: Front-end

used to determineaudience needs, skills,and knowledge

Formative used to improve the

project Summative

used to guide judgmentsabout the project's impactand merit

Products

Workshop: “Field and LabExplorations in MarineScience”

Logo Website

teach.mlml.calstate.edu/

Curriculum Distributed to workshop

participants on CD

Curriculum

Watershed Overview MLML ESNERR MERITO (MBNMS)

Habitat Monitoring LiMPETS (MBNMS)

Sandcrab activity Salinas River State Beach

Scientific Database use SIMoN (MBNMS)

Virtual Sea Urchin Hopkins Marine Station

MLML Curriculum

Invasive Species

MLML Research Japanese mud snail

(Batillaria attramentaria)

Kirby Park, ElkhornSlough

MLML Curriculum

Habitat Restorationand Water Quality

MLML Research Nitrate levels

Moro Cojo Slough

MLML Curriculum

Shark and RayMonitoring andConservation

MLML Research Prickly Shark

(Echinorhinus cookei)

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Evaluation Results

All goals were met, teachersreported:

Gaining new lesson plans &hands-on activities

Incorporating hands-on fieldand lab activities into theircurriculum

An enhanced understanding ofhow research data arecollected and used in resourcemanagement and protection ofthe marine environment

Satisfaction with the forum ofpeer support establishedduring the workshop

Changes Made

Provide teachers withaccess or low costalternatives toequipment/technologyneeded to teachworkshop content

Provide more time formath and graphingactivities

Implement studentsurveys

Thank you for your time