COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence- Ocean in the Earth-Sun system

合作研究：海洋科学教育卓越中心 - 地球-太阳系统中的海洋

• 批准号: 0528702
• 负责人: Lee Karp-Boss
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Maine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-15 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0528702&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: COLLABORATIVE; RESEARCH; Centers; Ocean; Science

OCE - 0528706This award establishes a new Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE) via awards to the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (0528706), the University of Maine (0528702), and the University of New Hampshire (0528686). The main goals of this thematic Center are to broaden understanding of the oceans in the context of the earth and solar systems and to help the COSEE network reach rural and inland audiences. The PIs will pioneer a system of interfaces, tools, and resources to reach underserved and underrepresented groups, and to bring ocean sciences to inland audiences by presenting it in the context of more familiar components of the earth system, including environmental and space sciences. One goal is to explore the effectiveness of expanding knowledge of the ocean's role beyond being a driver of earth's climate to placing the earth in the context of its unique place in the solar system. Activities include building and training educator-scientist teams to work towards specific goals, e.g., testing strategies for effective use of ocean data, training in the use of concept mapping, and the identification and evaluation of high-quality resources. Evaluation of products, models and information is integrated throughout, with continuous self-assessment. Formal education partners at the University of Maine and University of New Hampshire will test the efficacy of materials with educators whose knowledge of ocean-related content ranges from novice to expert. Maine will be a test bed for the COSEE network to start reaching inland rural populations. The team includes scientists and educators with expertise in the hydrosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere. The team will develop concept maps and case studies that show application of ocean topics to the National Science Education Standards. The Center will develop a formal mechanism for scientific review of materials to ensure the products they recommend are of the highest quality and meet rigorous standards, as well as to provide feedback from educators and scientists to product developers. They will select resources from DLESE, the BRIDGE, NOAA and others and evaluate these for classroom readiness and scientific accuracy using their team of well-trained resource evaluators with first-hand knowledge of earth systems science. They also will do a "gap analysis" of missing resources. The "Gap Analysis" will also inform the science community about avoiding developing materials for well-covered topics. The review process developed by COSEE-OESS, from initial use of NASA's education product review, will be disseminated nationally as a model for evaluating best practices and assessment and evaluation guidelines for education materials. In-service teacher programs will focus on expansion of University of New Hampshire's Coastal Observing Center summer in-service teacher workshops to incorporate OESS content and evaluation of activities ("test bed" for novel materials and activities). These workshops have annual themes focusing on ocean observing systems and the integration of buoy, shipboard, and satellite data (GoMOOS). Pre-service teachers and general science students at the University of Maine will take a new course created by OESS to learn ocean research methods by focusing on using physical principles, concepts and approaches to explain phenomena in aquatic sciences that are aligned to the NSES. The course will be developed for distribution to teachers after rigorous evaluation. Intellectual Merit of the Center: This thematic center focuses on creating and evaluating a series of interconnected tools and techniques designed to broaden understanding of the ocean in the context of the earth and solar systems. Results will be translated into innovative multimedia products that showcase the ocean in the earth-sun system. Educational resources will be evaluated for science and education impact, and gaps in these resources will be identified and filled. A new undergraduate course to teach about ocean phenomena will be developed, tested, and disseminated nationally. The proposed Center will help COSEE reach inland and rural audiences. Broader impact: This Center will serve as a "learning organization" to deliver excellent products, models, and information that can be applied virtually anywhere. The final products, publication of "Best Practices" (a document that describes the value of system context in terms of learning) and "Strategies to reach inland audiences" will be disseminated throughout and beyond the COSEE network.

该奖项通过授予毕格罗海洋科学实验室（0528706）、缅因大学（0528702）和新罕布什尔大学（0528686）来建立一个新的海洋科学教育卓越中心（COSEE）。这个专题中心的主要目标是在地球和太阳系的背景下扩大对海洋的了解，并帮助COSEE网络接触农村和内陆受众。pi将率先建立一个接口、工具和资源系统，以接触服务不足和代表性不足的群体，并通过在更熟悉的地球系统组成部分（包括环境和空间科学）的背景下介绍海洋科学，将其介绍给内陆受众。其中一个目标是探索扩大对海洋作用的认识的有效性，使其不仅仅是地球气候的驱动因素，而是将地球置于其在太阳系中的独特地位。活动包括建立和培训教育-科学家小组，以实现具体目标，例如，测试有效利用海洋数据的战略，培训使用概念图，以及查明和评价高质量资源。对产品、模型和信息的评估贯穿始终，并不断进行自我评估。缅因大学（University of Maine）和新罕布什尔大学（University of New Hampshire）的正规教育合作伙伴将与具有从新手到专家不等海洋相关知识的教育工作者一起测试教材的有效性。缅因州将成为COSEE网络开始覆盖内陆农村人口的试验田。该小组包括具有水圈、生物圈、冰冻圈、地圈和大气专业知识的科学家和教育工作者。该小组将开发概念图和案例研究，展示海洋主题在国家科学教育标准中的应用。该中心将建立一个正式的材料科学审查机制，以确保他们推荐的产品是最高质量的，符合严格的标准，并将教育工作者和科学家的反馈提供给产品开发人员。他们将从dese、BRIDGE、NOAA和其他机构中选择资源，并利用他们训练有素的资源评估人员团队对这些资源进行课堂准备和科学准确性的评估，这些资源评估人员拥有地球系统科学的第一手知识。他们还将对缺失的资源进行“差距分析”。“差距分析”还将告知科学界如何避免为已充分覆盖的主题开发材料。COSEE-OESS从最初使用NASA的教育产品审查开始制定的审查程序将作为评估教育材料最佳做法和评估和评价准则的模型在全国范围内传播。在职教师计划将重点扩展新罕布什尔大学海岸观测中心暑期在职教师研讨会，以纳入OESS内容和活动评估（新材料和活动的“试验台”）。这些研讨会每年的主题是海洋观测系统和浮标、船载和卫星数据（GoMOOS）的整合。缅因大学的职前教师和普通理科学生将学习OESS创建的一门新课程，学习海洋研究方法，重点是使用物理原理、概念和方法来解释与NSES一致的水生科学现象。经过严格的评估，课程将开发出来分发给教师。该中心的智力价值：该主题中心专注于创造和评估一系列相互关联的工具和技术，旨在扩大对地球和太阳系背景下海洋的理解。研究结果将转化为创新的多媒体产品，展示地球-太阳系统中的海洋。将评估教育资源对科学和教育的影响，并确定和填补这些资源中的空白。一门教授海洋现象的新本科课程将被开发、测试并在全国范围内传播。拟议中的中心将帮助COSEE接触内陆和农村的受众。更广泛的影响：该中心将作为一个“学习型组织”，提供优秀的产品、模型和信息，这些产品、模型和信息几乎可以应用于任何地方。最终成果、“最佳做法”（一份描述系统背景在学习方面的价值的文件）和“接触内陆受众的战略”的出版将在COSEE网络内外传播。