Communicating Ocean Sciences to Informal Audiences (COSIA)

“向非正式受众传播海洋科学”是一个创新项目，在非正式科学教育机构和从事海洋科学研究的地方学院之间建立独特的伙伴关系，重点是地球、生物和地球化学科学。 该项目使100多名参加交流海洋科学学院课程的本科生和研究生能够与他们的非正式教育伙伴一起创建引人入胜的学习活动和教学工具包。 机构团队包括：长滩水族馆和加州州立大学-海滩;哈特菲尔德海洋科学中心和俄勒冈州州立大学的俄勒冈州海洋赠款;弗吉尼亚水族馆和科学中心和汉普顿大学;自由科学中心和罗格斯大学;劳伦斯科学馆和加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校。 学生通过为来访的家庭和儿童提供课程、导游图尔斯和互动学习体验，学习宝贵的外联技能。 可提供的材料包括一个为期三天的合作伙伴讲习班、一系列COSIA手册（合作指南、非正式教育指南和外联指南）、一份非正式科学教育活动手册和实践活动网上资料库。 将通过在大学和非正规科学教育机构之间建立伙伴关系，以及在非正规科学机构建立网络支持该项目时开展能力建设，来实现战略影响。 预计评估结果还将使实地了解博物馆与大学合作的好处。 该项目将影响30，000多名中小学儿童及其家庭，以及合作机构的教职员工和学生。

"Communicating Ocean Sciences to Informal Audiences (COSIA)" is an innovative project that creates unique partnerships between informal science education institutions and local colleges conducting research in ocean sciences, with an emphasis on earth, biological and geochemical sciences. The project enables over 100 undergraduate and graduate students that are enrolled in the Communicating Ocean Sciences college course to create engaging learning activities and teaching kits in conjunction with their informal education partners. Institutional teams include: Long Beach Aquarium and California State University-Long Beach; Hatfield Marine Science Center and Oregon Sea Grant at Oregon State University; Virginia Aquarium and Science Center and Hampton University; Liberty Science Center and Rutgers University; and Lawrence Hall of Science and University of California-Berkeley. Students learn valuable outreach skills by providing visiting families and children with classes, guided tours and interactive learning experiences. Deliverables include a three-day partner workshop, a series of COSIA Handbooks (Collaboration Guide, Informal Education Guide and Outreach Guide), an Informal Science Education Activities Manual and Web Bank of hands-on activities. Strategic impact will be realized through the creation of partnerships between universities and informal science education institutions and capacity building that will occur as informal science institutions create networks to support the project. It is also anticipated the evaluation outcomes will inform the field abut the benefits of museum and university partnerships. The project will impact more than 30,000 elementary and middle school children and their families, as well as faculty, staff and students at the partnering institutions.