COSEE Coastal Trends

我们这一代人面临的一个重大环境挑战是理解并最终管理沿海海洋发生的无数变化。要了解气候和人为因素是如何驱动这些沿海趋势的，需要具备基本的科学素养。本项目的目标是提高海洋科学素养，重点是通过科学家、教育工作者和公众之间的伙伴关系了解沿海趋势。COSEE海岸趋势项目将有经验的科学教育工作者和沿海海洋研究科学家聚集在一起，共同分析、综合和解释有关海洋科学原理的现有科学知识，并重点关注沿海趋势。该项目将为教师、学生和普通公众编制解决这些问题的教育单元。该项目以COSEE以前的经验为基础，利用与沿海海洋科学家的创造性伙伴关系(例如，MA、VA和GA的长期生态研究项目)和最终用户群体(例如，国家公园管理局、VA水族馆、国家地理学会、NOAA NEERS)，开发和提供针对国家科学教育标准和海洋扫盲原则的独特和令人兴奋的教育材料(例如，视频剪辑、播客、网络教程)。将组建由一名教育工作者、一名科学家、一名研究生和一名代表不足的大学生(由一名科学传播者、网站管理员和评估员支持)组成的独特的研究金小组，以开发12个沿海趋势模块(每年三个)。这些研究金小组将把研究和教育结合起来，以产生沿海趋势模块，这些模块将在不同的机构、课程和指导活动中进行实地测试。这一系列的协同互动将提供最终用户群体可以应用并传播到K-12和公共教育场所的材料。COSEE的资金将得到有效利用，方法是以较低的成本促进与科学家的协同作用，并通过建立广泛的创造性伙伴关系。交错的时间线确保了开发、交付、实地测试、评估和反馈。该项目的范围被设计为在其持续过程中随着经验的增加而建设。将通过外部和内部评估者之间的互动，不断评估项目研究所和单元的有效性，以优化反馈。

A major environmental challenge for our generation is to comprehend and ultimately manage the myriad of changes occurring in the coastal ocean. Understanding how climatic and anthropogenic factors drive these coastal trends requires basic science literacy. The goal of the present project is to increase literacy in ocean science with a focus on understanding coastal trends through partnerships among scientists, educators and the general public.This COSEE Coastal Trends project brings together experienced science educators and coastal ocean research scientists in collaboration to analyze, integrate and interpret current scientific knowledge on ocean science principles and focus on coastal trends. The project will generate educational modules addressing these issues for teachers, students and the general public. The project builds on previous COSEE experience and uses creative partnerships with coastal ocean scientists (e.g., Long Term Ecological Research projects in MA, VA and GA) and end-user groups (e.g., National Park Service, VA Aquarium, National Geographic Society, NOAA NEERS) to develop and deliver unique and exciting educational materials (e.g., video clips, pod-casts, web tutorials) that address National Science Education Standards and Ocean Literacy Principles. Unique Fellowship Teams comprised of an educator, a scientist, a graduate student and an under-represented college student (supported by a science communicator, webmaster and evaluator) will be assembled to develop twelve coastal trend modules (three per year). These Fellowship Teams will serve to integrate research and education to generate Coastal Trend Modules, which will be field-tested in diverse institutes, courses and mentoring activities. This sequence of synergistic interactions will deliver materials that end-user groups can apply and disseminate to K-12 and public education venues. COSEE funds will be effectively leveraged by fostering synergism with scientists at little cost and by forming broad, creative partnerships. A staggered time-line insures development, delivery, field-testing, evaluation, and feedback. The project's scope is designed to build with increasing experience over the course of its duration. The effectiveness of project institutes and modules will be continually assessed through interactions between external and internal evaluators that optimize feedbacks.