Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence - Oceans in the Earth-Sun System (COSEE-OESS)

该奖项通过授予毕格罗海洋科学实验室(0528706)、缅因州大学(0528702)和新汉普郡大学(0528686)，建立了一个新的海洋科学教育卓越中心。该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，并帮助欧洲海洋和海洋研究中心网络接触到农村和内陆受众。个人信息系统将开创一个界面、工具和资源系统，以接触服务不足和代表性不足的群体，并通过在地球系统更熟悉的组成部分，包括环境和空间科学的背景下介绍海洋科学，将海洋科学带给内陆受众。一个目标是探索扩大对海洋作用的认识的有效性，使其超越地球气候的驱动力，将地球置于其在太阳系中的独特位置。活动包括建立和培训教育工作者-科学家团队，以努力实现具体目标，例如，测试有效利用海洋数据的战略，培训概念图的使用，以及确定和评价高质量资源。对产品、型号和信息的评估贯穿始终，并进行持续的自我评估。缅因州大学和新汉普郡大学的正式教育伙伴将与教育工作者一起测试材料的有效性，他们对海洋相关内容的知识从新手到专家不等。缅因州将成为COSEE网络开始覆盖内陆农村人口的试验台。该团队包括在水圈、生物圈、冰冻圈、地质圈和大气层方面拥有专业知识的科学家和教育工作者。该团队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。该中心将制定正式的材料科学审查机制，以确保他们推荐的产品质量最高，符合严格标准，并向产品开发人员提供教育工作者和科学家的反馈。他们将从DLESE、The Bridge、NOAA和其他机构选择资源，并使用他们训练有素的资源评估员团队对这些资源进行评估，这些资源具有地球系统科学的第一手知识，并对课堂准备情况和科学准确性进行评估。他们还将对缺失的资源进行“差距分析”。“差距分析”还将告知科学界避免为覆盖广泛的主题编写材料。欧洲空间教育研究所制定的审查程序，从最初使用美国航天局的教育产品审查开始，将作为评估最佳做法以及评估和评价教材准则的范本在全国传播。在职教师计划将重点扩大新汉普郡大学海岸观察中心暑期在职教师讲习班，以纳入OESS内容和活动评估(新材料和活动的“试验台”)。这些讲习班的年度主题侧重于海洋观测系统以及浮标、船载和卫星数据的整合(全球海洋观测系统)。缅因州大学的职前教师和普通科学学生将参加由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NSE相一致的水生科学中的现象。该课程将在经过严格评估后开发并分发给教师。该中心的学术价值：该专题中心侧重于创建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的海洋的了解。成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，并查明和填补这些资源中的空白。一门讲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。拟建的中心将帮助COSEE接触到内陆和农村观众。更广泛的影响：该中心将作为一个“学习型组织”，提供几乎可以在任何地方应用的优秀产品、模型和信息。最后的产品、“最佳做法”(一份说明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”的出版将在欧洲安全与经济委员会网络内外传播。

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.