Communicating Ocean Sciences to Informal Audiences (COSIA)

“向非正式受众传播海洋科学（COSIA）”是一个创新项目，它在非正式科学教育机构和开展海洋科学研究的地方大学之间建立了独特的伙伴关系，重点是地球、生物和地球化学科学。该项目使报名参加交流海洋科学学院课程的100多名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长滩分校；俄勒冈州立大学哈特菲尔德海洋科学中心和俄勒冈海洋基金；弗吉尼亚水族馆和科学中心以及汉普顿大学；自由科学中心和罗格斯大学；劳伦斯科学馆和加州大学伯克利分校。学生们通过为来访的家庭和孩子提供课程、导游和互动学习体验来学习宝贵的拓展技能。可交付成果包括为期三天的合作伙伴研讨会、COSIA系列手册（合作指南、非正式教育指南和外展指南）、非正式科学教育活动手册和实践活动网络银行。战略影响将通过在大学和非正式科学教育机构之间建立伙伴关系以及能力建设来实现，而能力建设将随着非正式科学机构建立网络来支持该项目而发生。预计评估结果还将告知该领域博物馆和大学合作的好处。该项目将影响3万多名中小学生及其家庭，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.