Communicating Ocean Sciences Informal Education Network: Scientists and Educators Working Together to Promote Ocean Literacy

这项建议是由一个跨学科的研究人员在劳伦斯科学厅/中心海洋科学教育卓越在加州大学伯克利分校的联盟。调查人员打算在非正式环境中建立一个海洋科学通信网络，以改善海洋科学概念的传播。 该网络将促进高等教育机构中海洋和气候科学家之间的关系，并建设教育工作者与公众进行科学交流的能力。该网络旨在影响非正式科学中心的访问者，讲解员，教育工作者和科学家。它将提供有关海洋的新科学知识的经验，并促进该国内陆国家的气候扫盲，因为海洋科学不是教育计划的通常主题。该网络包括：1。太平洋长滩水族馆和南加州大学; 2.俄勒冈州州立大学哈特菲尔德海洋科学中心和俄勒冈州海洋赠款;弗吉尼亚水族馆和科学中心和少数民族在海洋科学计划，汉普顿大学; 4。自由科学中心和海洋海岸科学研究所和罗格斯大学; 5.劳伦斯科学与地球行星科学与综合生物学大厅，加州大学伯克利分校; 6.加州大学圣地亚哥分校斯克里普斯和斯克里普斯海洋研究所的桦树水族馆;该项目的目标是帮助新一代科学家和非正式教育工作者更好地理解海洋素养、气候素养和地球科学素养的基本原则和基本概念，并与公众进行更有效的沟通。这些内容对于理解气候科学和气候变化科学是不可或缺的，例如海洋环流，海平面上升的原因，海洋对天气和气候的影响，海洋在地球能源，水和碳系统中的作用，以及继续探索海洋系统的必要性。

This proposal is from a coalition of cross disciplinary investigators at the Lawrence Hall of Science/Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence at the University of California, Berkeley. The investigators intend to create a communications network for ocean sciences in an informal setting to improve the communication of ocean science concepts. The network would foster relationships between ocean and climate scientists in institutions of higher education and build the capacity for educators to communicate with the public about science. The network is intended to impact visitors to informal science centers, docents, educators, and scientists. It would provide experiences with new scientific knowledge about the oceans and promote climate literacy for the landlocked states of the country where ocean sciences are not usual topics for educational programs. The network includes: 1. Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific and University of Southern California; 2. Hatfield Marine Science Center and Oregon Sea Grant at Oregon State University; 3. Virginia Aquarium and Science Center and the Minorities in Marine Science Program, Hampton University; 4. Liberty Science Center and the Institute for Marine Coastal Sciences and Rutgers University; 5. Lawrence Hall of Science and Earth & Planetary Science and Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley; 6. Birch Aquarium at Scripps and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; and 7. Purdue University.The goal of the project is to help a new generation of scientists and informal educators to better understand and more effectively communicate with the public the essential principles and fundamental concepts of Ocean Literacy, Climate Literacy, and Earth Science Literacy. The content is integral to understanding climate science and the science of climate change such as ocean circulation, causes of sea level rise, the influence of the ocean on weather and climate, the role of the ocean in Earth's energy, water and carbon systems, and the need for continued exploration of the ocean system.