[SEMCO] Educator Institute

[Sheri DeRosa]

Event:  Educator Institute: Linking the Ocean to the Classroom

 

Theme:  "Seasons in the Sea:

 Understanding Change in the Gulf of Maine Through Buoys, Boats, and 
Satellites."

 

Date: Monday, June 27 through Friday, July 1, 2005

 

Location:  University of New Hampshire (UNH) Durham, New Hampshire

 

Host: UNH Coastal Observing Center and the Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing 
System (GoMOOS)

*Application deadline*: April 29, 2005        DEADLINE EXTENDED!!

Event Home Page:http://www.cooa.unh.edu/workshop2005.html

Contact Information: Amy Cline (amy.cline at unh.edu)

Sponsors Home Pages: http://www.cooa.unh.edu <http://www.cooa.unh.edu/> 
and http://www.gomoos.org <http://www.gomoos.org/>

 

Workshop Description:

This five-day teacher workshop will focus on the exciting and thought 
provoking theme of "Seasons in the Sea: Understanding Change in the Gulf 
of Maine through Buoys, Boats and Satellites."  Just like on land, the 
ocean goes through seasonal changes that cause plants and animals to 
adapt, bloom, retreat, die, and flourish.  From to regional to 
microscopic scales, oceanic changes can be recognized and studied by all 
levels of learners.

 

Throughout the five days, participants will learn new content, gain lab 
and sea research experience as well as identify new classroom activities 
to translate ocean science to learners.  Through computers and web 
available data, teachers will learn how the Gulf of Maine works, how it 
changes and how we can monitor those changes.   Participants will gain 
new content and experience which will allow them to identify and track 
seasonal oceanic changes by studying such topics as phytoplankton 
blooms, satellite images, changes in life stages of a larval fish, and 
seasonal migration patterns of large pelagic fish.  This workshop will 
combining educational pedagogy and cutting edge content in hopes to help 
teachers find new and effective ways to teach their students about the 
ocean.  All content provided through this workshop has been aligned with 
the National Science Education Standards and could easily be aligned 
with individual  state standards.

 

Participants will be selected through an application process. 
Applications are due April 29, 2005 and are available at 
http://www.cooa.unh.edu/workshop2005.html. Educators will be notified by 
May 13, 2005 as to their acceptance. The workshop hosts will cover the 
living expenses of accepted participants which include room and board.

 

For more information please contact Amy Cline (amy.cline at unh.edu)

 

 

 

Amy Holt Cline

Education and Outreach Coordinator COOA

Coastal Ocean Observation and Analysis

University of New Hampshire

39 College Road

151 Morse Hall

Durham, NH 03824

603-862-3680

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.whoi.edu/pipermail/semco/attachments/20050427/b22bbb75/attachment.htm