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Curriculum Development Workshop
Workshop Theme: Using Real Data in the Classroom
Held at Colby College in Waterville, ME
Monday, July 18 through Thursday, July 21, 2011
Scientists Rhian Waller and Jeffrey Runge develop a concept map summarizing the gist of a video clip on climate change
The Diamond Building at Colby College
Scientists Damian Brady and Rebecca Van Beneden meld their concepts on climate change into a single map
Scientist William Ellis (Wge) presents his concept map on climate change to the group
Paper, sticky notes, pens and pencils - there has to be an easier way to map!
COSEE-OS Director Annette deCharon works with Wge to digitize his paper map for presentation to workshop educators
COSEE-OS Facilitator Carla Companion walks Jeff through the Concept Map Builder
Workshop educators browse through the COSEE-OS booklet Teaching Physical Concepts in Oceanography: An Inquiry Based Approach
Jeff presents his concept map on climate and Calanus in the Gulf of Maine
Educators and scientists introduce themselves
A group shot of our scientists: William Ellis, Rebecca Van Beneden, Rhian Waller, Damian Brady, and Jeffrey Runge
Becky's group delves deeper into her research on the impacts of arsenic exposure
Rhian uses CLIMB to help explain her work on cold water corals
COSEE-OS Facilitator Avi Rude provides one-on-one training in the use of CLIMB to Waterville educator Jon Ramgren
Wge's group reworks his concept map for a younger audience
The grounds at Colby College
Workshop participants evaluate Damian's concept map with respect to Climate Literacy Principles
Scientists and educators pose for a group shot outside the Diamond Building
Damian Brady's concept map on modeling and managing the effects of eutrophication
UMaine graduate student Erin Macro assists educators in locating and attaching COSEE-OS vetted assets to their concept maps
UMaine graduate student Ashley Young works with her group to develop curriculum based on research data provided by the scientists
Erin's team puts the finishing touches to their collaborative concept map
Ashley describes the inquiry-based lesson on convection
Educator Susan Lamdin gets set to illustrate the effect of salinity on density
Ashley's team prepares to lift the divider separating two liquids, one saltier than the other
Dyed liquids show clearly the stratification of two solutions characterized by different salinities
Density differences due to temperature cause water masses to sink or rise until they reach their density equilibrium level...
... at which point they begin to move horizontally
The grounds at Colby College
Our much-appreciate graduate students (missing: Phoebe)
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