Scientist-Educator Collaborative Workshop Workshop Concept Maps

Held at the Seacoast Science Center in Rye New Hampshire Monday, June 1, 2009 through Wednesday, June 3, 2009

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Concept maps are designed to help teachers and their students understand the connections and relationships between climate and oceanography. For scientists, concept mapping helps them share their understanding of connections in the earth system. For educators, concept maps can be powerful tools for exposing and clarifying topics in the classroom.

This workshop centered on five teams of educators and scientists (1 scientist : 3 educators ratio) who created online learning resources that align with National Science Education Standards, Climate Literacy Principles, and Ocean Literacy Principles. Topics focused on the current research topics of the internationally known scientists who participated in the workshop, and each team created a series of concept maps consisting of the following:

• An original concept map created on paper by the scientists on day one of the workshop
• A digital concept map created in the COSEE Concept Map Builder and presented to educators on day two of the workshop
• A consensus concept map created collaboratively between scientists and educators using the COSEE-OS Concept Map Builder

Topics were:

• What are aerosols and how do they affect climate change?
• What is important to know about seasons in the Gulf of Maine?
• How do watersheds affect climate change?
• What key concept is important for your audience to know about ocean acidification?
• How are plants indicators of climate change, and how can we observe and measure climate change locally?

Each team's concept maps are described on pages accessed from the menu at left, or click here to view and/or download all digital maps created at this workshop.