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2016 Global Ocean Science Education Workshop
09.13.2016    

The first Global Ocean Science Education (GOSE) Workshop in June 2015 brought together ocean scientists and education professionals from 15 nations. Panels discussed ocean science education across the K-12 pipeline, undergraduate and graduate education, and public education. Working groups discussed the future of global ocean science education, opportunities and steps for building international collaborations, and establishing a global network of networks.

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Scientific Process in Practice, an Activity Based Seminar for Beginning Ocean Science Majors
11.07.2012    

Scientific Process in Practice was a 2 hour long, weekly seminar designed to complement a field course for incoming oceanography majors (sophomores and juniors). Through hands-on activities, this seminar aimed to help students succeed in the field and later science courses.

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Aquarius/SAC-D Mission: U.S. and Argentina Working Together to Understand Our Oceans
03.14.2012    

The Aquarius mission is brimming with educational content that hits all four areas of STEM: science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This poster, presented at the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, summarizes available educational products and opportunities.

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Make Your Own Video: A Simple Guide to Communicating Your Research Effectively
02.16.2012    

COSEE OCEAN has developed a simple, easy to use guide to help scientists make their own short videos about their research and their scientific career.

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Want to Be a Good Researcher? Try Teaching
10.20.2011    

Graduate students in the sciences who both teach and conduct research show greater improvement in their research skills than do those who focus exclusively on laboratory work, says a report to be published in the August 19 issue of Science.

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Oceans of Opportunities for Undergraduates, Graduate Students and Post-Docs
10.17.2011    

Opportunities offered through COSEE Center Partners for undergraduates, graduate students and post-docs.

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The Psychology of Climate Change Communication
09.11.2011    

Intended for anyone who communicates about climate change, the guide’s purpose is to assist communicators in reaching two key audiences - the general public and decision makers from government and business - more effectively.

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Tips for Graduate Students: Prepping to Work with Teachers and Students
09.10.2011    

UMaine graduate student Carrie Armbrecht shares her secrets for a successful teaching experience.

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COSEE Map Handout
08.17.2011    

With 14 Centers and a National COSEE Office located throughout the United States, each Center is a consortium of one or more ocean science research institutions, informal science education organizations, and formal education entities. The COSEE program is funded primarily by the National Science Foundation with support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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COSEE One Pager - Network and National COSEE Office
08.16.2011    

The Network National COSEE Office (NCO) was established to facilitate meetings, oversee the Network web presence and coordinate the National Advisory Council. In addition, the NCO provides support and guidance to individual Centers. Our mission - to spark and nurture collaborations among research scientists and educators to advance ocean discovery and make known the vital role of the ocean in our lives - reflects a three-fold partnership between COSEE centers, formal and informal education institutes, and ocean scientists.

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COSEE One Pager - Ocean Systems
08.06.2011    

COSEE Ocean System's mission is to support the COSEE Network by developing flexible and transferrable tools and processes to effectively bring ocean sciences research to broad audiences. We engage teachers, ocean scientists, and informal educators in a broad range of programs, including conference presentations and regional collaborations, webinar presentations, and workshops.

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Baiting the Hooks: Scientist-Educator Team Development Through Concept Mapping and Online Tools
03.12.2010    

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" – Chinese Proverb.

Can we teach scientists to "fish" for their audiences from all walks of life, and enjoy the experience so much that they contribute to informal education for a lifetime? Using cutting-edge multimedia tools and a novel workshop model, COSEE-OS is helping scientists better communicate with the public by working with informal science educators.

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Science Content and Standards for Ocean Literacy: A Report on Ocean Literacy
01.08.2009    

This report gives an overview of the progress to to promote ocean literacy in classrooms. It highlights previous ocean literacy projects and shows how they have merged to provide a community vision for ocean literacy.

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Geoscience Education and Diversity: Vision for the Future and Strategies for Success - Report of the 2nd Geoscience Education Working Group
01.08.2009    

The second Geoscience Education Working Group's report that includes a discussion of the overall status of the of the geoscience education and diversity community, recommendations for how the community can best promote improvements in geoscience education, and a set of strategies for strengthening geoscience education and diversity programs.

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Can You Be Science Literate Without Being Ocean Literate?
01.07.2009    

The Ocean Literacy Campaign is changing the way educators and the public think about ocean sciences education: teaching ocean sciences is not just enrichment, but is essential to science literacy. Read about how the Ocean Literacy Campaign is bringing about a paradigm shift in the way educators and the public think about Ocean Sciences Education.

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The Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE): A National Success Story
01.07.2009    

An article that describes some of the COSEE Network goals and discusses how the Network has been successful in working toward those goals.

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COSEE Network Evaluation
01.07.2009    

Read about how the COSEE Network evaluates its programs to understand the collective impact of the local Centers on ocean sciences education nationally.

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Communicating Ocean Sciences: A Course That Improves Education & Public Outreach
01.07.2009    

Together educators and ocean scientists have developed and teach a university course entitled Communicating Ocean Sciences that is now being taught in several institutions of higher education nationwide. The course is designed for undergraduate and graduate science students interested in improving their ability to communicate about complex science concepts. This paper focuses on the content, outcomes, and potential of the Communicating Ocean Sciences course.

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EPO Guide for Scientists
12.30.2008    

This guide provides basic information for scientists who wish to engage in education and public outreach (EPO). Engaging in EPO can be an excellent way to address funding agencies’ requirements that proponents articulate the broader societal value of their research.

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Mapping the Oceans – Helping Students Make Connections
10.31.2008    

COSEE-OS concept maps are designed to help teachers and their students understand the connections and relationships between climate & oceanography. These maps are created through discussion and collaboration and are ideal instruments in revealing their authors' understanding of a topic. 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.

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Temperature and Deep Ocean Circulation
04.06.2008    

This lesson explores the relationship between density and ocean currents. Deep ocean currents are caused by differences in water temperature and salinity (density). In this experiment, the students will hypothesize the cause of ocean currents and then develop a model to help explain the role that temperature plays in deep ocean currents.

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Too Many Blankets
02.24.2008    
 
Muir Glacier

This learning activity is part of an overall series entitled "The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change". This series of three activities demonstrates some effects of rising levels of greenhouse gases on climate.

The first activity, "How Does the Make-up of the Atmosphere Affect Temperature?", asks students to construct a model to address the matter of increasing levels of greenhouse gases and their relationship to increasing atmospheric temperatures. The second activity, "How Do Higher Temperatures Affect the Water Cycle?", will demonstrate how an increase in temperature will speed up the water cycle, resulting in higher rainfall amounts followed by increased evaporation and subsequent drought. The final activity, "What Will Happen if Climate Variability and Change Cause Glacier and Polar Ice Cap Melting?", will show how the melting of ice can lead to a rise in sea level and subsequent flooding of coastal areas.

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Tracking World Aerosol Hazards
01.08.2008    

This lesson plan investigation allows students to see how geography and a spatial perspective are useful in addressing global challenges. Data gathering and organization skills are emphasized as students create maps of global aerosol hazards. In small groups, students collect either long-term or short-term data showing the distribution of global aerosols and convert the data into a map. Groups then compare their maps to identify patterns and sources of aerosols around the world.

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Excavating Your Recycling Bin: Model of the Fossil Record
12.13.2007    

Scientists use layers of rock with embedded fossils to glean information about the past. These layers of rock are called strata. This simple activity simulates how scientists study the past (using a paper recycling bin and worksheet) to make the connection with students that fossil layers were deposited in a known order (deepest records are oldest), and that the collection of accurate data is critical.

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Potential Effects of Amazon Deforestation on Tropical Climate
11.03.2007    

This report describes the results of a study in which climate modeling was used to examine the effects of deforestation in the Amazon basin. The study concluded that changes in land surface properties (loss of forest cover) cause changes in the mean surface wind stress in the tropical Pacific, which in turn results in increased variability of El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events.

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