HR: 0830h
AN: ED51B-1198    [PDF]
TI: Ocean Exploration Through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Collaborations for Excellence in Exploration and Education
AU: Keener-Chavis, P
EM: paula.keener-chavis@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, 2234 S. Hobson Ave., Charleston, SC 29405-2413 United States
AU: * Martinez, C
EM: catalina.martinez@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 United States
AB: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Office of Ocean Exploration launched seven multidisciplinary expeditions this year to little-known or unknown ocean regions. Scientists and educators explored New England seamounts, the Blake Plateau, deepwater habitats in the Gulf of Mexico, and other areas as they sought to more completely know and understand our ocean. This presentation will focus on how NOAA is leading a new era of ocean exploration through these expeditions in direct response to the President's Panel on Ocean Exploration Report entitled Discovering Earth's Final Frontier: A U.S. Strategy for Ocean Exploration. Expedition highlights and future program directions will be presented. Additionally, 10% of program funds are targeted to an education and outreach effort to unfold Key Objective 4 of the President's Panel Report. This objective specifically calls for reaching out in new ways to stakeholders to improve the literacy of learners with respect to ocean issues. Collaborations among scientists and educators to develop educational resources tied to the expeditions will be presented along with information on partnerships with the National Science Foundation's Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEEs). Future program directions to build program capacity based on input received from a national workshop and program evaluation will also be addressed.
UR: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov
DE: 6605 Education
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting