HR: 17:34h
AN: ED34A-07    [Abstracts]
TI: Diving Into the Ocean Sciences: Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers
AU: * Hill, H W
EM: hhill@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AU: Judkins, H L
EM: hjudkins@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AU: Greely, T
EM: greely@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AU: Ivey, S
EM: sivey@comcast.net
AF: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AU: Pyrtle, A
EM: apyrtle@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AU: Lodge, A
EM: alodge@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AB: Graduate students from the College of Marine Science, at the University of South Florida, are collaborating with teachers in Pinellas County schools to bring the interdisciplinary field of oceanography into the classroom. Through the National Science Foundation's GK-12 OCEANS program, a series of three full-day professional development workshops are being offered to familiarize teachers with ocean science concepts and allow them to devise ways to incorporate inquiry based, hands-on ocean science lessons into primary and secondary curricula. As scientists participating in active ocean science research programs, we hope to use the professional development forum to begin to bridge the gap between teachers and scientists and to build teacher confidence in science. Through the GK-12 infrastructure, teachers are supported in the K-12 classroom to implement the concepts learned through professional development. Teacher's participation in the workshops will include collection and analysis of samples and completion of a wide range of ocean science labs and activities designed for use with their students. The workshops will focus on the Tampa Bay estuary, the Gulf of Mexico, and the deep sea, and will incorporate the disciplines of earth, life and physical sciences. Our goal is to encourage teachers to engage students in science and the scientific process by tapping into the natural resource that surrounds them, the ocean.
DE: 6605 Education
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting