HR: 12:05h
AN: OS22A-08    [Abstracts]
TI: A Model for Developing and Institutionalizing Education and Outreach Projects
AU: * Whitmer, A
EM: whitmer@lifesci.ucsb.edu
AF: Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6150 United States
AB: The Marine Science Institute at University of California, Santa Barbara has developed an integrated education and outreach program that reaches across departments and colleges, and collaborates with researchers, university programs, and local area schools. The goal of this program, called Oceans Alive!, is to provide an infrastructure which individual investigators can use in developing broader impact components of their research programs. As such, Oceans Alive! provides a model for augmenting individual outreach efforts at any scale. This presentation will describe aspects of Oceans Alive!, including K-12 programs, teacher professional development, undergraduate education, and graduate mentoring. The presentation will include discussion on departmental, institutional, and school partnerships and how these collaborations have provided opportunities for individual researchers interested in education and outreach. Specific examples from current externally funded marine science research projects will be used to demonstrate these efforts.
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0815 Informal education
DE: 0830 Teacher training
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting