HR: 1340h
AN: OS23A-1301    [Abstracts]
TI: Teachers working with your research team: Meeting the education and outreach criteria.
AU: * Murray, L
EM: murray@hpl.umces.edu
AF: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory, PO Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613 United States
AB: Teachers are the key to the science of the future. They can influence thousands of students over the course of their professional tenure. However, most are never exposed to research science. The field of environmental coastal/marine science provides an interesting template from which teachers can incorporate real-world science to the classroom. In an ongoing Teacher Research Fellowship program, teachers work with scientists for a summer and develop classroom lessons and activities based on their experiences. These lessons are presented at regional science/education conferences and are posted on a website for peer use. Scientists benefit by having high-quality, enthusiastic help for summer projects, an avenue of "getting the word out" about their studies, and an on-going link to K-12 education. We will present the ins and outs of involving teachers in your research program.
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting