HR: 16:00h
AN: ED44A-01 INVITED    [Abstracts]
TI: A Strategic Partnership for Teaching Earth and Ocean Sciences in the 21st Century Classroom
AU: * Peach, C
EM: cpeach@ucsd.edu
AF: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0207, United States
AU: Yasuda, M
EM: myasuda@ucsd.edu
AF: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0207, United States
AU: Senise, M
EM: msenise@sandi.net
AF: San Diego Unified School District, Educational Technology Department, 2470 Ulric Street, Room 305, San Diego, CA 92111, United States
AU: Zimmerman, T
EM: timzim@berkeley.edu
AF: Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-5200, United States
AB: Recent advances in web-based, inquiry-driven education have lead to development of online platforms for delivery of instruction that engages students in active scientific inquiry, incorporates computer simulations of real-world phenomena, and involves collecting and analyzing data. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence – CA and San Diego Unified School District are working to support widespread integration of Earth and ocean sciences into online instructional environments and to promote teacher adoption of these online instructional strategies. Key to this effort is collaboration between institutions and individuals with the expertise and experience in the science, technology, and technology-based teaching required to create a robust online Earth and ocean sciences learning environment. As part of this new collaboration science educators at Scripps have assembled a team of scientists, teachers, educational technology specialists, web developers and programmers to 1) create a collection of online Earth and ocean sciences instructional modules that will serve as the core of a centralized resource for teachers wishing to teach in a technology-rich online environment; 2) pilot incorporation of these modules into online learning environments; 3) design and deliver professional development that supports adoption of technology-rich, online instructional strategies in middle and high school classrooms; and 4) strengthen and enrich this model research institution (SIO)/school district (SDUSD) partnership by facilitating student and teacher interactions with scientists (e.g. summer research experiences for teachers, video teleconferences between ocean scientists and classrooms, open house events). The long-term goal of the project is to create a model for effective development and use of Earth and ocean science research-based online resources. Dissemination of the resources and approaches will be accomplished by 1) incorporation of the modules into lessons in the growing online lesson plan collections at SDUSD, the Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA; GEO Teach) and the Web-based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE) program; and 2) offering an SIO-based online teacher professional development program as part of the Earth Systems Science Educational Alliance's (ESSEA) GEO Teach program.
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0830 Teacher training
DE: 0845 Instructional tools
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting