HR: 08:00h
AN: ED51C-01 INVITED    [Abstracts]
TI: Developing Marine Science Instructional Materials Using Integrated Scientist-Educator Collaborative Design Teams: A Discussion of Challenges and Success Developing Real Time Data Projects for the COOL Classroom
AU: * McDonnell, J
EM: mcdonnel@marine.rutgers.edu
AF: Rutgers University, Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
AU: Duncan, R G
EM: rgduncan@rci.rutgers.edu
AF: Rutgers University, Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
AU: Glenn, S
EM: glenn@marine.rutgers.edu
AF: Rutgers University, Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
AB: Current reforms in science education place increasing demands on teachers and students to engage not only with scientific content but also to develop an understanding of the nature of scientific inquiry (AAAS, 1993; NRC, 1996). Teachers are expected to engage students with authentic scientific practices including posing questions, conducting observations, analyzing data, developing explanations and arguing about them using evidence. This charge is challenging for many reasons most notably the difficulty in obtaining meaningful data about complex scientific phenomena that can be used to address relevant scientific questions that are interesting and understandable to K-12 students. We believe that ocean sciences provide an excellent context for fostering scientific inquiry in the classroom. Of particular interest are the technological and scientific advances of Ocean Observing Systems, which allow scientists to continuously interact with instruments, facilities, and other scientists to explore the earth-ocean- atmosphere system remotely. Oceanographers are making long-term measurements that can also resolve episodic oceanic processes on a wide range of spatial and temporal scales crucial to resolving scientific questions related to Earth's climate, geodynamics, and marine ecosystems. The availability of a diverse array of large data sets that are easily accessible provides a unique opportunity to develop inquiry-based learning environments in which students can explore many important questions that reflect current research trends in ocean sciences. In addition, due to the interdisciplinary nature of the ocean sciences these data sets can be used to examine ocean phenomena from a chemical, physical, or biological perspective; making them particularly useful for science teaching across the disciplines. In this session we will describe some of the efforts of the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence- Mid Atlantic (COSEE MA) to develop instructional materials, in which students use real-time-data (RTD) to generate explanations about important ocean phenomena. We will discuss our use of an Instructional Design Model (Gauge 1987) to: 1) assess our audience need, 2) develop an effective collaborative design team, 3) develop and evaluate the instructional product, and 4) implement professional development designed to familiarize teachers with oceans sciences as a context for scientific inquiry.
UR: http://www.coolclassroom.org
DE: 9699 General or miscellaneous
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting