Welcome to COSEE-OS!
The Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE), funded primarily by the National Science Foundation, have made great strides in building relationships among the education and ocean research communities. A team of researchers and other experts from the University of Maine (UMaine), University of New Hampshire (UNH), and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences was formed to establish a thematic center known as COSEE-Ocean Systems (OS). COSEE-OS has the long-term goal of helping the COSEE Network reach rural and inland audiences. We are creating and evaluating a series of interconnected tools and techniques to broaden understanding of oceans in the context of the earth and solar systems.
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WHAT'S NEW?
- Announcement of the 2008 Ocean Observing Educators Institute
- Announcement of the 2008 "Teaching Science by Ocean Inquiry" workshop
- Beta release of our ocean-climate interface. Please contact us if you are interested in providing feedback about this exciting new teaching / learning tool.
- Meet COSEE-OS Educators who have attended national conferences
Our approach:
- Build and train educator-scientist teams who work together to distinguish meaningful key concepts for K - 16 audiences;
- Use concept mapping to show ocean-climate relationships, allowing scientists & educators to "be on the same page";
- Translate concept maps into innovative multimedia in partnership with NASA instructional designers;
- Engage an editorial team of research scientists who provide updates of "Oceans in the News";
- Identify and evaluate high-quality resources that are linked to key concepts;
- Offer "Teaching Science by Ocean Inquiry", a UMaine summer workshop & semester course with the goal of using the ocean as a vehicle for teaching physical sciences concepts; and
- Support use of real-time data through UNH Ocean Observing Educator workshops.
