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Rutgers’
Institute
of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS)
Contact: Janice
McDonnell, Mike
DeLuca
Provides outreach and education to a variety
of audiences including K-12 educators, students, local/state
government, families, and resource users through the Jacques
Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (JCNERR).
The JCNERR is part of a national network of protected areas
established to improve the health of the nation's estuaries
and coastal habitats by developing and providing information
that promotes informed resource management. The Jacques Cousteau
Education Center, located in Tuckerton, NJ, serves as the
hub for outreach and education programs associated with the
JCNERR. This state-of-the-art facility is designed to serve
adult learners, including K-12 educators and coastal decision-makers
(defined as those who make decisions that affect the coastal
zone during the course of their professional responsibilities).
The JCNERR has been a long-time professional development provider
of the award winning Marine Activities Resources and Education
(MARE) program developed by the Lawrence Hall of Science.
The JCNERR also has been recognized nationally for its innovative
work with developing real-time data projects (www.coolclassroom.org)
associated with the Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory (COOL)
and its participation in electronic field trips through the
estuary live program (www.estuarylive.org).
The Center
for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at
Stevens Institute of Technology:
Contact: Liesl
Hotaling
CIESE is recognized as one of six presenters at the November
2001 National Education Summit and recognition by the U.S.
Department of Education’s Eisenhower National Clearinghouse,
The Association for the Advancement of Science, National Science
Teachers Association, and the International Society for Technology
in Education, and others (see www.k12science.org/awards.html).
CIESE has trained more than 7,000 teachers nationwide through
a partnership with the League for Innovation in the Community
College utilizing a two-tiered, turn-key training model that
links community college teams with lead teacher-trainers in
neighboring school systems. CIESE also has developed an effective
model for collaborating with scientific, governmental, and
commercial agencies to bring research-grade data into the
K-12 classroom for inquiry-based science that emphasizes quantitative
analysis. Examples include the EPA’s AIRNOW site for
middle school lessons on ozone (www.k12science.org/curriulum/airproj),
the Tokamak Fusion Laboratory at the Princeton Plasma Physics
Laboratory for secondary physics explorations, and the Voluntary
Observing Ship data with NOAA for middle and high school algebra
and meteorology studies (see www.k12science.org/currichome.html
for these and other real-time data science modules for K-12. |
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