Cruise Ships, Kids, and GLOBE

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• Cruise Ships, Kids, and GLOBE
• Dr. Lisa Pitman, GLOBE Coordinator

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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• Need to Improve Science Teaching and Learning in
  Earth Systems Sciences
• There is a need for all students in our nation to
  perform at levels that are compatible with the
  National Science Education Standards, as well as
  improving overall academic performance.
• A national awareness of the need to improve
  teaching and learning in science and mathematics
  is occurring in response to this decline.
• There is a significant need within the public
  school system to involve teachers and students
  with research scientists in an interdisciplinary
  approach to learning about local environmental
  issues.

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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• Miami-Dade County Public School System
• Division of Mathematics and Science Education
• The 4th largest school district in the nation
• More than 385,000 students and 25,000 teachers
• Various collaborations between M-DCPS and the
  University of Miami involve an innovative
  partnership with M-DCPS Science Education
  Specialists being fully funded by university
  grants.

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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• Current Grant Funding
• National Institute of Environmental Health
  Sciences
• 7 year grant currently beginning 6th year
• Future Grant Possibilities
• NSF COSEE (Center for Ocean Sciences Education
  Excellence)
• NASA Earth System Science Education

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Teacher and Student Products
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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• Role Play / Case Studies
• All activities related to water and air quality
  are directly correlated to authentic Regional
  (Caribbean), National and Global events
• Measurements taken are always provided in context
  with future consequences (health or economic)

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Why we SHOULD close beaches!

• Health risk
• sick tourists with bad experience less likely to
  come back!
• recreational users (taxpayers) deserve to be
  protected and informed!
• Business
• short term temporary economic loss! But
• long term benefits healthy, happy consumers,
  think of future economy
• Legal
• loss of life or health liability? Legally cannot
  close down beaches like in other states, where do
  our priorities lie?

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How does this affect ME!

• Personally native of FL, Ive been fishing many
  years, sewage spill contaminates water killing
  fish, health and ecological hazard.
• Other organisms destroys marine habitat
  (seagrasses, reefs) which are know nursery
  habitats for fish!
• Recreation no swimming, surfing, diving, spear
  fishing!
• My business depletes future fish stocks,
  discourages tourists from chartering my boat
• Tourism decreased revenue from sports fishermen
  and recreation, FL hotspot for such activities

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Fishing is BIG business!!

• Recent study 3 million visitors go salt water
• fishing each year, totaling 20 million
  angler
• trips each year!
• Economic impact ? 1991 Florida Sea Grant
  Resident anglers spent 1.3 billion in 1991-92 on
  salt water fishing, 22,887 full-time jobs
  resulted from recreational fishing..
• Tourist contribution ? study also reports
  visitors contributing 1.3 billion to the state's
  economy just for salt water fishing and created
  23,518 jobs.
• Obviously important economic asset to the
  state.
• Essential to have clean water and healthy aquatic
  habitats
• then fish populations can flourish and reproduce,
  ensuring that there are fish to catch today,
  tomorrow and in the years to come.

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MAST Academy Oceans Human Health Challenge

• February 28, 2005

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• What does HAB stand for?

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• How are Algal Blooms harmful to humans?

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• What is the speed at which a storm is classified
  as a hurricane?

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• What is a storm surge?

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• What is a coliform count?

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• What can cause a Tsunami?

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• What is the only marine animal to have flown in
  the space shuttle?

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• What is the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone?

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• What is El Niño?

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• What do scientists think causes the Dead zone?

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• When is a Tsunami most dangerous?

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• How do you know if a beach has clean water to
  swim in?

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• What can cause the water at a beach to be
  unhealthy for swimming?

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• Why do we expect that hurricanes, typhoons and
  tsunamis will cause increasing damage in the
  future?

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• What is non-point source pollution?

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• Why might global warming cause increased
  incidence of disease?

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• When is storm surge most dangerous?

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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• Research Laboratories on the Royal Caribbean
  Cruise Ship Explorer of the Sea
• Atmospheric Laboratory
• Oceanographic Laboratory

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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• Exhibit Area (near the Dining Room and Entry
  Deck)
• Interactive Arcade interesting to both children
  and adults

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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• Scientist / Teacher on Board
• Presentations
• Videos
• Tours of the laboratories

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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• Teachers Currently at Sea

• The teachers are having a great first cruise
  this summer - or at least Suzanne is. Sherwin has
  been battling some sea-sickness.
• The Captain changed the trip route due to poor
  weather. We are not going to Cozumel at all. We
  will spend two days at sea and arrive at Nassau
  Friday. We have changed the schedules since the
  two sea days. We will give a tour and video
  Thursday Friday morning, then 3 tours Thursday
  afternoon, the presentation of ours and John's
  will be Friday afternoon.
• Both teachers have been able to calibrate their
  instruments and work on their projects. They have
  collected some nice plankton samples coming out
  of Belize.
• Sherwin and Suzanne gave a nice presentation on
  using the microscope to the kids in the onboard
  Adventure Youth program area during the Belize
  port of call. The older kids were so enthralled
  that they didn't want them to stop. They will
  give their presentations to the general family
  audiences tomorrow.
• I see the kids in the hallways and they call me
  the microscope lady. People come by to look at
  the weather who have been at the tour again and
  again. Also people have been referred to come to
  my tours or visit me from others. I have people
  dropping in all day. I spend several hours in the
  morning, a few in the afternoon and a couple of
  hours in the evening.

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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• NUTS AND BOLTS OF STRUCTURING A PARTNERSHIP

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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• During the initial stage of the partnership, it
  is important to decide what grade level in which
  to focus your efforts.
• Most of the Rosenstiel School educational
  programs focus on high school level students and
  teachers.
• It is also imperative to have a liaison belonging
  equally to the university and the public school
  system. This person works with supervisors in
  both the university and school system and has
  unhindered movement within the university and the
  public school system.
• This essential piece of the partnership can be
  accomplished by the university funding of a
  public school Educational Specialist.
• The following list of components used in the UM
  Rosenstiel School/RCCL/M-DCPS model can provide
  examples for structuring a successful
  partnership

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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• What the University Provides
• Provides scientists and researchers to work with
  both teachers and students
• Hosts Teacher Workshops and Follow-up Sessions
• Providing facilities and security
• Seminar rooms
• Computer lab
• Lab space
• Lab equipment
• Provides place for storing equipment for teacher
  and student activities
• Hosts Student Learning Activities
• Classrooms
• Library
• GIS computer lab
• Auditorium for presentations
• Provides funding for teachers to attend
  professional conferences
• Receive graduate credit
• Receive teacher stipends

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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• What the Public School System Provides
• Provides a School Board approved full-time
  Educational Specialist on contract to the
  university
• Provides strong support from the District Office
  Division of Mathematics and Science Education
• Teacher Education Center
• Teacher certification credits
• Publicize university workshops on school calendar
• Funds Substitute Teacher Coverage
• Provides Educational Specialists to assist
  university researchers in writing and pilot
  testing project curricula
• WLRN Educational TV station
• Free studio time and help producing science
  segments to be aired to M-DCPS students

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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• What Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Provides
• Provides teacher/researcher access to the ship at
  least twice before the cruise
• Provides complete accommodations on 7-day cruise
  for teacher/researcher
• Maintains computer server with continuous update
  of data
• Maintains laboratory equipment along with the
  university
• Publicize laboratory tours and teacher /
  researcher presentations on daily schedule of
  activities
• Funds the purchase of the GLOBE equipment to be
  used on baord
• Provides time for Environmental Science Officers
  to be trained in GLOBE protocols

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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• GLOBE onboard the Explorer of the Seas
• Protocols
• Hydrology Atmosphere
• Transparency Clouds
• Nitrates Humidity
• Salinity Contrails
• Alkalinity Haze / Ozone

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Structuring a Partnership University of Miami
Researchers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and
the Public School System

• QUESTIONS?
• Lpitman_at_rsmas.miami.edu