Magic Planet One Sphere of Influence

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Magic Planet One Sphere of Influence
Director Bill Thomas
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Pacific Services Center Mission

• NOAA PSC provides integrated, locally relevant
  services and information that support the
  well-being of Pacific coastal and ocean
  communities, economies, and natural resources.

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Why use the Magic Planet?

• Portability allows larger audience to be reached
• Excellent tool for outreach events
• Touch screen feature creates more interaction
• Educates on a variety of topics
• Grabs audience attention

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Magic Planet at PSC

• Datasets
• Narratives
• Lesson Plans
• Collateral Materials
• Outreach

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Dataset Development
The possibilities are as boundless as your
creativity

• Library of about 70 datasets
• Created by Matthew McBride
• Regional collaboration
• Data from various partners
• SOS Website and convert to DDS format
• Four Main Categories
• Climate
• Hazards
• Biology
• Geology/Oceanography

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What am I Looking at?

• Narratives created (27)
• Created for datasets in the current library
• Ocean Literacy Principles K-12 (National Science
• Education Standards)
• Used in conjunction with the touchscreen
• Brief description for viewer what is being seen
  on
• the Magic Planet
• Voice recorded for auto play
• Benefits
• Helps to increase understanding of what is
• being viewed
• NOAA messages get across to audience
• Auto play allows for freedom
• Target Audience
• General Public
• Students K-12

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The New Teachers Aide

• Alan Nakagawa Lesson Plans
• Created for grades 5-8
• Specific to the Magic Planet
• Meet state benchmarks
• Hands-on learning
• Cross curriculum (Science, Math, Language Arts)
• CD-Rom format
• Thematic Units
• Focusing on grades 3-5
• Modify lessons for younger students
• Meet state benchmarks
• Hands-on learning
• On-line accessibility
• For use when Magic Planet goes into the classroom

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Hello Im Brian the brain coral! Grab your scuba
gear and lets take a journey under the sea to a
place that holds 25 of the oceans marine life.
It is known as the rainforest of the sea. You
might better know them by the name of Coral
Reefs.
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Take the Message Home

• Collateral Materials
• 1.) Postcards
• Several complete others in production
• Cover various topics
• Actually mail them out
• 2.) Tri-fold Brochures
• Tsunami Awareness (Past and Present)
• 3.) Workbooks
• Covering various topics relating to Thematic
  Units in development
• 4.) CD-Rom
• Teachers can take Allans lessons plans and
  thematic units back to the classroom
• 5.) Podcasting
• Download datasets with narration

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Magic Planet Stats

• Outreach Events
• Average of once per month with about
• 500 people reached per event
• Recent Events
• E-School Conference
• Science and Engineering Fair
• Mad About Science
• Collaboration with Bishop Museum on the Humpback
  Whale Exhibit

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Supporting NOAAs Education Plan

• ..an environmentally literate public and a
  diverse workforce who will use NOAAs products
  and services to make informed decisions that
  enable responsible action.