Blending Ocean Research

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Annette deCharon
• Director of Outreach
• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
• West Boothbay Harbor, Maine
• adecharon_at_bigelow.org

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Presentation overview
• Challenges for ocean science education
• National efforts to improve ocean science
  education
• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
• Blending ocean research education
• Phytopia Discovery of the Marine Ecosystem
• Interest in Phytopia around the world
• Whats next?
• List of URLs contact information

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Challenges for ocean science education
• The oceans are poorly represented in the National
  Science Education Standards
• Several groups are trying to discover how to
  better infuse ocean topics into standards

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Challenges for ocean science education
• Decrease in or elimination of earth science
  courses being offered for K-12

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• National efforts to improve ocean science
  education
• On-line resources clearinghouses

www.dlese.org
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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• National efforts to improve ocean science
  education
• On-line resources clearinghouses

www.vims.edu/bridge
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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• National efforts to improve ocean science
  education
• On-line resources clearinghouses
• NSF Centers for Ocean Science Education
  Excellence

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
• Private non-profit research organization
• 15 Senior Research Scientists
• Working to understand processes responsible for
  the productivity of the worlds oceans

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
• Bigelow has no education facilities
• Limited on-site education programs

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web
Content translation

• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
• Some researchers arent comfortable with direct
  interaction
• Others cannot afford the time

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
• What is our content translation process?

Identify research themes Assess educational
need Align with standards (formal) Build team of
experts Have fun!
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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
• Content translation is now a core asset
• What inspired us?

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
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• Blending ocean research education
• NSF recently added a second criterion for
  research grantsWhat are the broader impacts of
  the proposed activity?

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Blending ocean research education
• Table shows Broader Impacts categories for
  oceanography research proposals submitted to NSF
  through May 03

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Blending ocean research education
• Harmful and Toxic Algal Blooms

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Blending ocean research education
• Harmful and Toxic Algal Blooms
• Bigelows on-line educational resources

gt www.bigelow.org/hab (Toxic Harmful Algal
Blooms) gt www.bigelow.org/edhab (HAB
Educational Activities) gt www.bigelow.org/foodw
eb (Bottom of the Food Web)
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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Blending ocean research education
• Lobster life cycles, population dynamics and
  patterns

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Blending ocean research education
• Lobster life cycles, population dynamics and
  patterns
• Bigelows on-line educational resources

gt www.bigelow.org/hatch_to_catch (Hatch to
Catch)
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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Blending ocean research education
• Primary productivity, marine bacteria and genetic
  research

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Blending ocean research education
• Primary productivity, marine bacteria and genetic
  research
• Bigelows on-line educational resources

gt www.bigelow.org/bacteria (Cycling through
the Food Web) gt www.bigelow.org/bacteria/teach
(Teacher Resources) gt www.bigelow.org/shipmate
s (ShipMates)
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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Blending ocean research education
• Phytopia Discovery of the Marine Ecosystem
  CD-ROM

www.bigelow.org/phytopia
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• Overview of Capabilities
• Phyto Files
• Virtual Microscope
• Images and Animations
• Searchable Database
• Phyto Factors
• Bloom tool - environmental factors
• Data Sets
• Special Topics
• New products accessed by direct link to
  www.bigelow.org/phytopia
• Tutorials
• Glossary

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PhytoFile 1 10x
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PhytoFile 1 20x
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PhytoFile 1 40x
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PhytoFile 2 UV
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PhytoFile 3 SEM
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PhytoFile 4 Movie
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PhytoFile 5 3D
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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Interest in Phytopia around the world
• From Light to Life exhibit at the National
  Oceanographic Museum in VietNam
• Sponsored by UNESCO-IOCs Science and
  Communication Centre on Harmful Algae

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Interest in Phytopia around the world
• Volunteer Phytoplankton Monitoring Groups
• Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence
• National Ocean Sciences Bowls

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• Whats next?
• Partnering with NOAAs Ocean Climate Laboratory
  to produce Polar Phytopia
• Support International Polar Year education
  initiatives (2007)

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Blending Ocean Research EducationA View from
the Bottom of the Food Web

• URLs
• DLESE www.dlese.org
• The Bridge www.vims.edu/bridge
• Keller-BLOOM program www.bigelow.org/keller
• Toxic Harmful Algal Blooms www.bigelow.org/hab
  
• HAB Educational Activities www.bigelow.org/edhab
  
• Bottom of the Food Web www.bigelow.org/foodweb
• Hatch to Catch www.bigelow.org/hatch_to_catch
• Cycling Through the Food Web www.bigelow.org/bact
  eria
• Cycling Teacher Resources www.bigelow.org/bacte
  ria/teach
• ShipMates www.bigelow.org/shipmates
• Phytopia www.bigelow.org/phytopia
• E-mail address adecharon_at_bigelow.org