Christy Herren

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Earth, Air, Water and Fire Multi-media concept
mapping to promote ocean literacy in rural and
inland audiences

• Christy Herren
• University of Maine
• COSEE Ocean Systems (OS)

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Overview

• Since 2005, COSEE-Ocean Systems has been creating
  testing models of collaboration
• Goals include
• Reaching rural inland audiences
• Engaging ocean researchers
• Creating transferable activities for maximum
  impact

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Rural Inland Audiences

• Through its workshops, COSEE-OS has made strides
  reaching rural inland audiences
• 48 of 125 educators from 25 states were rural

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Engaging Researchers

• Goal
• Increase the capacity of scientists to
  efficiently translate their research into
  compelling and relevant content for various
  audiences
• Methodology
• Help deconstruct knowledge into concepts to
  create concept maps
• Thus far, trained 30 scientists to concept map,
• Recently, 66 said they use COSEE-OS tools

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Engaging Researchers

• Evolution of one scientists concept maps
• Original

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Engaging Researchers

• Digital version of original map

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Engaging Researchers

• Consensus map created with educators

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Engaging Researchers

• Who created this consensus map?
• Dr. Fei Chai three educators from rural areas

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Engaging Researchers

• Educators felt concept mapping helped them
• Think through topics learned at workshop
• Share ideas / communicate with scientists

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Transferrable Activities

• The hands-on activity you will do today is to
  start a concept map based on the Deepwater
  Horizon Oil Spill
• Lemons into Lemonade?
• Goal is to use a recent environmental event to
  help students (inland or coastal) connect with
  complex ocean topics

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Transferrable Activities

• The hands-on activity you will do today is to
  start a concept map based on the Deepwater
  Horizon Oil Spill
• - Newsweek article What the Spill Will Kill by
  Sharon Begley (June 6 or 14, 2010) pg 24-6.

I am not too worried about oil on the surface,
says chemist Ed Overton of LSU. Its the things
we dont see that worry me the most.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill will enter the
record books for not how much, but for
where an enormous amount of crude oil not
only onto vulnerable shorelines and fragile
marshlands, but into the largely unexplored
depths of the sea.
MODIS Terra Satellite image July 12, 2010
http//earthobservatory.nasa.gov
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Transferrable Activities
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Transferrable Activities
Lets do the concept mapping activity!
For oil spill map and article email
christy.herren_at_gmail.com
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Transferrable Activities
Time to Share
For oil spill map and article email
christy.herren_at_gmail.com
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Transferrable Activities
Heres an example I created in the COSEE OS
Concept Map Builder
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Transferrable Activities
Available to you at http//cosee.umaine.edu/cfuse
r/cmb USERNAME nmea_2010 Password nmea (cap
sensitive) See handouts for this session
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Sustaining Activities
Building a community map Would you be willing to
contribute?

• Construction Add concepts and linking phrases?
• Hyperlinks Suggest educational resources for
  concepts? (images/ videos/ news items/ lesson
  plans)
• Feedback Review the map before we share with
  NMEA community and beyond?
• Test drive Share with your students and
  audiences?

IF YES Please sign-up on the COSEE OS handout
sheet or contact Christy Herren
(christy.herren_at_gmail.com)
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Sustaining Activities

• Discussion and Sharing
• How can (or do) you as an educator?
• Reach out to scientists in your own regions?
• Incorporate ocean science content to teach
  standard biological, chemical and physical
  concepts?

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Thank you!

• If you have any questions or comments, feel free
  to contact us
• Christy Herren ltchristy.herren_at_gmail.comgt
• Annette deCharon ltannette.decharon_at_maine.edugt
• Please check out COSEE OS website
• http//cosee.maine.edu

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Other Transferrable Activities

• Another activity you can try is based on our
  recent publication
• Goal is to use physical sciences inquiry to
  connect with ocean topics

Download for free http//www.tos.org/hands-on/tea
ching_phys.html (Karp-Boss et al., 2009))
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Other Transferrable Activities

• Another activity you can try is based on our
  recent NSTA presentation
• Goal is to illustrate transferability between
  ocean science content and terrestrial ecological
  concepts

Wolves Sharks
Email christy.herren_at_gmail.com for handouts