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Education Session 1:45 – Overview 2:15 – Professional Development 2:30 – EDventures 2:45 – Summer Course 3:00 – Scholars Program 3:15 – Break 3:30 – Discussion; Q & A. Education Overview Barbara Bruno C-MORE Education Director NSF Site Visit June 2014. C-MORE Education team.
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Education Session 1:45 – Overview 2:15 – Professional Development 2:30 – EDventures 2:45– Summer Course 3:00– Scholars Program 3:15 – Break 3:30 – Discussion; Q & A
Education Overview Barbara Bruno C-MORE Education Director NSF Site Visit June 2014
C-MORE Education team Long-term (3 FTE) Students and post-docs (part-time) Bruno Foley Guannel Wood-Charlson Fong Weersing Wong-Ala Year 8 Leveraged funding Choy Thomas Wren Keahi
134 C-MORE personnel involved in K-16 education and outreach Abaya, Alegado, Alexander, Alvarez-Valdez, Anthony, Ayau, Baker, Barone, Bays, Becker, Benway, Berube, Bidigare, Biller, Birch, Björkman, Boiteau, Böttjer, Boyle, Bruno, Bryant, Bump, Carrasco, Casey, Chen, Chinaka, Chisholm, Church, Clah, Clemente, Crews, Cubillos-Ruiz, Curless, DeLong, del Valle, Díaz-Negrón, Doggett, Doney, Diaz, Duhamel, Dyhrman, Economy, Ferrón, Fitzsimmons, Foley, Fong, Fontanez, Frank, Frischkorn, Fujieki, Gifford, Gimpel, Goldberg, Goodson, Grabowski, Gradoville, Guannel, Haley, Hall, Hawco, Hayakawa, Irvine, Johnson, Jungbluth, Karl, Kavanaugh, Ki‘ili, Kolber, Lazaro, Lefevre, Letelier, Longo, Loretero, Lum, Lyman, Mackey, Marin, Martin, Martinez-Garcia, Matsumoto, Michelou, Moos, Moran, Mueller, Mura, Nelson, Nigro, Noble, Oje, Pargett, Park, Pelve, Porter, Poulos, Quiocho, Rappé, Repeta, Rii, Robidart, Rouco-Molina, Sadler, Sakamoto, Samo, Scholin, Schvarcz, Searson, Segura-Noguera, Shilova, Shulse, G Steward, K Steward, Tanaka, Taylor, K Thomas, S Thomas, Thompson, Truong, Turano, Turk-Kubo, Updyke, Ussler, Valliere, Viviani, Wai, Watkins, White, Wilson, Wong, Wong-Ala, Wood-Charlson, Wren, Yelton, Yoshizawa, Zehr Integration between education & research
Today’s focus Key education programs Legacy Sustainability
C-MORE Education Goals Increase scientific literacy in microbial oceanography. Produce leaders in the next generation of microbial oceanographers by providing state-of-the-art training. Increase the number of underrepresented minorities pursuing careers in the ocean and earth sciences, and related disciplines.
C-MORE Science Kits • 7 standards-based science kits • 15 lending libraries nationwide • All lessons and teaching guides online • Sustainability • Online resources • Continued libraries • Kit replication To date: >1000 loans by 422 educators (80,800 students) Year 8: >227 loans by 120 educators (21,000 students)
Microscopes in Middle Schools • Equipment in schools (based on plankton kit) • Teacher-training workshops through DOE • Teacher-to-teacher peer training • To date: 46* (57%) of Hawaii’s middle schools • Year 8: Phase II – advanced training (12)* *All are minority-serving institutions
Ocean FEST & TECH (grades 3-12) • Hands-on science activities • Career focus • Near-peer teaching • Sustainability • Online resources • Events preceded by teacher-training To date: 128 events, 21,000* participants, 636 teachers/volunteers Year 8: 33 events, 7100* participants, 400 educators *Mostly underrepresented
Grants for Education in Microbial Science (GEMS) “Students working with scientists in their environment … may be one of the most powerful tools to recruitment. Last year was the first year [we] went to Coconut Island .... Had it not been for C-MORE's contribution, students would not been able to afford [it]” - GEMS award recipient Sustainability To date: 91 awards, 19,000 students* Year 8: 13 awards, 1171 students* OCEAN & EARTH SCIENCES MINI-GRANT APPLICATION *Mostly underrepresented
Science Teachers Aboard Research Ships (STARS) “I feel this has been the most inspiring, enjoyable, and useful professional development experience I have had in my two and a half decades of teaching. Please keep it going as long as you’re able.” - STARS teacher To date: 59 teachers Year 8: 6 teachers • Sustainability • HOT program
C-MORE Scholars Program • Undergraduate research program • Goal: Broadening participation To date: 65 scholars (43 Under-Represented Minorities) Year 8: 16 scholars (12 URM; 6 leveraged) • Sustainability • Strong interest from a private foundation
Professional Development Training Program (PDTP) • Outreach • Leadership • Proposal Writing • Mentoring • Diversity • Teaching • Research Exchange • Science Communication To date: 150 participated; 61 completed at least one module Year 8: 90 participated; 22 completed at least one module • Sustainability • UH graduate seminar
OCN 750: Professional Development Spring 2014 Instructors: Bruno & Guannel Part 2: Expanding Your Career Toolkit Part 1: Developing Skills, Experience & Awareness To date: 24 graduate students & 3 post-docs (offered twice) Class projects: networking workshop, career mixer, Native Hawaiian mentoring program, teaching portfolios, resource brochures & websites.
EDventures:Venture Capital for Education External education Novel High risk Collaborative Outreach Research Outreach & Training Research & Training • Sustainability • Students now trained to seek external funds Training To date: 42 awards Year 8: 6 awards Internal Education
C-MORE Summer Training Course • 6-week intensive lab/field experience • International participation including developing countries • Faculty:student ratio 1 To date (2006-2013): 123 students (83 female), 275 days of class, 96 days in the lab, 72 days at sea “Amazing how well all of the course leaders pulled this together - what an undertaking!” – Student
Summative Evaluation • Evaluate efficacy and document impacts • Short-term: Pre-post surveys, exit interviews • Long-term: Tracking of program participants • Essential for publications and leveraging funds to ensure sustainability beyond NSF/C-MORE funding
Publications • 1. Bruno, B.C., K. Achilles, K. Weersing, G. Walker, and P. Kemp (2008). Professional • development at the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education • (C-MORE). The Earth Scientist, 27(2), 7-10. • 2. Achilles, K., B.C. Bruno, G. Walker, K. Weersing, and the C-MORE Team (2008), Key • concepts in microbial oceanography. • 3. Weersing, K., J.L. Padilla-Gamiño, and B.C. Bruno (2010). What microbe are you? The • Science Teacher, 77(6), 40-44. • 4. Padilla-Gamiño, J.L. and B.C. Bruno (2010), El mar y sus microbios, Hélix, Ciencia y • Desarrollo (monthly Spanish-language children's magazine), Mexico City, October, 1-6. • 5. Bruno, B.C., K. Tice, K. Achilles, and J. Matsuzaki (2010), Quantifying marine microbes: • A simulation to introduce random sampling, American Society for Microbiology Classroom and Outreach Activities (online), April 2010, 1-19. • 6. Wiener, C., B.C. Bruno, and J. Foley (2011), Monitoring coral reefs using quadrats. Green • Teacher, 92, 31-34. • 7. Thomas, K.A., B.C. Bruno, K. Achilles, and S.B. Sherman (2011). A watery whodunit: The • case of the missing zooxanthellae. Science Scope, 34(7), 44-54. • 8. Mayer, B. and B.C. Bruno (2011). C-MORE and Science Buzz: Where students and • scientists meet. The Earth Scientist, 27(4), 27-30. • 9. Hsia, M.H., K.A. Thomas, and B.C. Bruno (2011). What microbe are you? An activity • designed for our youngest scientists. American Society for Microbiology Classroom and Outreach Activities (online), July 2011, 1-11. • 10. Bruno, B.C., C. Wiener, A. Kimura, and R. Kimura (2011). Ocean FEST: Families • Exploring Science Together. Journal of Geoscience Education, 59(1), 13-21. • 11. Bruno, B.C., K.A. Tice, N. Puniwai, and K. Achilles (2011). Ocean acidification: Hands-on experiments to explore the causes and consequences. Science Scope, 34(6), 23-30. • 12. Bruno, B.C., S.E. Thomas, M.M. Frazier, and L. James (2011). Student perspectives on • facilitating positive undergraduate research experiences. Council of Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 32(2), 37-40. • 13. Hsia, M.H. and B.C. Bruno (2012). Hands-on family science program stimulates interest in ocean science careers. Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 28(2), 16-25. • 14. Gibson, B.A. and B.C. Bruno (2012). The C-MORE Scholars Program: Motivations for an academic-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates program. Journal of College Science Teaching, 41(5), 12-18. • 15. Bruno, B.C., C. Wiener and M. Hsia (accepted 2013). How well do you know the ocean? Child Art (in press). • 16. Foley, J.M.S., B.C. Bruno, R.T. Tolman, R.S. Kagami, M.H. Hsia, B. Mayer, and J.K. Inazu(2013). C-MORE Science Kits as a classroom learning tool. Journal of Geoscience Education, 61(3), 256-267. • 17. Bruno, B.C., Y.M. Rii, J.C. Robidart, and D.A. Viviani (2013). The young scientist and the sea (of microbes), Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 28(3), 5-8. • 18. Haley, S., and S. Dyhrman 2013. Microbial superheroes unite through the virtual world of Whyville. Current: The Journal of Marine Education 28(3), 9-10. • 19. Foley, J.M.S., and B.C. Bruno (2013). Through the lens: Microscopes in middle schools. Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 28(3), 16-19. • 20. Wilson, S.T., and D.M. Karl 2013. A high-resolution insight into microbial biogeochemistry in the North Pacific Ocean. Current: The Journal of Marine Education 28(3), 20-21. • 21. Bruno, B.C., J. Padilla-Gamiño, and F. De Leo (2013). C-MORE Professional Development Training Program for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers. The Earth Scientist, XXIX (3), 11-15. • 22. Bruno, B.C. and J.L.K. Wren (2014). Climate change, sea level rise, and ocean acidification. The Earth Scientist, XXX (1), 9-11. • 23. Böttjer, D., S.P. Jungbluth, R. Boiteau, B. Burkhardt, F. de Leo, and B.C. Bruno (2014). Career choices in marine and environmental sciences: Navigating a sea of options. Oceanography, 27(2), http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.35. • Total publications: 23 • Year 8 publications: 7
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