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Sea Grant Staff Update Dec 4, 2012. Updates. Ruby Pap Coastal Resources Extension Kauai Lecture (Hanapepe Public Library) Ruby Pap on Kauai Kai and Wai on KKCR (Adam Asquith and Don Heacock's call- in show) PacIOOS (collaboration with COSEE - IE flat panel displays: 10 statewide)
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Updates • Ruby Pap Coastal Resources Extension Kauai Lecture (Hanapepe Public Library) • Ruby Pap on Kauai Kai and Wai on KKCR (Adam Asquith and Don Heacock's call- in show) • PacIOOS (collaboration with COSEE - IE flat panel displays: 10 statewide) • GA training (based on CRDG TSI & GK-12 training, and COSEE COS: training this spring April 26th-27th)
Hanauma Bay Crew • North shore guided snorkel with Alan Hong (retired HB manager) • "Pupu's & Pumpkins" carving party in October • Thanksgiving potluck for volunteers and staff • 4 Saturdays in October-November volunteer training program for the year (trained 10 new Interpretive Guides for the HBEP) • Windward Mall's Festival of Giving fundraiser for non-profits, $310 -- 100% of the proceeds go to HBEP for volunteer enrichment • Annual Friends of Hanauma Bay Holiday Gathering next week • Honolulu City Lights (HCL), Honolulu Hale, Friday December 14th -- "Ocean" theme this year and HBEP will be providing educational activities and crafts tables to teach about marine life, Hanauma Bay, etc
Hanauma Bay Crew Cont. • July-September, 77 orientations for groups, serving nearly 2,000 people, half Hawaii resident groups • July & August Thursday evening lecture series focused on Sea Grant Supported Graduate Research. • 13 graduate students from UH Mānoa and UH Hilo presented to approximately 140 program patrons • Multiple students presented each evening • Researchers gained public speaking experience • Public learned about “Hawai‘i’s 1960 tsunami and the long-term consequences of a coastal disaster”, “Restoration of the He‘eia ahupua‘a”, “Algae overload on Maui”, “Microbial pollution in Hilo Bay”, and much more!
Hanauma Bay • Hahaione Elementary's 4th grade annual visit • learning about and identifying near shore marine life
COSEE Island Earth (Symposium last August) (live in January 2013) • CMSE Leading communications committee • Executive committee retreat, Maui, January 2013 (KCC, Maui) (NWHI teacher connection)
Accessible Professional Development for Teaching Aquatic Science Inquiry
TSI Professional Development Cohorts • Kaua‘i • 2012-13 • O‘ahu • 2010-12 • 2012-13 • Maui • 2011-12 • Hawai‘i • 2011-12
Preliminary Teacher Inquiry Results • Inquiry Teaching Assessment = significant pre-post gains (t = 2.25; p = 0.034; effect size = 0.51) • Pedagogical Content Knowledge Scale = significant pre-post gains (t = 2.36; p = .024; effect size = .39) • Self-Efficacy Scale = significant pre-post gains (t = 9.24; p < .001; effect size = 1.35). • On post-cohort interviews, teachers reported TSI provided very helpful tools and approaches for teaching and learning the scientific process.
Preliminary Teacher Content Results • Content scores increases in pre-post results across all modules (Physical, Chemical, Biological, and Ecological) • from 62%-71% to 72%-82%. • All four pre-post comparisons (combined across cohorts) were statistically significant at the .05 level (effect sizes ranged from .46 to 1.08).)
Preliminary Student Results • Nature of Science Assessment = significant pre-post gains (t = 6.38; p < .001; effect size = 0.28) • Nature of Science Scale = gain pre-post of 0.14 (10-point scale) • Students in Cohorts 4 and 5 will also complete a Student Self-Efficacy in Science Scale as well as module specific Student Content Assessments.
Voice of the Sea Sharing Voices of Knowledge from Around the Pacific • Episodes being embeded in Exploring Our Fluid Earth (EOFE) online curricular materials • In application to be aired on PBS • Collaborating with Ephraim Temple in American Samoa for part of Season 2