COSEE - New England

Community Conference

Saturday, March 4th 2006

 

The first annual COSEE-NE community conference, Partnerships in Ocean Science Education-New England (POSE-New England), will be held on Saturday, March 4th 2006 at the UMass Boston Campus Center overlooking beautiful Boston Harbor. Click here to download the agenda (pdf).

Register for the POSE Conference!

 

Our keynote speaker, John W. Farrington, Vice President of Academic Programs and Dean of Graduate Studies at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, will kick off the event followed by concurrent sessions that will feature exemplary collaborations among scientists, teachers, and facilitators centered on current ocean literacy initiatives developed by the National Geographic Society (NGS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE), and the National Marine Educators Association (NMEA). In addition, past COSEE participants are invited to present posters during our exhibit and social event.

COSEE-NE has created a community of ocean scientists, facilitators, classroom teachers, and informal educators engaged with one another in diverse ocean science programs. POSE-New England will be an opportunity for anyone who has participated in a COSEE-NE project, or who is interested in participating, to come together to share and celebrate our work. It will also be an inspiration for continuing to build our broad network and forging new cooperative efforts There is no fee associated with registration. For more information, contact Kim Frashure at kjfrash@adelphia.net.

 

The objectives of the conference are to:

• Energize participants to continue working on ocean science education together and in new partnerships.

• Strengthen existing partnerships and create the groundwork for leveraging new ones.

• Share progress, opportunities, and resources for effective ocean science education and outreach programs through presentations, displays, and exhibits.

• Build a common voice for ocean science literacy by providing a conference theme, speakers, educational workshops, group discussions, and roundtables.

• Foster collaborations and partnerships both among people and between organizations by providing opportunities for attendees to interact and to network.

• Acknowledge and publicize successful examples of scientists working with educators to create ocean science education opportunities for students and other audiences

• Disseminate products that are the outcome of collaborative efforts to the widest possible audience using multiple formats and platforms

 

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This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0215456. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation"