Related Projects
Trying new approaches and program elements
helps keep MARE ever responsive to the needs of schools.
And grants, collaborations, and partnerships make new
approaches possible.
California COSEE
The National Science Foundation-funded network of the
Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE)
has breathed some new life into the marine science education
community. MARE, along with Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
the Marine Advanced Technologies Education (MATE) Center
at Monterey Peninsula College, and California Sea Grant,
was designated as the California COSEE.
Visit the California COSEE website and learn about our
Center's goals.
Recent grants:
2009 $2.8 M for Communicating Ocean Sciences Informal Education Network from the National Science Foundation Division of Informal Science Education, Catherine Halversen, PD; Craig Strang Co-PD.
Halversen, C, Zimmerman, Beals, Barakos, Randol, Strang; Communicating Ocean Sciences to Informal Audiences Instructor’s Guide, 3rd draft, 2008-09, 2nd draft, 2007-08, 1st draft, 2006-07, Regents of the University of California
Families & Schools Project
The Families & Schools project
is a partnership between the Lawrence Hall of
Science, the
University of
California Berkeley Graduate School of Education
and
Eureka City Unified Schools, funded through the
California Post-Secondary
Education Commission (CPEC).
Goals of the Project:
- Developing a Month-Long Marine
Science Immersion Program;
- Providing Leadership
training for teams of teachers and parents in inquiry-based
marine science
activities as well as planning issues;
- Implementing
and refining the program in a total of seven ECUSD
elementary schools;
- Parent and family involvement in
supporting science teaching;
- Connecting with local
community resources to support K-12 schools; and
- Developing
an On-line support system to help with implementation
of the
program.
Visit the Families & Schools website.
Sea STAR Project
The Sea STAR (Students, Teachers, and Researchers) Project
is made possible through a grant from the California
Coastal Commission Whale Tail Competitive Grants Program.
This project brings together underrepresented
high school students, their science teachers, and a marine
scientist
in classroom
and residential field study of the significant threat
to California coastal waters caused by invasive marine
species.
Learn more at the Sea STAR Project website.
Seafood Watch Program
 MARE
and the
Lawrence Hall of Science have partnered with the
Monterey
Bay Aquarium's Seafood
Watch Program. Our partnership
allows us
to distribute regional and national Seafood Watch guides
to over 250,000 LHS visitors each year as well as schools,teachers
and students involved in the MARE program. Informed seafood
choices can make a difference!
IMLS:
2010 $748,811 from NOAA Office of Education Environmental Literacy Grants, Ocean Sciences Curriculum Sequence for Grades 6-8, Project Director
2008 $150,000 from the National Science Foundation Geosciences Directorate Ocean Sciences Division for a “New Collaboration with an Existing COSEE,” Pacific Ocean Literacy for Youth, Publics, Professionals and Scientists (Polypps), Co-Project Director
Here are some recent publications
Imamiya, N., Strang; American Innovation, Japanese Implementation: Using MARE to Increase Ocean Literacy in Japan; Current: The Journal of Marine Education Winter 2009
Strang, C.; Education for Ocean Literacy and Sustainability: Learning from Elders, Listening to Youth; Current: The Journal of Marine Education Winter 2009
Learn more about our partnership, request a Seafood Watch
guide, or check-out MARE curriculum that supports sustainable
fisheries.
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