MAMEA Concurrent Sessions
Time / SpaceSaturday / Classroom / Wet Lab / Multipurpose Room / Dining Hall
9:45-10:30am / Madison Morgan
Marine Science through Children's Literature / Ann McElhatton
10 Creative Ways to Collect and Translate Science Information to Any Audience / Megan Ennes
Not too hot to handle: using the ocean to communicate climate change / Christopher Petrone; Lisa Tossey
RT @Julie @Jim Are you at the #beach #cleanup? Leveraging Social Media for Marine Science Education
10:45-11:30am / Sarah McGuire; Jaclyn Miller
Addressing Middle and High School Standards of Learning Using Estuaries and Real-Time Data / Adam Frederick
Digital Microscopy for the Formal and Informal Educator / Kimberly Marshall McLean
A Model for Successful Implementation of Ocean Literacy Concepts for K-5 Education / Jennifer Keats Curtis
Children’s Author, Jennifer Keats Curtis
11:30-1:00pm / Lunch(and business meeting)
Dining Hall
1:00-2:30pm / Horn Point Lab Open House
2:45-3:30pm / Susie Hill
Explore the Oceans with 2012 Nautilus Exploration Program Educator at Sea, Susie Hill / Anne Armstrong
SPARK Creek Watchers: Sparking Watershed Conservation in Accomack County Families / Bart Merrick
Chesapeake Exploration: Online Activities for Exploring Chesapeake Bay Data (**Bring Laptops) / Pamela Wasserman
Ocean Education for a Crowded World
3:45-4:30pm / David Wehunt
National Geographic's Ocean Ecology Unit / Nell Herrmann
Ocean Acidification and the Western Antarctic Peninsula / Paul Billeter
How to Bring Sylvia Earle To Your Classroom, Free, Anytime. / Kelley Cox
The Big Catch: PWEC's Fisheries Management Program
4:45-5:30pm / Poster Sessions / Share-a-thon
Concurrent Session I
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Classroom
Marine Science through Children's Literature
Madison Morgan, Elementary School Teacher/Coordinator of Marine Science Unit, Benjamin Banneker Elementary School
Presentation Type: Hands-on Workshop
Content: Marine biology, literature.
Grade Level: Elementary
Ocean Literacy Principle: 1,2,4,5,6
Description: With the National Common Core Curriculum rapidly approaching, teachers are striving to integrate various subjects to maximize learning in limited classroom time. At Benjamin Banneker Elementary School, the third grade team uses marine science to engage and motivate elementary students to practice reading skills and reading strategies through rich children's literature. The combined literature/science unit culminates with "Marine Science Day" where teachers, supported by parent-volunteers and an invited guest marine biology professor from the local college rotate five third grade classes through five hands-on activities. Activities include construction of jelly-fish and sea turtles and an interactive presentation by the professor of specimens including, baleen, dolphin skull, sea snakes, shark jaws, plankton, etc. Attendees will participate in several of these activities and receive lesson plans and other related handouts.
Wet Lab
10 Creative Ways to Collect and Translate Science Information to Any Audience
Ann McElhatton, Beach Chair Scientist
Presentation Type: Research/Info
Content: Sharing Information
Grade Level: Adults
Ocean Literacy Principle: #6: The ocean and humans are inextricably connected.
Description: It is not always easy to stay ahead of the curve in terms of the most up-to-date science. As the public's first go-to response after the mainstream media, it is imperative for non-formal educators to stay 'in the know'. This presentation will arm non-formal science educators with an arsenal of tools to 1) reliably and confidently review and gather information, as well as 2) innovative approaches for sharing knowledge with any audience (i.e., blogs, infographics).
Multipurpose Room
Not too hot to handle: using the ocean to communicate climate change
Megan Ennes, Education Program Specialist, North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
Presentation Type: Research/Info
Content: Climate Change, Biology, Earth/Environmental
Grade Level: Grades 4-12
Ocean Literacy Principle: 3,6
Description: Climate change is making its way into state standards across the country. Learn how to keep your cool while teaching this hot topic. One of the most important strategies for effective climate change is proper framing. During this session you will learn how to properly frame climate change in order to have productive conversations. We will use the ocean as a vehicle to tell the story of climate. We will focus on ocean acidification and sea level rise. This workshop will include resources to help you feel more confident incorporating this topic into your classroom.
Dining Hall
RT @Julie @Jim Are you at the #beach #cleanup? Leveraging Social Media for Marine Science Education
Christopher Petrone, Marine Education Specialist, Delaware Sea Grant / Univ of Delaware
Lisa Tossey, Academic Marketing and Communications Manager Delaware Valley College
Presentation Type: Demonstration
Content: Technology; General
Grade Level: 6-16; Informal
Ocean Literacy Principle: 7
Description: Building on the very successful presentation of similar name by Jim Wharton and Julie Henry at the 2012 National Marine Educators Association conference, this presentation will bring some of the tools and techniques they described and more, to marine educators that could not attend the NMEA conference. We will discuss how Facebook, Twitter, and other social media outlets can be utilized to more effectively engage our audiences, including students, and disseminate and track our education programs, resources, and events. Participants will be encouraged to share their social media best practices, tips, and failures in an unconference format, and will also be encouraged to live tweet during the session and the entire conference using the conference hashtag (#mamea12). We will also discuss social media plans for future MAMEA and NMEA conferences, including conference tweet-ups and social media-only silent auction items. All resources will be made available online.
Concurrent Session II
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Classroom
Addressing Middle and High School Standards of Learning Using Estuaries and Real-Time Data
Sarah McGuire, Education Coordinator, Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in VA (CBNERRVA);
Jaclyn Miller, CBNERRVA
Presentation Type: Demonstration
Content: Estuaries and Technology
Grade Level: Middle and High School
Ocean Literacy Principle: 2,3,6
Description: Estuaries.gov is the educational site for NOAA's National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS). This site is part of NERRS efforts to communicate and advance ocean and estuarine literacy. Estuaries.gov helps educators bring the importance of estuaries into classrooms and educational programs. After a quick tutorial on the basics of the website, we will showcase both the data graphing tool and the new Estuaries 101 middle school curriculum. The data graphing tool allows teachers and students access to near-real time and archived data collected through the NERRS monitoring program. We will showcase the facets of the graphic tool to our audience, and then we will focus on the new Estuaries 101 middle school curriculum completed in May 2012. As a group, we will go through the features of the curriculum and then complete one of the activities together. The curriculum is free and online, focusing on estuaries. Participants will receive a copy of the activities presented in the session.
Wet Lab
Digital Microscopy for the Formal and Informal Educator
Adam Frederick, Marine Education Specialist, Maryland Sea Grant Extension Program
Presentation Type: Hands-on Workshop
Content: microscopy and marine science
Grade Level: 6-12
Ocean Literacy Principle: 5
Description: The session will include the following: - a demonstration of a variety of equipment that can be successfully used for digital microscopy in the classroom. - detailed information on equipment and the costs ranging from under $200 and up. - handouts that provide instruction on tips and techniques for improving microscopy skills. - how to use digital images and video captured via the microscope. - hands-on practice for participants using digital equipment and microscopes.
Multipurpose Room
A Model for Successful Implementation of Ocean Literacy Concepts for K-5 Education
Kimberly Marshall McLean, PhD candidate (GMU); Biologist (NOAA), George Mason University, Environmental Science & Policy; and NOAA
Presentation Type: Research/Info
Content: Ocean Literacy
Grade Level: K-5
Ocean Literacy Principle: 1,2,5,6,7
Description: As part of her dissertation at George Mason University and work at NOAA, Kim Marshall McLean will present a model for ocean literacy, which emphasizes the important contribution of formal early childhood education efforts in ocean stewardship. The concept is rooted in research demonstrating the importance of early childhood years in providing the fertile soil required for the seeds of knowledge about the environment to grow. This past June, NOAA tested the model with great success. Twenty Grade 4 educators in Montgomery County, Maryland, were given the opportunity to take a two-day pilot workshop focusing on the Ocean Literacy Principle (OLP), "the ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected." Scientific experts and educators across NOAA, the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), Montgomery County Public Schools, and the Audubon Naturalist Society, teamed up to bring educators through the fundamentals of ocean science leading up to an understanding of ocean resource sustainability and management, spanning many concepts of the OLPs. Educators were provided with the opportunity to engage with stakeholders from different sectors of society involved in resource sustainability, e.g., a fisherman, non-profit conservation organization, natural resource manager, scientist, and local townspeople. Educators were provided with a wealth of teaching resources, including lesson plans aligned with their curriculum, the MSDE E-Lit standards, and OLPs; activity books; a guide to ocean resource education; CDs; and more. The success of the pilot demonstrates the power and importance in building partnerships at all levels: federal, state, and county (i.e., local school district) and across sectors to effectively implement ocean literacy principles and concepts on the ground.
Dining Hall
Children’s Author, Jennifer Keats Curtis
Jennifer Keats Curtis
Presentation Type: Research/Info
Content: Biology, literature.
Grade Level: Elementary
Description: Jennifer Curtis is a children’s author who is known for writing about animals (many regional) and the ways in which experts are helping them. One of her books, Turtles In My Sandbox, is about the headstarting of diamondback terrapins. This fall, she have several new books coming out, including one entitled SEAHORSES. She worked with biologist Jorge Gomezjuado and Maryland high school student Nicole Moy while researching the book. Jennifer is excitedly awaiting the 2012 release of new books on seahorses and squirrels. The first in her new series, Animal Helpers, debuts this fall.
LUNCH: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Dining Hall
Concurrent Session III
2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Classroom
Explore the Oceans with 2012 Nautilus Exploration Program Educator at Sea, Susie Hill
Susie Hill, Education Specialist/Special Programs Manager, Nauticus
Presentation Type: Research/Info
Content: Ocean Exploration Research
Grade Level: Any
Ocean Literacy Principle: 1,5,7
Description: Imagine what it is like to be a scientist aboard a research vessel exploring the oceans. Now, imagine being an Educator at Sea that has the extraordinary opportunity of telling that scientist's story to the world. Susie Hill was selected as one of twelve Educators At Sea for the 2012 Exploration Season. She was able to travel along with Drs. Robert Ballard and Katherine Croff Bell to explore the geology, chemistry, biology, and archaeology of the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas. Her role aboard the E/V Nautilus was to assist in telling the world the story of their explorations through live website interviews, photos, blogs, and videos. She will share a powerpoint on her experiences aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus, the many ways that anyone can explore the Nautilus Live website, and a few educational activities that were developed in conjunction with these explorations.
Wet Lab
SPARK Creek Watchers: Sparking Watershed Conservation in Accomack County Families
Anne Armstrong, Education Program Manager, The Marine Science Consortium
Presentation Type: Research/Info
Content: watershed conservation
Grade Level: Middle School-Adult
Description: A partnership between the Marine Science Consortium and SPARK (Shore People Advancing Readiness for Knowledge), the SPARK Creek-watchers program engages families from Accomack County, VA, in Chesapeake Bay watershed clean-up and monitoring with the goal of revealing the connections between a healthy Bay watershed and healthy local industry, residences, and recreation. The project is funded by Audubon through a TogetherGreen Fellowship. Once a month, families kayak a portion of Holdens Creek, a small Chesapeake tributary in northern Accomack County. Families make observations and collect data using Virginia Department of Environmental Quality citizen monitoring protocols for coliform bacteria, dissolved oxygen, water clarity, pH, salinity, and temperature). We upload our data to National Geographic's Chesapeake FieldScope, an online watershed mapping tool on which there are limited entries for the Eastern Shore of Virginia. During the presentation, we will give an overview of the project's progress, discuss the logistics of creating a community creek-watchers program, and highlight the TogetherGreen program.
Multipurpose Room
Chesapeake Exploration: Online Activities for Exploring Chesapeake Bay Data
Bart Merrick, Education Coordinator, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
Presentation Type: Hands-on Workshop
Content: Environmental Science
Grade Level: 8-10
Ocean Literacy Principle: 5,6
Description: This workshop will introduce and train educators on the use of the fully functional Chesapeake Exploration. Participants will learn how to work with Chesapeake Exploration, a set of online activities that provides unprecedented access to Chesapeake Bay Data and brings the science of the Chesapeake Bay to life. The session will be a combination of formal presentation and hands-on training with activities from Chesapeake Exploration. NOTE: participants should bring a laptop with WiFi to access and utilize the curriculum activities.
Dining Hall
Ocean Education for a Crowded World
Pamela Wasserman, Vice President for Education, Population Connection
Presentation Type: Hands-on Workshop
Content: Human ecology (human impacts on marine ecosystems)
Grade Level: 5-12
Ocean Literacy Principle: 6
Description: How have our oceans changed since the beginning of global exploration to today? Join this hands-on workshop to find out through engaging, visual activities. Our journey will take us from the early days of whale hunting through the Industrial Revolution, the advent of modern agriculture and off-shore oil drilling to fish depletions and ocean warming. As the presenter will illustrate, human impacts on the oceans have magnified as the world population has grown from half a billion in Columbus’time to seven billion today. Presented activities provide an interdisciplinary scope to the issues of human ecology and marine conservation. Activity formats include role-playing simulations, concept-mapping and problem-solving challenges. Participants will receive activity instructions, data charts and background reading on a user-friendly CD-Rom.
Concurrent Session IV
3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Classroom
National Geographic's Ocean Ecology Unit
David Wehunt, Teacher, Soddy Daisy High School
Presentation Type: Hands-on Workshop
Content: Marine Science, Ecology, Biology
Grade Level: 6-12
Ocean Literacy Principle: 1,2,5,6
Description: An alternative way to teach about food chains, food webs, species interactions, and human impact on the oceans and its occupants. Describe the National Geographic marine ecology website. Participants will be taken on a tour of the website and how to use the different parts. Also participants will do two of the lessons on the website.
Wet Lab
Ocean Acidification and the Western Antarctic Peninsula
Nell Herrmann, Learning Enrichment and Gifted Support Specialist, State College Area High School
Presentation Type: Research/Info
Content: Science (Earth, Life, Physical)
Grade Level: 7-12
Ocean Literacy Principle: 5,6
Description: As part of a 2012 PolarTREC expedition, Nell was able to observe and participate in a variety of marine biology projects on the Western Antarctic Peninsula, including a research project on ocean acidification. This session will include a Power Point presentation about current research being conducted at Palmer Station Antarctica. Lesson ideas for teaching the complicated concept of ocean acidification will be discussed. In addition, lesson ideas about incorporating data from the Long
Term Ecological Research (LTER) program at Palmer Station will be discussed. Real time data being collected on phytoplankton communities by Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) as part of the LTER is easy and exciting to incorporate into the classroom at various grade levels.
Multipurpose Room
How to Bring Sylvia Earle To Your Classroom, Free, Anytime.
Paul Billeter, Professor of Biology, College of Southern Maryland
Presentation Type: Demonstration
Content: Ocean science, environmental science, pedagogy.
Grade Level: 7th-college
Ocean Literacy Principle: 1,2,3,5,6,7
Description: TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) is a non-profit organization founded in 1984. Its mission is stated simply as "TED: Ideas worth spreading." Continuously expanding in scope, TED presently offers more than 900 TED-Talks online. Recent sessions have focused on ocean science and more than 40 excellent lectures, limited to 18 minutes, are available free online for classroom use.
Among the eminent lecturers are Sylvia Earle, Robert Gallo, Charles Moore, Edith Widder, Robert Ballard, Richard Pyle and David Cameron. Additionally, the newly added TED-Ed component, with a motto of "Lessons worth sharing," offers ten lessons that focus on ocean-related topics each including a quiz, "thought" questions and a "dig deeper" component. This session introduces participants to the TED ocean series and ocean-focused TED-Ed units and demonstrates how the presenter has incorporated these lectures into his on-line freshman oceanography course, his travel-study course in Belize and his on-campus freshman zoology class. These can be modified for high school and middle school.