Why should I attend? Ever thought about: Incorporating field experiences into your courses? Helping students collect or access authentic data? Bringing the local environment into your classroom? If so, join us to learn more about the Rutgers Raritan River Initiative! Come provide feedback on how to best assist you in using the Raritan River Basin […]
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2016 Shore Bowl
Date: Saturday, February 6, 2016 Time: 7am – 6pm Location: Cook Campus Center, Rutgers University What Is Shore Bowl? The Shore Bowl is a regional academic competition for high school students in NJ, NY, and PA that focuses on ocean-related topics. These topics include the biology, chemistry, physics and geology of the ocean, as well […]
Gears Scientists Projects
After attending the Gears Professional Development Workshop Series, participants had the opportunity to apply the information that they acquired during the workshop and to work with education and outreach professionals on outreach/broader impact plans and products related to their science. Below are some examples of the projects that have been produced by these early career […]
Gears Professional Development Series for Early Career Scientists
Scientists are increasingly being asked to communicate the “broader impacts” of their work. With the threat of a decline in both the scientific workforce and the public’s literacy on ocean and environmental science issues, the time is now for stepping up our efforts to promote ocean literacy. Although there is no single approach for a […]
Broader Impacts Infrastructure Summit
Interested in learning from other broader impacts professionals, fostering new collaborations, and discussing the future of broader impacts? Then, check out the second annual Broader Impacts Infrastructure Summit. When: April 16-18, 2014 Where: The Westin Arlington Gateway in Arlington, Virginia Who: Broader Impacts Professionals Summit Goals: Increase collaboration among broader impacts professionals Enhance broader impacts scholarship […]
Gears Luncheon Series – Ocean Sciences 2014
A collaboration of several COSEE Centers will present a series of Gears Workshops for scientists interested in increasing their capacity for high impact education, outreach, and collaboration activities. These leadership development events, which will incorporate material from the all-day Gears Professional Development Workshops, are organized into four areas or “gears.” The four “gears” (Deconstruct, Learn, […]
2014 Shore Bowl
The winners have been announced! Check out the end of this post to see information about this year’s competition! Date: Saturday, February 1, 2014 Time: 7am – 6pm Location: Food Science Building, Rutgers University What Is Shore Bowl? The Shore Bowl is a regional academic competition for high school students in NJ, NY, and […]
Gears Professional Development Workshop for Early Career Scientists
Workshop Date: Sunday, February 23, 2014 Workshop Time: 8am – 5pm Workshop Location: Hawaii Convention Center Workshop Participants – WHO should attend? Early career scientists: Those holding a doctoral degree and who are employed in a post-doctoral or tenure-track (or tenure-track-equivalent) position as an assistant professor (or equivalent title) Advanced graduate student at an […]
Incorporating MARACOOS Data Into Ocean Education: A Needs Assesment
In the summer of 2012, COSEE NOW worked with The Mid Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) to run a needs assessment workshop for scientists interested in teaching with data from the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). The meeting took place at Rutgers University’s Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences and involved four […]
Developing Tools to Engage Undergraduates in Data from Observatories
The Education and Public Engagement (EPE) Implementing Organization (IO) is dedicated to developing data visualization tools that will facilitate the use of data from Ocean Observing Initiative (OOI) to enhance undergraduate teaching. To enhance the utility and usability of these tools, a needs assessment performed with members of the undergraduate teaching community. The Community Survey: […]