Susan Haskell

A new era of oceanography has begun… Just after daybreak this morning, the scientists and crew aboard the Investigador spotted the Scarlet Knight Glider bobbing up and down on the surface of the ocean off the coast of Spain. During the next few minutes, a camera crew and divers took pictures of the glider in the water to […]

Join us for a free webinar series to facilitate the design and development of a climate and environmental change curriculum and program for the Jersey Roots, Global Reach Sustainable Communities Project (SCP). The project, which is targeted for at risk youth and families, is designed is to teach youth about the causes and impacts of […]

COSEE NOW invites you to participate in an online seminar series that will discuss the challenges of designing exhibits using real-time data from Ocean Observing Systems. This webinar series will focus on sharing ideas and resources on the development of interactive exhibits or kiosks for use in informal learning institutions. We will highlight ways in which archived and real-time […]

By Jason Turnure and Jason Werrell This lesson was originally written as a final project for the “Communicating Ocean Science to Informal Audiences (COSIA)” class at Rutgers University.  It was adapted for Classroom use, with the assistance of COSEE NOW member Laura Dunbar. Synopsis of the Activity With the expected change in average ocean temperatures due to […]

I’m sure many of you are back in school, or will be very soon. So, as you get into the swing of things, I just wanted to remind you that the Scarlet Knight Glider still continues her quest to cross the Atlantic. Here’s a quick update on her progress: The glider has now been at sea for […]

Join us for a live online seminar on July 28, 2009 at 1:00 pm EDT to discuss how to create effective and well reviewed broader impact statements for your upcoming August 2009 National Science Foundation proposals. The presentation will emphasize the value of scientist-educator partnerships and how we can work together to develop and deliver […]

Date: June 30 to July 1st Event:National Marine Educators Association 2009 Conference Location: Pacific Grove, California At this year’s NMEA conference, COSEE NOW team members presented a number of presentations spanning the range from ocean literacy activities in the K-12 classroom to an extensive review of scientists opinions on education and outreach.  To learn more about each session […]

As you know, the Scarlet Knight might be the first underwater robot to cross the Atlantic Ocean. We hope you’re following the blog closely. Scarlet’s telling us quite the story as she crosses the Atlantic! As the school year comes to an end, we invite you (students, teachers and staff) to send us your stories about the […]

COSEE Networked Ocean World (NOW) and the Bridge, a National Sea Grant education project operated by Virginia Sea Grant, are pleased to announce two web seminars on ocean science education. These FREE web seminars will introduce educators and scientists to web resources that help incorporate ocean observing system (OOS) science into instruction and start a discussion on […]

At this year’s National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) , COSEE NOW will be leading the following session along with participants from other COSEE centers. Strand 1 : Science Learning, Understanding and Conceptual Change Symposium: Collaborations between Scientists and Science Educators: The Grand Challenges and Great Opportunities of the Centers for Ocean Education Excellence (COSEE) Date: Saturday, April 18, […]

We at Virginia Sea Grant are currently writing our strategic plan, which will guide our programming over the next 5 years. We have broken our plan into several pieces focusing on all sorts of marine-related topics, including Coastal & Ocean Literacy. As a part of our plan writing, we gathered a group of Virginia education professionals […]

Looking for a cool way to get your students involved in ocean exploration? This spring, scientists and students from Rutgers University will send an underwater robotic glider on a mission to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The 3,300 mile voyage will take at least six months for the slow-moving low-energy glider to make it across. And now […]

©2007 Liberty Science Center In 2007, Liberty Science Center reinvented itself during 2 years of renovation . Exhibit designers recast the museum in a modern context, connecting age-old science concepts to the present-day. “ Our Hudson Home ” is a new exhibit that showcases this new philosophy, as it encourages visitors to think about the ways in which science […]

This week the Rutgers component of COSEE NOW was pleased to have two of our colleagues from COSEE CA visit to discuss a NOAA funded project to create an ocean science curriculum for grades 3-5. It is especially exciting because the product will be carefully sequenced to the ocean literacy principles and will be commercially […]

By now everyone has heard that Google recently released its latest and greatest version of Google Earth (version 5.0) complete with an abundance of ocean “stuff:” shipwreck information; video clips; you can even rate kite surfting spots. But what all the articles and news reports have neglected to tell us is that you can spend […]

Today I was reviewing the big flip chart paper notes from our recent COSEE NOW Storytelling workshop. It seems like a good idea at the time, to use these giant pieces of paper to record the great ideas that are generated in brainstorming sessions. As I spread the paper out like a giant map over […]

We, Virginia Sea Grant , are currently in the process of revising our strategic plan. This new plan will guide our research, extension, communication and education initiatives over the next five years. During a “listening session” we held here at VIMS yesterday, I had a very interesting conversation with VIMS Physical Sciences professor, and VIMS’ Virginia Estuarine and […]

Join us for a two-part online learning experience with Andy Goodman , a nationally recognized expert in storytelling and strategic communications. In this age of “Too much information” we will discuss how we can connect with our audiences and improve our ability to deliver our OOS educational messages. This event will be an important professional development opportunity and […]