Looking at ScienceThrough a Global Lens

Partnership for Global Learning Annual Conference

July 9, 2010

Jennifer Chidsey Pizzo & Tonilee Hanson

Goals• To explore and discuss a rationale for science

education that prepares students for global competence

• To consider opportunities for interdisciplinary learning across important global issues

• To share ideas and strategies for making science prominent in interdisciplinary learning

Global Competence Mj& Mj

College/Career Readiness Mj

Asia Society Definition Mjof Global Competence Mj

Recommendations for College and MjCareer Readiness: Mj

David MjConley Mj (EPIC) MjAchieve Mj

Workforce Organizations Mj

CCSSO Mj MjEdSteps Mj MjProject Mj

ISSN MjGraduate Mj

Profile Mj

GPS Mj

State Standards Mj 21st Century Skills Mj

Professional Organizations Mj

BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig ablaze. Image: U.S. Coast Guard

BP video shows oil gushing from broken wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico. (BP/Associated Press)

Transocean Discoverer Enterprise drill ship (with flare) collects oil from site of BP Deepwater

Horizon

Controlled Burn: Smoke billows as spilled oil is set alight off Louisiana coast

Crude oil washes ashore in Orange Beach, AL

Oil spill cleanup introduces hundreds of thousands of gallons of highly toxic chemical dispersant, Corexit, into

Gulf waters.

Oil-soaked pelican at East Grand Terre Island, La. June 3, 2010 AP Charlie Riedel

Poggy Fish Near Port Sulpher, LA 6.20.10 Reuters Sean Gardner

Map of BP Oil Spill Locations 6.10.10

BP CEO Tony Hayward prepares to testify before House oversight & investigations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in

Washington, DC. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)

Exxon Valdez (1989)Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground on Bligh Reef,

ruptured and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil

into Alaska's Prince William Sound. The spill

was the worst in American history, damaging more

than 1,300 miles of shoreline.

Inspecting subsea production equipment in deep water using an autonomous underwater vehicle (artist’s impression)

OSMAS – Oil Spill Monitor

and Alarm System

Deceive has not been deployed

Audubon Society Response Team

Photo Citations and References• http://

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/

• http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/06/17/bp-oil-executives-congress.html#ixzz0rhZvF0hi

• in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-49480020100621

• thetbf.wordpress.com/.../ • jotman.blogspot.com/

2010/05/timeline-of-gulf-...

• U.S. Coast Guard• www.newsweek.com/

photo/2010/05/22/oil-spill-t...

• www.boston.com/.../ • www.NOAA.org • www.oilblogcentral.word

press.com/.../ • Associated Press• Reuters• earthrehab.wordpress.co

m/tag/politics/ • gcaptain.com/.../

deepwater-horizon-oil-spill/

Performance Outcomes: Integrated expectations for students

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