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A Teacher Research Experience: Promoting
Science Literacy
Louise McMinnAGU December 2007
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Topic
– About Armada• Training• Research experience• Mentoring
– My experience– Personal Benefits– Classroom benefits– Researcher’s benefits
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The Armada Projectarmadaproject.org
• NSF Funded
• Approximately twelve teachers each year – elementary, middle and high school
• Offered through the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography
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Week Long Training
• One week long training session
• Teaching pedagogy
• Mentoring and coaching strategies
• Investigations in ocean, polar, and environmental science content.
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Examples of Research experiences:
2007
• Twelve teachers
• Elementary, Middle, High School
• Different parts of world
• Ocean, polar, geological, and environmental science research
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Examples from my cohort:• Kimberly Pratt – Elementary
Math/Science Teacher – NOAA Atlantic Northeast Shelf Ecosystem Monitoring Project
• Mark Goldner – Middle School Science Teacher – Dynamics and Transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage
• Heather Judkins – High School Marine Biology teacher – Equatorial Pacific Dolphin Abundance Study
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STEEP
• St. Elias Erosion/Tectonics Project
• St. Elias Mountain Range is the highest coastal mountain range on Earth
• Five year study – Tectonic Plate movement– Forces of erosion
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USGS Professional Paper 1616
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USGS Professional Paper 1616
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Researchers
• Ten Researchers:– Dr. Terry Pavlis– Dr. Ronald Bruhn– Dr. Kenneth Ridgway– Dr. Ian Shennan– Dr. George Plafker– Peter Haeussler, USGS– Four Graduate students
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Terry Pavlis
Ian Shennan
Ron Bruhn and George Plafker
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Mike Vorkink
George, Terry and Ron
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My Role
• Ten Days in South Central Alaska
– Camp in Katella
– Various sites reached by helicopter
– Each day – different experience
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Core sampling in Puffy Slough
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Day Four
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Wingham Island
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Personal Benefits
• Collegiality of the scientists– Different disciplines– Open to ideas– Scientific debate– Networking benefits– Extreme passion
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Mentoring
• Required to mentor two beginning science teachers in my district (one per year)
• Weekly meetings
• Exchange reflective journals
• Examine Best Practice in science instruction
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Mentoring
• Plan a field trip together
• Reflect on some of the science content or skills related to research experience.
• Attend the National Science Teachers Association National Convention
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My Mentee
• Seventh grade life science teacher
• Late career
• Third year teacher
• Planned field trip– Spring –Bartlett Arboretum
• Combine Life/Earth Science curriculum• Examine Long Island Sound watershed• Bees
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Personal
• Overall understanding of field research– “Historical” based on evidence– Slow pace – Extensive resources needed
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Classroom Benefits
• Direct application of science content
• Use of inquiry based instruction
• Cooperative learning
• Students share ideas and discuss their opinions
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Scientists’ Benefits
• Publicity
• Connection with younger learners
• Connection with pre-college science instruction
• Extra staff for field work
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Future
• Campus Mapping– GIS training– Girls in Science Club– Field trip
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Armada Project
• A win-win-win
• For teachers-students-and scientists!
• armadaproject.org