COSEE Pacific Partnerships: Engaging Community College Faculty in Ocean Science Education

1. www.cosee.net

2. NEW ENGLAND NETWORKED OCEAN WORLD COASTAL TRENDS WEST SOUTHEAST CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO www.cosee.net ALASKA OCEAN LEARNING COMMUNITIES OCEAN SYSTEMS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIPS Central Coordinating Office GREAT LAKES CALIFORNIA

3. The mission of the COSEE Network is to engage scientists and educators to transform ocean sciences education.

4. Each Center works to: • Engage ocean scientists and assist them with developing strong broader impacts of their research • Foster the integration of ocean research into high quality education materials • Enhance the capacity of educators to deliver high quality ocean science programs • Promote a deeper understanding of the ocean

5. Marine Station Partners Informal Science Education Partners Oregon Washington California Hawai’i Community Colleges in Oregon, Washington, California, & Hawai’i

6. www.coseepacificpartnerships.org

7. Week long professional development workshops for community college faculty taught by scientists 2009 Community College Faculty Institute: Marine Biology held at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology • July 20 Estuaries • July 21 Rocky Shores • July 22 Open Ocean • Evening Seminar: Ocean Acidification • July 23 Deep Sea; • Ocean Bacteria • July 24 Islands and Seamounts

8. 2010 Community College Faculty Institute: Advances in Oceanography- Studying Climate Change in Ocean Systems to be held at the Hatfield Marine Science Center Oregon State University Ocean Observing Systems- Drs. Ed Dever and Fred Prahl Global Carbon Cycle, Ocean Chemistry, and Ocean Acidification- Dr. Burke Hales Plastic in the Ocean and Harmful Algal Blooms - Dr, Angel White Waves and Ocean Energy - Dr. George Boehlert Hypoxia along the Oregon Coast - Dr. Jack Barth Visit to the Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory and the Wallace Energy Systems and Renewable Laboratory in Corvallis Community College Liaison – Dr Al Trujillo, Palomar Community College, CA

9. Workshops at meetings attended by community college faculty Northwest Biology Instructors Meeting NWBIO 2009 Workshop - Rocky Intertidal Biology NWBIO 2010 Workshop - Mariculture in the Coastal Zone

10. The PRIME ProgramPromoting Research Investigations in the Marine Environment An Eight Week Summer Internship Program Based at Marine Laboratories for Community College Students Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University Shannon Point Marine Center, Western Washington University Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii

11. PRIME is designed to give community college students the opportunity to develop research and outreach skills through hands-on experience working with marine scientists and informal educators. • Eight weeks • $2,000 stipend • Housing at marine lab • Participation in research seminars • PRIME program activities

12. Examples of PRIME Internship Projects Determining the role of sandy beach surf-zones as a habitat for juvenile Chinook salmon Daniel Jones and Dr. Jessica Miller, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2010 Hydrodynamics of Olympia Oysters in an Estuarine Environment, Jacob Evans and Dr. Steve Rumrill, SSNERR, 2009 A Laboratory and field study of the interactions between macroalgae and eelgrass in Oregon’s estuaries, Sea-oh McConville and Dr. Sally Hacker and Margot Hessing-Lewis, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2009 An analysis of the age and life stage of juvenile lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus, using otoliths, Amanda Wilson and Dr. Alan Shanks, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, 2008 Using Crab Eggs and Larvae to Study Effects of Ocean Acidification, Paul Pratt, and Dr. Steve Sulkin, Shannon Point Marine Center, 2009

13. PRIME projects - out reach component Formal presentation of research results in a symposium Newsletter item Outreach Posters Behind the scenes tour Exhibits Activity for K-12 audience

14. Sea-oh McConville, PRIME intern 2009, presenting at the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference Portland, Oregon

15. www.coseepacificpartnerships.org COSEE-Pacific Partnerships is funded by NSF Grant Number OCE-0731338