AGU Poster Session Abstracts

Learning to Use Geographic Information Systems and Image Processing and Analysis to Teach Ocean Science to Middle School Students
Moore, S D, Center for Image Processing in Education, PO Box 13750, Tucson, AZ 85732 United States
* Martin, J, St. Mary's Middle School, 400 West Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92832 United States
Kinzel, M, Center for Image Processing in Education, PO Box 13750, Tucson, AZ 85732 United States

This presentation will provide a middle school teacher's perspective on Ocean Explorers, a three-year project directed at teachers and schools in California. Funded by the Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program at the National Science Foundation, Ocean Explorers is giving support to teams of teachers that will serve as local user groups for the exploration of geographic information systems (GIS) and image processing and analysis (IPA) as educational technologies for studying ocean science. Conducted as a collaboration between the nonprofit Center for Image Processing in Education and the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, the project is providing mentoring, software, equipment, funding, and training on how to design inquiry-based activities that support achievement of California's standards for science, technology, mathematics, and reading education. During year two of Ocean Explorers, the teams of teachers will begin to use GIS and IPA as tools for involving their students in original research on issues of interest to their home communities. With assistance from the Ocean Explorers project, the teachers will create inquiry-based activities for their students that will help their school achieve targeted standards. This presentation will focus on plans by one teacher for involving students from St. Mary's Middle School, Fullerton, California, in tracking of ocean pollution and beach closures along the Southern California coast.

Ocean Explorers

Author(s) (2004), Title, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract

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