AGENDA (draft 28 Jul 99)

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SUNDAY July 25th

9:00
Welcome/overview of forum - Karen Baker
(introduce NSF outreach, forum co-ordinators, Palmer PIs) What is LTER - Robin Ross (9:30-10:00)
What is the LTER Schoolyard program - Karen Baker (10:00-10:15)
Introduce NCEAS - Scott Bell (10:15-10:25) Review of logistics/schedule for Forum - Karen Baker (10:25-10:35)

10:30 - 11:00 Break
Query1: What terminology do your colleagues use to describe their work?

Reprise of Query1 Introductions of participants
Overview of NCEAS /Kids Do Ecology outreach - Scott Bell
Overview of Sea Center/ SB Natural History Museum/ Los Marineros - Eric Solomon
Workshop goals - Karen Baker
Query2&3: Organizations and Curriculums

12:15 - 1:15 Lunch in Santa Barbara
Working Groups: Query4: What is inquiry based science?
Reprise of Query4 by working groups (1:15-1:30) Education research/evaluation and assessment - Greg Kelly (1:30-2:45)
UC Santa Barbara weather projects with local schools - Candice Brown(2:45-3:30)

3:30-3:45 Break

Palmer LTER weather/ice research programs - Sharon Stammerjohn (3:45-4:30)

4:30 Visit to Santa Barbara pier and Sea Center - Eric Solomon
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MONDAY July 26th

9:00
Reprise of yesterday's events - Karen Baker
Review/Modify Forum Goals

Teachers Experiencing Antarctica program - Besse Dawson and Mimi Wallace
Working groups breakout session
Topic: Paradigms for teacher-researcher interactions

10:30 - 10:45 Break

Reports from working groups

12:00 Lunch at NCEAS

1:00 Mini conference at Santa Barbara Natural History Museum - Shiela Cushman
Topics: Outreach programs, elements of curriculum and assessment

3:00 Visit SBNHM museum
3:00 Visit Winn Science House

4:00 Potential return to NCEAS

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TUESDAY July 27th

9:00
Reprise of Forum - Karen Baker
Activities (Skymath) - Dawn Rawls
Activity (World Watch) - Dawn Rawls
Data collection activities in groups - Dawn Rawls
Web Browsing

11:00 - 11:15 Break
Develop Guidelines to LTER Educational Outreach Goals
Discuss Guidelines to LT Educational Outreach
Break into Working Groups

11:30
Reprise on Guidelines to LT Educational Outreach
Overview Greg Kelly handout questions

12:15 - 1:15 Lunch in Santa Barbara

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AFTERNOON SESSION AT ICESS, UC Santa Barbara, 6th floor Ellison Hall

2:00 Overview of ICESS - Karen Baker
LTER krill research/ education outreach - Robin Ross
Educational products from Planet Earth Science - Bruce Caron

3:15 - 3:30 Break

3:30
Science-education research dialogue - Greg Kelly
Educational collaborations with UC Santa Barbara - Fiona Goodchild

5:00 End of session

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WEDNESDAY July 28th

9:00 Reprise of Forum
Discussion of Educational Assessment
Revisit Guidelines to LTER Educational Outreach

10:30 - 11:00 Break

Revisit Guidelines to LTER Educational Outreach Goals
Discuss Communication Tools

12:00 Close of Forum
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