Transcript Coordinating and Advancing Field

Coordinating and
Advancing Field-Based
Marine Science
Education in Puget
Sound:
Boat Based Programs around the US
Christian P. Sarason, Ocean Inquiry
Project
First, some caveats….
• We’re presenting here a summary of marine
programs (e.g. on-the-water programs) that we
know about around the USA.
• This list is likely not complete!
• The goal of this talk is to look at various
programs around the country, and compare
them to the types of programs we have here in
Puget Sound. There are many possible
successful models, and we hope that these
programs serve as useful examples.
Puget Sound
San Francisco Bay
Great Lakes
Long Island
Sound
Northwest
Atlantic
Chesapeake
Bay
Dana Point
(Southern
California)
It’s Spring, and the plankton are active!
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Chespeake Bay
Area:
~4300 sq mi
Population:
~10M+
San Francisco
Bay
Area:
~500 sq mi
Population:
~7M+
Puget Sound
Area:
~1000 sq mi
Population:
~3M+
San Francisco Bay
Marine Science Institute
Founded: 1970
http://www.sfbaymsi.org
~32,000 students/year
Land Campus?
Yes
Consortium Type? Yes
Vessels:
Power
Northwest Atlantic, Pacific (3 yrs)
Sea Education Association
(SEA)
Founded: 1971
http://www.sea.edu
~160 students/year (5K total)
Land Campus?
Yes
Consortium Type? No
Vessels:
Sail
Long Island Sound
Project Oceanology
Founded: 1972
http://www.oceanology.org
~30,000 students/year
Land Campus?
Yes
Consortium Type? Yes
Vessels:
Power
Dana Point (Southern California)
Ocean Institute
Founded: 1977
http://www.ocean-institute.org
~75,000 students/year
Land Campus?
Yes
Consortium Type? Yes
Vessels:
Power, Sail
Chesapeake Bay
Living Classroom
Founded: 1985
http://www.livingclassrooms.org
~50,000 students/year
Land Campus?
Yes
Consortium Type? No
Vessels:
Sail, Power
The Great Lakes
Inland Seas
Founded: 1989
http://www.schoolship.org
~3500 students/year (52K total)
Land Campus?
No
Consortium Type? No
Vessel:
Sail
Education
COSEE
Centers for Ocean
Science Education
Excellence
A network model of 7 regional
Centers and one coordinating office
Designed to be a coordinating center,
connecting educators and scientists
through the study of Oceanography.
Large Boat Based
Marine Science Programs
COSEE
Northeast
MidAtlantic
California
(north)
South
East
California
(south)
Gulf
Florida
The Pacific NW is conspicuously absent of COSEE!
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Science
NANOOS
Northwest Association of
Networked Ocean Observing
Systems
PSMEM
Puget Sound Marine
Environmental Modeling
Partnership
What is our
vision for
future of
Marine Science
Education in
Puget Sound?