CoastLines

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Written by Steven Moore   
Friday, 18 January 2008

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Over a three-year period, CoastLines will recruit 30 teachers each year to learn to use geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning system (GPS) technology to investigate ocean research conducted by scientists at four sites in NSF’s Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) network. Since 1980 NSF has been monitoring 26 marine LTER sites, scattered across coastal United States, Antarctica, and French Polynesia. Confirmed CoastLines LTER partners are Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE), Moorea Coral Reef (MCR), and Santa Barbara Coastal (SBC). Summer institutes will be held at the home institutions of the collaborating sites: currently Florida International University (FCE) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (MCR and SBC). Teachers will use data from the Moorea site as a baseline to compare ecological information from the U.S. locations.

During their time with the CoastLines project, teachers will:

  • attend an online course in which they will learn how to use the My World GIS software, GPS technology, data from the participating LTER sites, and field-data collection protocols to create standards-based activities for classroom instruction;
  • attend a two-week summer institute at one of the three mainland LTER sites during which they will interact with project staff and LTER scientists and design and test activities based on LTER science; and
  • receive support from the project as they implement a CoastLines activity in their classroom.

Each project participant will receive:

  • 80 hours of face-to-face professional development, and 40 hours of onling training and implementation support;
  • an allowance for travel and lodging expenses related to the summer institute;
  • a stipend for time spent on the project;
  • the use of all materials provided by the project; and
  • a 10-seat license for the My World GIS software.
Grade 7-12 educators who teach science, mathematics, social studies, language arts, and integrated technology are encouraged to apply to the project. Applications for 2010 will be available in Fall 2009. Click here to review the project requirements.
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