K-12 Student Education
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2008 CMOP-based Saturday Academy Programs
Saturday Academy offers mini-courses in science-related topics for youth grades 2-12. The structure and topic for each class is different; some are Monday through Friday during the summer, and others are for 3 to 5 consecutive Saturdays during the school year. CMOP scientists are teaching four Saturday Academy classes in Spring & Summer 2008: » Tsunamis! Coast Challenge » Oceanography » Microbiology: Secret Lives of Microbes. » Visual Data Analysis |
The CMOP K-12 education program is dedicated to creating and sustaining programs that will support, inspire, and encourage student interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines and careers, using coastal margin research as the foundation for all programs.
» CMOP K-12 Teacher Development Programs
» CMOP Education Overview
Middle and High School Programs
Saturday Academy Classes
CMOP partners with Saturday Academy in offering classes & workshops students in grades 2-12. The structure and topic for each class is different; some are Monday through Friday during the summer, and others are for 3 to 5 consecutive Saturdays during the school year. CMOP scientists are teaching four Saturday Academy classes in Spring & Summer 2008:
» Tsunamis! Coast Challenge
» Oceanography
» Microbiology: Secret Lives of Microbes.
» Visual Data Analysis
Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering (ASE) Program
ASE is a special program of the Saturday Academy, that matches high school freshmen, sophomores, and juniors with scientists and engineers for an 8-week summer apprenticeship in a professional, scientific or engineering environment. CMOP both provides support for ASE and participates in ASE as a Parter, providing apprenticeship and mentoring opportunities. Applications are closed for 2008, the Saturday Academy welcomes inquiries for the Summer 2009 progam.
» Saturday Academy—ASE Program
» Saturday Academy—Summer 2008 ASE Position Descriptions
» Saturday Academy—ASE Program Mentoring Opportunities
Monica Reyna, 2007 ASE Student Intern
Monica Reyna and Shea Tobar-Dupres, 2007 ASE Summer Interns at CMOP— Monica Reyna of Westview High School, and Shea Tobar-Dupres who attends the Metropolitan Learning Center, in Portland were the first ASE interns at CMOP. Together Shea and Monica developed a presentation and poster for their project titled, "Quantification of Stratification and Circulation in Estuarine Systems." Shea and Monica learned about to summarize scientific papers, and they participated in a writers workshop, "what, why and how scientists write." They leaned the basics of Matlab and XMGRedit5 to help them classify the Coos Bay estuary. Both Shea and Monica did a terrific job, and we were happy to have them with us!
Tuition assistance is available for all Saturday Academy classes! CMOP has provided scholarship money to Saturday Academy to support the participation of underrepresented students in CMOP based Saturday Academy classes.
» Saturday Academy—Tuition Assistance information
» Saturday Academy—How to Register for classes
» Saturday Academy—website home page
» CMOP—Dedicated to Diversity
Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences (SMILE)
One of CMOP’s K-12 education partners is the SMILE Program located at Oregon State University, which offers four broad activities:
» Professional development workshops for high school teachers serving as advisors for the after school clubs;
» Weekly afterschool science clubs for underrepresented high school students;
» An on-campus ocean sciences problem-solving challenge; and
» The Coastal Challenge (CoaCh) as a centerpiece, K-12 education project for CMOP (below).
Website links related to the SMILE Program:
» SMILE website home page
» About SMILE
» SMILE—Photos from past Teacher Workshops
» SMILE—Events Calendar, including Programs and Upcoming Workshops
Results from the 2007 SMILE Program—In 2007, high school student teams planned an oceanographic cruise, learning about different types of oceanographic research and the uncertainties involved in field science. Those uncertainties became evident when on the second day of the challenge the students had to put off their research plan to help rescue a lost vessel. They employed a number of strategies to find the lost ship, including a campus wide scavenger hunt for information using GPS.
» The SMILE Program—High School Ocean Sciences Challenge 2007 (PDF, 1.2 MB)
» Teacher Perspectives... A Look at the SMILE-CIOSS Partnership (PDF, 692 KB)
The Coastal Challenge (CoaCh)
CoaCh is the capstone event in the CMOP K-12 education program. As a scenario-based multi-disciplinary single day event, CoaCh requires teamwork, problem solving, and an understanding of STEM disciplines.
During the five years of initial NSF funding, SMILE will pilot five oceanography topics for their high school challenge program, which CMOP will further develop for the CoaCH event.
CMOP intends to expand CoaCh from a campus based program into a virtual experience in which community members and schools may participate. CoaCH allows participants to gain knowledge to solve the challenge event. Participants come to their own challenge conclusion, and will be able to compare their conclusions with other participants. Participants will develop decision-making skills and appreciate how to use science in decision-making.
For more information about any of the K-12 Programs:
Karen Wegner, Director of K-12 Education, (503) 748-1099
