K-12 Student Education
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The CMOP K-12 education program is dedicated to offering programs that support student interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and careers in coastal margin research.
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Middle and High School Programs
Saturday Academy Classes
CMOP partners with Saturday Academy in offering classes & workshops for students. 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.
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 partner, providing apprenticeship and mentoring opportunities. Saturday Academy welcomes inquiries for the Summer 2009 progam.
» Saturday Academy—ASE Program
» ASE Position Descriptions
» ASE Program Mentoring Opportunities
During summer 2009, CMOP hosted nine high school interns. Eight interns participated in the Saturday Academy ASE program, and one student, Monica, returned as a third year CMOP intern. The students arrived in June and presented at the ASE Symposium in August. (Read their projects & blogs)
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
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 advisers for the after school clubs;
» Weekly after school 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).
SMILE Program Resources:
» SMILE website
» Photos from past Teacher Workshops
» Events Calendar
2008 High School Challenge
The theme for the this years event was the science of tsunamis: where they originate, how they affect coastlines, how we predict their occurrence, and how we protect coastal residents from their impacts. Read more about what happened.
2007 High School Challenge
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.
» High School Ocean Sciences Challenge 2007 (PDF, 1.2 MB)
» High School Ocean Sciences Challenge 2008 (PDF)
» 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.
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 the K-12 Programs, contact us at :
Phone: (503) 748-1099
Email: wegnerk@stccmop.org
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