Partners' Resources for Educators
The three COSEE-NE institutional partners have identified some of their favorite in-house resources. Check them out!
From the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dive & Discover. Dive and Discover™ immerses you in the excitement of ocean exploration. Through daily stories, photos, and videos, the web site brings you on board research expeditions that use deep-sea tools and vehicles, allowing you to become part of teams of researchers making new discoveries.
Receive CD ROMs of the history of the discovery of hydrothermal vents by filling out a request form
Teachers can also receive email updates on new articles in Oceanus magazine by filling out a request form
One-day professional development workshops. These "Topics in Oceanography" workshops are held twice a year. To be notified of upcoming workshops, send an email to Stephanie Murphy.
From the University of Massachusetts Boston
Watershed-Integrated Sciences Partnership (WISP) The WISP Program partners the Environmental Science Department and College of Education of the University of Massachusetts Boston with three urban school districts located within the Neponset River Watershed. Using the watershed as the content theme, WISP seeks to develop science graduate students' knowledge of, skills in, and commitment to K–12 education. The project also aims to increase middle school teachers' content knowledge and reflective practice, and motivate middle school students' interest in and knowledge of environmental sciences. For more information, contact Bob Chen.
The Center of Science and Mathematics in Context (COSMIC) COSMIC is a joint venture of the Graduate College of Education and the College of Science and Mathematics at UMass Boston. The mission of COSMIC is to advance high quality teaching and learning in science and math for all students at K-12, university undergraduate, and graduate levels. The goals of COSMIC are to provide support for science and math teachers, develop and evaluate curriculum and assessment materials, provide professional development, strengthen the pipeline toward science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers, conduct research on the effectiveness of our interventions, and create partnerships with school districts, industry, government, and non-governmental organizations. For more information about COSMIC professional development opportunities please visit or contact Arthur Eisenkraft.
Boston Harbor Educators' Conference Each year, educators gather to learn the latest on how to incorporate learning about the Harbor into their teaching. The theme for this year's annual conference (to be held on Saturday, October 14, 2006) is Boston Harbor: A Link to the Past and a Promise for the Future. The day will feature dynamic speakers, hands-on workshops, exciting exhibits and field trips. Please join us at the University of Massachusetts campus overlooking the beautiful and now much cleaner Boston Harbor. For registration and more information, please contact Gail Brookings.
From the New England Aquarium
The Teachers Resource Center offers curriculum consultation and loan materials to anyone who works with students from pre-school through high school. Visitors can talk to experienced environmental educators; try out hands-on aquatic science activities; apply for extended professional development programs such as "A Closer Look," "Introduction to Aquatic Life" and the "Aquarium Fellows Program"; laminate posters; surf the internet; scan pictures; edit video; copy thematic units for a nominal fee; and preview or borrow kits, videos, hand puppets, shells and other "neat stuff." Contact TRC for information about the Aquarium Fellows program for teachers from urban districts throughout the Greater Boston metropolitan area.
The Aquarium website features numerous educational resources and opportunities.
