Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002agufmed61c0031r&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2002, abstract #ED61C-0031
Physics
3035 Midocean Ridge Processes, 4200 Oceanography: General, 4299 General Or Miscellaneous, 6605 Education
Scientific paper
The REVEL Project started as an education and outreach program designed to integrate elementary to high school science teachers into fully-funded research cruises that study the full spectrum of processes associated with submarine volcanoes. Since its inception at the University of Washington in 1996, REVEL provided 47 science teachers an opportunity to explore the nature of mid-ocean ridge volcanism and the life it supports along the Juan de Fuca spreading center in the Pacific Ocean. Two of these outstanding teachers have explored the seafloor in the submersible Alvin and one became a teacher-leader mentoring new educators in the program during their sea-going experience. The program focused on exposing science educators to the scientific process through direct interaction and collaboration with scientists on board research cruises. As a result of their combined, sea-going and research experiences, these educators injected into the classroom the issues and ideas associated with this rapidly growing research effort, and a first-hand exposure to the approaches, successes, failures and essential tenacity that are the integral components of successful research into the unknown. The "ripple effect" of their personal experience has reached far beyond their own classrooms as they have exposed thousands of students and hundreds of science teachers to the scientific process. They have also shared the excitement of interdisciplinary exploration of the deep crustal processes capable of supporting extensive microbial activity within the volcanically active portions of the earth at regional and national conferences. The REVEL Project developed an extended community of teachers and researchers who can communicate and work together to ensure the successful translation of the research experience to the classroom. Building on the lessons of the first five years, REVEL has evolved into a professional development program for K-12 science educators. Teams of teachers recruited nationally will collaborate over a period of 3 years to the study of the planetary ocean system at the scale of a tectonic plate as the contextual basis for capturing the interest of their students and the public. Starting in 2002, REVEL and its new partner the NEPTUNE Project will 1) Facilitate the active participation of teachers in cutting-edge, sea-going ocean research 2) Recruit teachers at the national level 3) Provide participants with activities over multiple years for a sustained effort 4) Evaluate REVEL as a model for teachers experiencing research. The presentation will emphasize the lessons learned for effective teachers professional development programs in earth and ocean sciences. The REVEL Project is funded by the National Science Foundation with additional support from the University of Washington.
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