CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO NETWORKED OCEAN WORLD COASTAL TRENDS WEST SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND OCEAN LEARNING COMMUNITIES GREAT LAKES OCEAN SYSTEMS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIPS CALIFORNIA ALASKA Central Coordinating Office

The mission of the COSEE Network is to engage scientists and educators to transform ocean sciences education.

Each Center works to: Engage ocean scientists and assist them with developing strong broader impacts of their research Foster the integration of ocean research into high quality education materials Enhance the capacity of educators to deliver high quality ocean science programs Promote a deeper understanding of the ocean

Marine Station Partners OregonWashington CaliforniaHawai’i Informal Science Education Partners Community Colleges in Oregon, Washington, California, & Hawai’i

Week long professional development workshops for community college faculty taught by scientists July 20 Estuaries July 21 Rocky Shores July 22 Open Ocean Evening Seminar: Ocean Acidification July 23 Deep Sea; Ocean Bacteria July 24 Islands and Seamounts 2009 Community College Faculty Institute: Marine Biology held at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology

Ocean Observing Systems - Drs. Ed Dever and Fred Prahl Global Carbon Cycle, Ocean Chemistry, and Ocean Acidification - Dr. Burke Hales Plastic in the Ocean and Harmful Algal Blooms - Dr, Angel White Waves and Ocean Energy - Dr. George Boehlert Hypoxia along the Oregon Coast - Dr. Jack Barth Visit to the Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory and the Wallace Energy Systems and Renewable Laboratory in Corvallis Community College Liaison – Dr Al Trujillo, Palomar Community College, CA 2010 Community College Faculty Institute: Advances in Oceanography- Studying Climate Change in Ocean Systems to be held at the Hatfield Marine Science Center Oregon State University

NWBIO 2009 Workshop - Rocky Intertidal Biology Workshops at meetings attended by community college faculty Northwest Biology Instructors Meeting NWBIO 2010 Workshop - Mariculture in the Coastal Zone

The PRIME Program Promoting Research Investigations in the Marine Environment Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University Shannon Point Marine Center, Western Washington University Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii An Eight Week Summer Internship Program Based at Marine Laboratories for Community College Students

PRIME is designed to give community college students the opportunity to develop research and outreach skills through hands-on experience working with marine scientists and informal educators. Eight weeks $2,000 stipend Housing at marine lab Participation in research seminars PRIME program activities

Examples of PRIME Internship Projects Determining the role of sandy beach surf-zones as a habitat for juvenile Chinook salmon Daniel Jones and Dr. Jessica Miller, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2010 Hydrodynamics of Olympia Oysters in an Estuarine Environment, Jacob Evans and Dr. Steve Rumrill, SSNERR, 2009 A Laboratory and field study of the interactions between macroalgae and eelgrass in Oregon’s estuaries, Sea-oh McConville and Dr. Sally Hacker and Margot Hessing-Lewis, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2009 An analysis of the age and life stage of juvenile lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus, using otoliths, Amanda Wilson and Dr. Alan Shanks, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, 2008 Using Crab Eggs and Larvae to Study Effects of Ocean Acidification, Paul Pratt, and Dr. Steve Sulkin, Shannon Point Marine Center, 2009

PRIME projects - out reach component Exhibits Newsletter item Outreach Posters Formal presentation of research results in a symposium Behind the scenes tour Activity for K-12 audience

Sea-oh McConville, PRIME intern 2009, presenting at the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference Portland, Oregon

COSEE-Pacific Partnerships is funded by NSF Grant Number OCE