1. Coordinating and Advancing Field-Based Marine Science Education in Puget Sound: Boat Based Programs around the US Christian P. Sarason, Ocean Inquiry Project

2. First, some caveats…. We’re presenting here a summary of marine programs (e.g. on-the-water programs) that we know about around the USA. This list is likely not complete! The goal of this talk is to look at various programs around the country, and compare them to the types of programs we have here in Puget Sound. There are many possible successful models, and we hope that these programs serve as useful examples.

3. It’s Spring, and the plankton are active! Puget Sound San Francisco Bay Dana Point (Southern California) Great Lakes Long Island Sound Chesapeake Bay Northwest Atlantic Globe courtesy of seaWIFS@http://seawifs.gfsc.nasa.gov

4. Area: ~4300 sq mi Population: ~10M+ Chespeake Bay

5. Area: ~500 sq mi Population: ~7M+ San Francisco Bay

6. Area: ~1000 sq mi Population: ~3M+ Puget Sound

7. San Francisco Bay Marine Science Institute Founded: 1970 http://www.sfbaymsi.org ~32,000 students/year Land Campus? Yes Consortium Type? Yes Vessels: Power

8. Northwest Atlantic, Pacific (3 yrs) Sea Education Association (SEA) Founded: 1971 http://www.sea.edu ~160 students/year (5K total) Land Campus? Yes Consortium Type? No Vessels: Sail

9. Long Island Sound Project Oceanology Founded: 1972 http://www.oceanology.org ~30,000 students/year Land Campus? Yes Consortium Type? Yes Vessels: Power

10. Dana Point (Southern California) Ocean Institute Founded: 1977 http://www.ocean-institute.org ~75,000 students/year Land Campus? Yes Consortium Type? Yes Vessels: Power, Sail

11. Chesapeake Bay Living Classroom Founded: 1985 http://www.livingclassrooms.org ~50,000 students/year Land Campus? Yes Consortium Type? No Vessels: Sail, Power

12. The Great Lakes Inland Seas Founded: 1989 http://www.schoolship.org ~3500 students/year (52K total) Land Campus? No Consortium Type? No Vessel: Sail

13. Education Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence COSEE A network model of 7 regional Centers and one coordinating office Designed to be a coordinating center, connecting educators and scientists through the study of Oceanography.

14. The Pacific NW is conspicuously absent of COSEE! Globe courtesy of seaWIFS@http://seawifs.gfsc.nasa.gov Florida South East Mid- Atlantic Northeast California (south) California (north) Gulf Large Boat Based Marine Science Programs COSEE

15. Science N orthwest A ssociation of N etworked O cean O bserving S ystems NANOOS Puget Sound Marine Environmental Modeling Partnership PSMEM

16. What is our vision for future of Marine Science Education in Puget Sound?