September, 2009
COSEE-Alaska Management Team members participated in an all-COSEE workshop on evaluation and in a "Best Practices in Teacher Professional Development Workshop" at Rutgers University, R.I. The workshop reports will guide the evaluation of COSEEs and the design of COSEE professional development workshops nationwide.

October, 2009
COSEE Alaska launched a listserve for Alaska SEANET, a network of ocean scientists, educators, communicators, and community members interested in communicating about research in Alaska's seas.

COSEE Alaska participated in the Alaska Math Science Teachers Conference in Juneau, Alaska. Marilyn Sigman and Dr. Ray Barnhart will provide a two-part presentation on the overall COSEE Alaska project and ocean climate change science (Part 1) followed by the strategies for integration of Alaska Native knowledge, with an emphasis on planning for ocean science fairs (Part 2). (See related news story on this website.)

COSEE Alaska co-sponsored a teacher workshop, "Salmon in the Classroom: connecting local to global," in Fairbanks, Alaska. 4-H Natural Resources & Youth The target audience for the workshop are Alaska rural teachers currently involved in a program that involve raising salmon in aquaria in the classroom. Marilyn Sigman will provide instruction.

January, 2010
COSEE Alaska will co-sponsor a Communicating Ocean Science Workshop with the Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) and the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) and will sponsor a training workshop to add content to Google Earth (Ocean) as part of the Alaska Marine Science Symposium to be held in Anchorage on January 18-23, 2010. They will also co-sponsor and provide an education and outreach strand for an Ocean Acidification Workshop convened by the AOOS, NPRB, and the Alaska SeaLife Center. COSEE Alaska has also organized two symposium luncheon programs, one featuring the National Ocean Sciences Bowl and the second showcasing Google Earth (Ocean) as a communication tool. The Communicating Ocean Science workshop will include presentations on the activities of other COSEEs, including George Matsumoto, COSEE Network Advisory Committee; Annette deCharon, COSEE-OS, and Craig Strang, COSEE California. A Monday lunch meeting will be the organization meeting for SEANET.

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