Projects

The College of Exploration collaborates with other organizations to create and implement various projects of specific length based on the project objectives and funding availability. We are always open to inquiries by others who may wish to collaboratively develop projects and seek funding from governments, foundations, and private sources.

BEAT Street ( http://www.coexploration.org/beatst ) We have hosted a long term project to support educatoin of high school students.

CAUCUS. The College of Exploration has been a partner in the development of Caucus software http://www.caucus.com You can read more about our involvment on our Caucus page.

Classroom BATS, ( Bermuda Atlantic Timeseries) http://www.coexploration.org/classroombats was the first collaborative project. We partnered with the Bermuda Biological Research Station (http://www.bbsr.edu) to make the longest running time-series more accessible to teachers and students. The project was funded by the National Science Foundation.

Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) ( http://www.cosee.net ) The College of Exploration is an integral part of two of the NSF COSEEs.

COSEE WEST Since 2001 we have been a part of the COSEE-West team based the University of Southern California and the University of California Los Angeles. ( http://www.usc.edu/org/cosee-west/ ) We are offering online versions of all the face to face lectures given as part of the COSEE-West activities and we are also hosting online courses and workshops for teacher professional development. ( http://www.coexploration.org/cosee_west )

COSEE GREAT LAKES Starting in 2006 we are part of the COSEE Great Lakes team. More information to come soon. http://www.coexploration.org/coseegreatlakes

Globalheartbeat ( http://www.globalheartbeat.org ) was developed with NOAA Sea Grant funding from the University of Southern California Sea Grant program. This is a hands-on science activity for middle and high school students to study the relationships between ecotoxicology and health.

HMS Challenger - Ocean Exploration Then, Now and the Future. ( http://www.coexploration.org/hmschallenger ) This two year project was funded by NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration ( http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov ) and has developed a number of education web sites, products, and online collaborative learning activities. An online workshop on ocean exploration was one of the outcomes. http://www.coexploration.org/oe2004

Ocean Literacy ( http://www.coexploration.org/oceanliteracy ) We began working on this topic by supporting the National Geographic Society efforts to bring ocean content to geography standards and the scope and sequence. A three week workshop was organized in 2002. In 2004 NGS funded a two week workshop and related activities that we organized and managed along with NOAA's Office of Sustainability and Education and Oceans for Life at the National Geographic. Since then the we have self funded subsequent work and support of this important project. We will continue to support this and also seek opportunities for related projects and educational activities.