July 5-23, 2010
Registration Form

Each summer, as a component of the face-to-face workshops, teacher-participants are asked to sign-in to our website to be presented with six additional presentations by COSEE CGOM faculty and featured scientists. These lessons will expand upon material that was presented in the face-to-face workshop and will feature additional material that is of concern to the Gulf of Mexico and our Ocean.

During the month of July, 2010, the summer institute will change slightly to be completely online. Teachers will be presented with two lessons a week for three weeks.  Each presentation will feature:

• a slideshow with notes;
• a discussion section for questions, comments and interaction with other teachers and the scientist;
• additional resources such as videos, news articles, journal articles and glossaries;
• four short-answer questions based upon the lesson material; and
• a place to upload a lesson plan based upon the featured presentation.

As mentioned above, a major component of this online institute is the development of lesson plans based upon the material presented.  These lesson plans will be reviewed by COSEE CGOM personnel, and at the conclusion of the program, the best of the best will be included in our lesson plan database, which is available to all teachers across the globe to help them in developing ocean learning material for their students.

For additional information, please contact:

R. Dan Brook, Ph.D. P.O. Box 9662 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 Phone: 662-325-3226 office 662-323-7000 home Fax: 662-325-8761 Email: danb@ext.msstate.edu

Brian M. McCann, Ph.D. P.O. Box 9662 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 Phone: 662-325-3226 office Fax: 662-325-8761 Email: bmccann@ext.msstate.edu