The Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) - California

COSEE CA is dedicated to creating environments in which collaborations among ocean scientists and K-12 educators flourish. The Center marshals the considerable resources of the following institutions:

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), University of California, San Diego
• Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center,
  Monterey Peninsula College
• Marine Activities Resources and Education (MARE) Program, Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley
• California Sea Grant , La Jolla, California

With the goal of enhancing the general public’s understanding and appreciation of the ocean, these organizations have launched a strategic campaign to integrate ocean education and research. COSEE CA is focused on the following strategies:

1. Facilitating relationships that connect scientists with education outreach organizations
2. Disseminating a model course, Communicating Ocean Sciences for undergraduate and graduate students
3. Creating a groundbreaking interactive Ocean Science and Technical Careers web site
4. Developing model K-12 Ocean Education sites for infusing ocean science into pre-college classrooms

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0731182.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.