Ocean Acidification educational resources(by EPOCA, CarboSchools & others)
1) background resources for schools, aquaria & science centers (goal = learn the basics about OA & EPOCA research):
- 4 introductory posters- 8-page pdf for teachers- Virtual OA lab developed within the Inquiry2Insight project- Eur-Oceans movie & Plymouth animation
2) worksheets describing hands-on experiments illustrating OA (for presentations by museum staff during public visits or school workshops)
- to be progressively developed through the Carboschools library
3) Arctic blog June 2010 / new contents, video-conferences.
www.epocaarctic2009.wordpress.comwww.epocaarctic2009.wordpress.com
Helen Findlay, Hannah Wood & Steeve Comeau
Blog contributors also included: Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Fred Gazeau, Bonnie Laverock, Sandra Treydte, Steve Widdicombe and Zora Zittier
Where did people find out about the blog?Where did people find out about the blog?
EPOCA website 273
Wordpress tags 108
Facebook (!) 78
Ocean Acidification blog 25
French sites 24
PML website 21
German sites 12
Others 10
Italian sites 3
TOTAL Referrers 554 (updated 24/06/09)
What were the top Pages?What were the top Pages?
Home 1908
The People 424
The Experiments 178
The Science 111
Why study the polar regions 61
The great biological unknowns58
TOTAL page hits 6091 (updated 24/06/09)
What were the top Blog Posts?What were the top Blog Posts?
Preparing for bears 114
Hard life in the arctic II 113
Diving in the arctic 106
Mud, mud glorious mud 100
Total English (18 posts made) 1043
Total German (9 posts made) 716
Total French (11 posts made) 371
TOTAL hits on blog posts 2130 (updated 24/06/09)
FeedbackFeedback
Positive
• Large number & variety of blogs written
• Blogs were interesting and informative
• Easy to set up and use
• Several different languages were used
Negative
• Complicated layout – too many pages?
• Need more interaction with schools
• Different blogs in different languages seemed to confuse teachers
Lessons for the future…Lessons for the future…
• Keep it simple!
• Translate each blog into several different languages ???
• Lots of pictures and videos
• More interaction with schools
• More question-answer opportunities for students
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING,THANK YOU FOR LISTENING,
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?!ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?!
Philippe Saugier
Lina Hansson
Hannah Wood Steeve Comeau
Steve Widdicombe
Bonnie Laverock
Jean-Pierre Gattuso
Fred Gazeau
Sandra TreydteZora Zittier
Many thanks to all involved, particularly…Many thanks to all involved, particularly…
www.epocaarctic2009.wordpress.com