CarboSchools embraced by EPOCA

CarboOcean

Philippe Saugier

CarbonSchools EU coordinator

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.

Introductory posters for schools, aquaria & science centers

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

The ScienceThe Science

The ExperimentsThe Experiments

The PeopleThe People

People PagesPeople Pages

Blogs on fieldworkBlogs on fieldwork

Blogs on lab workBlogs on lab work

Blogs on Arctic lifeBlogs on Arctic life

Total views: 9844 (updated 24/06/09)Busiest day: 362 - Wednesday 29th April 2009

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…

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