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Integrating Education with NEON Science…: 

<![CDATA[ Integrating Education with NEON Science… …We Are All Scientists/Educators Presentation developed in collaboration with NEON Education Co-Leaders Laura Huenneke and Meg Lowman Carol Brewer NEON Education Committee Chair ]]>

NEON Education Planning SubCommittees: 

<![CDATA[ NEON Education Planning SubCommittees]]>

Creating State-of-the-Art NEON Education Facilities and Programs: 

<![CDATA[ Creating State-of-the-Art NEON Education Facilities and Programs Developing educational and outreach models unique to opportunities afforded by NEON Capitalizing on the MREFC Program to create an infrastructure of facilities and program models for education Opening up new avenues for all audiences to learn about the environment using NEON]]>

NEON Education Mission: 

<![CDATA[ NEON Education Mission Preparing the scientific community to use NEON to the fullest Enhancing the science by enlarging and diversifying the research community Preparing and supporting the public to use and benefit from NEON in order to understand and effectively address critical ecological questions and issues]]>

Integrating NEON Science and Education*Top 10 List of Big Ideas for NEON Education: 

<![CDATA[ Integrating NEON Science and Education* Top 10 List of Big Ideas for NEON Education Ecology is science, not environmentalism (evidence-based reasoning and hypothesis testing) Evolution happens Humans are part of ecosystems There is connectivity in ecological systems, among components, and across space and time Ecosystems provide valuable services * Consensus of NEON National Design Consortium of Scientist/Educators]]>

Top 10 List of Big Ideas for NEON Education, continued: 

<![CDATA[ Ecological change occurs at different scales, and there are risks, benefits, and uncertainty with ecological changes Understanding ecology and ecological change are important to our livelihoods and well-being Climate influences ecological systems Ecological and social history affect our future Top 10 List of Big Ideas for NEON Education, continued Information and knowledge from NEON can help us forecast, plan for and adapt to future ecological changes]]>

NEON education offers the opportunity for ALL…: 

<![CDATA[ NEON education offers the opportunity for ALL…  STUDENTS of all levels can participate in investigations and data collection at local sites and at continental scale.  EDUCATORS from kindergarten through graduate school and beyond.  MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC can participate in citizen science projects, and other NEON education programs.  RESEARCHERS, in both ecology and education, can acquire data that cannot be gathered in any other way. ]]>

NEON Education Infrastructure and Programs Will Provide…: 

<![CDATA[ NEON Education Infrastructure and Programs Will Provide… places to collaborate, investigate, and learn tools to access, simplify, understand scientific data/info (e.g., data visualizations) interactions among various partners instructional models and curricula professional development for scientists/educators to support education and science missions ]]>

NEON Educational Researchers Want to Know…: 

<![CDATA[ NEON Educational Researchers Want to Know… How do people come to understand ecological systems and ecological forecasts, and how does this influence their attitudes and decisions toward their environment and the ecosystem benefits they derive? ]]>

NEON Education Research Questions: 

<![CDATA[ NEON Education Research Questions How do people's understandings of large-scale ecological systems and long-term ecological forecasts vary, and how do they change as they mature? 2) Does experience with NEON (e.g., data, questions, scientists) improve the ability of students to integrate/synthesize data and also make/understand ecological forecasts across local, regional, and continental scales? 3) What is the relationship between people’s knowledge of NEON forecasts and their decisions and actions related to the environment? 4) How do changes in biodiversity affect people’s attitudes and preferences toward their environment and the ecosystem benefits they derive?]]>

NEON as an Educational Research Platform: 

<![CDATA[ NEON as an Educational Research Platform Neon will influence how, where, and by whom educational research on environmental learning is conducted. For the first time, ecology educational research data will be archived in a central location and available to the research community.]]>

Moving the Education Vision Forward: NEON Education Headquarters: 

<![CDATA[ Moving the Education Vision Forward: NEON Education Headquarters Coordinate outreach portal, citizen science gateway, program development, and assessment Engage K-16 community with innovative education programs, and technical support for professional development Inspire and stimulate collaborative research and interactions]]>

NEON Education Headquarters: 

<![CDATA[ NEON Education Headquarters]]>

EDUCATION PROGRAMS: 

<![CDATA[ Cyber-infrastructure EDUCATION PROGRAMS]]>

NEON Education Programs Will Develop Skills: 

<![CDATA[ NEON Education Programs Will Develop Skills Communication With decision-makers, public… Leadership Of large, collaborative, interdisciplinary groups Modeling and Forecasting Generating, communicating, testing forecasts Technical expertise Using instruments, working with large data sets, statistical/analytical approaches]]>

Examples of Proposed NEON Education Programs: 

<![CDATA[ Examples of Proposed NEON Education Programs Citizen science gateway Short courses (scientists, teachers, decision makers, Elderhostel…) Rapid educational response teams Science policy fellowships Fellowships, capitalizing on programs such as GK-12 and IGERT Human diversity program (e.g., NEON SEEDS) Curricular materials with case studies, stories… Ecology documentary videos and films]]>

Marketing and Outreach: 

<![CDATA[ Marketing and Outreach NEON Gaming Neon Speaker Series Films and Radio Publications Interpretative Signage]]>

Distributed Education Programs: 

<![CDATA[ Distributed Education Programs Cyber-infrastructure Supporting NEON Science Mission Marketing and Outreach Education Programs Distributed Education Kiosks NEON Gaming Mobile Education Education Center Partners]]>

NEON Education Integrated via the Cyberinfrastructure: 

<![CDATA[ NEON Education Integrated via the Cyberinfrastructure Scientists, students and the public connect Distributed learning NEON gaming Data visualizations Daily ecological forecasts Access to publications, curricula Citizen scientists contribute data Participants become scientists, using and producing real-time, research data Level the playing field across institutions Access and work with near-real-time authentic data, or (through remote technologies) the instruments themselves]]>

Citizen Science Gateway: 

<![CDATA[ Citizen Science Gateway Tools and Services Toolbox for scientists seeking to develop CS projects Access to projects for participants and prospective participants Broadening the footprint of NEON science mission]]>

Integrating NEON Education and Science : 

<![CDATA[ Integrating NEON Education and Science EXAMPLE: Students at small tribal school notice an unusual plant in traditional grazing land; Biodiversity PDA and regional NEON alert system enable ID, recognition of invasion event, ID confirmation, data contribution; Rapid communication with invasive species research group at universities and government labs… Students are part of the scientific community.]]>

“Education” is how data are transformed into meaning: 

<![CDATA[ “Education” is how data are transformed into meaning Science translated as factual “stories” to educate the public Education based on sound science to transform the way people understand and behave toward their environment Long-term and sound data sets to educate the public about ecological forecasts and predictions]]>

Looking at Impact of NEON Vision 30 Years From Now…: 

<![CDATA[ Looking at Impact of NEON Vision 30 Years From Now… NEON education will be essential to the science mission by transforming data into meaning All NEON scientists and educators will have contributed to both the science and education missions NEON will become a household word  NEON will fundamentally shift the public’s understanding and awareness of the environment in the U.S., ultimately changing behaviors in ways that benefit environmental quality]]>

NEON Education is TRANSFORMATIONAL!: 

<![CDATA[ NEON Education is TRANSFORMATIONAL! First national effort to develop education and science research program in parallel First national effort to involve thousands of scientists and educators in ecological education outreach and public science 30 years from now NEON Education will be inseparable from NEON Science… afterall, we are all scientist/educators]]>