Forum J

Slide2: 

SEREAD Scientific Educational Resources And Experience Associated with the Deployment of Argo Drifting Floats in the South Pacific Ocean. SEREAD

Goal : 

Goal To generate substantial knowledge, awareness and discussion among Pacific Island students, teachers and communities of the global ocean observing systems, climate change, sea level rise, global warming and the local impacts of these dynamics.

Objectives: 

Provide a teaching resource that compliments the current teaching curriculum and demonstrates the value of scientific knowledge through realistic and locally relevant applications. Teach students the fundamental measurements that describe the physical state of the ocean (temperature, salinity, ocean current), and the exchanges between the ocean and atmosphere of heat, water, and momentum. Develop teaching resources that use data gathered by the Argo program. Facilitate the interactions involving scientists with students and teachers. Objectives

Target Audience: 

Lower and Upper level Primary Schools. Lower Secondary Schools. Target Audience

Resource Material: 

Resource Material Developed to have a Pacific Island focus link to School curriculum provide a science background for teachers Provide equipment kits for the activities

Teacher Workshops: 

Teacher Workshops Developed to: train SEREAD support people in the region provide science background for teachers demonstrate innovative ways of teaching science concepts in the classroom provide teachers with the opportunity to try hands on activities before use in the classroom

Slide8: 

A Teaching Unit for 6 to 9 year old children

Lower Primary SchoolActivities : 

Lower Primary School Activities What do you understand about freezing? What do you understand about evaporation? What do you understand about condensation?

Lower Primary SchoolActivities: 

Lower Primary School Activities Does ice lose weight when it melts? Puddles Where does water go? Is there water in air? Making Clouds

Lower Primary SchoolActivities: 

Lower Primary School Activities The water cycle – an experimental learning activity The water cycle Do plants give us water? Heating of the land and sea

Slide12: 

A Teaching Unit for 9 to 12 year old children

Upper Primary School Activities: 

Upper Primary School Activities Layers in the Atmosphere The heating effect of the sun on the earth’s surface What is air pressure? A “do it yourself”barometer Weather watch

Upper Primary School Activities: 

Upper Primary School Activities Which heats up faster, land or sea? Air on the move Which way does heat move in the water? Argo floats Whats on the weather map?

Slide15: 

A Teaching Unit for 13 –16 year old children

Lower Secondary School Activities: 

Lower Secondary School Activities What causes tides? What is density? What makes seawater different? Comparing the behaviour of warm water to cold water

Lower Secondary School Activities: 

Lower Secondary School Activities Will global warming cause the oceans to rise? Sea levels, past, present and future. El Nino: an example of what can happen when ocean temperatures change

Teacher Training Workshops: 

Teacher Training Workshops Rarotonga – December 2002 Rarotonga – September 2003 Fiji – 2004 Samoa – 2004 Requests from – Tuvalu and Federated States of Micronesia

Keys to success: 

Resources are focussed on the Pacific The resources were prepared by teachers in collaboration with scientists Resource material is linked to the teaching curriculum Teachers are trained in the science and in the teaching of the material Ongoing support people are trained to support the teachers Local interest in the programme Keys to success

Programme sponsors : 

UNESCO Office Apia. Argo Science Team. POGO. NOAA. SOPAC. IOC Perth Regional Programme Office. NIWA. Carol Young, Keith Hartle Programme sponsors