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OMP Projects
The Office of Marine Programs is a leader of numerous local,
national, and international education and outreach initiatives. To fund
these myriad efforts, OMP has a track record for garnering support from
a wide range of federal and state agencies, private foundations, and
individual and corporate donors.
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Census of Marine Life
- The Census of Marine Life is a growing global network of researchers
in more than 70 nations engaged in a ten-year initiative to assess and
explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life in
the oceans -- past, present, and future. Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation, OMP leads the international education and outreach effort
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ARMADA Project
- The ARMADA Project, funded by the National Science Foundation and
administered by OMP, provides K-12 teachers from across the U.S. with
opportunities to actively participate in ocean, polar, and
environmental science research and peer mentoring. Master Teachers
develop ways to bring the fruits of their research experiences,
including scientific data, methodologies, and technology into their
classrooms. They share their experience by mentoring new teachers in
their school district and by presenting their results at National
Science Teachers Association National Conventions. |
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RI Teacher at Sea
- The Rhode Island Teacher-at-Sea (RITAS) Program is designed to
establish sustainable partnerships between ocean scientists,
researchers and teachers who live and teach in Rhode Island. Teachers
selected for the RITAS Program will become part of a scientific
research team conducting ocean science research cruise aboard the R/V ENDEAVOR.
All K-12 educators of science, technology, art, math, English, history
are invited to apply. There is no application deadline. Applications
will be reviewed as received and will be maintained and considered for
placement through the duration of the program. As an educational
component of the Rhode Island ENDEAVOR Program (RIEP), the RITAS
Program is dependent upon the continued support from the State of Rhode
Island.
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Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education
- The Rhode Island Marine and Environmental (RIME) GK-12 project is a
collaboration between the University of Rhode Island's (URI) Graduate
School of Oceanography (GSO) and Office of Marine Programs (OMP) and
Rhode Island school districts. Funded by the National Science
Foundation, the RIME GK-12 program places URI graduate students from
ocean and environmental sciences into Rhode Island K-12 classrooms.
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Quahog Bowl, National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB)
- The URI Office of Marine Programs organizes and conducts the annual
Rhode Island/Connecticut NOSB Regional Competition called the Quahog
Bowl. High school teams, comprised of five students, compete
head-to-head with other high schools in an academic marine sciences
competition. The competition is made up of problem solving "Team
Challenge Questions" and "Jeopardy" style buzzer rounds. The Quahog
Bowl is funded by NOPP through the Consortium for Oceanographic
Research and Education (CORE).
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Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting
- The Metcalf Institute advances the scientific knowledge of
journalists to help improve reporting of global environmental issues.
Metcalf Institute offers week-long training fellowships for reporters;
year-long fellowships for minority journalists; seminars for editors; a
monthly e-newsletter and tip sheets; public presentations on
environmental science, journalism and public policy; and an annual
prize for excellence in reporting on the environment. Metcalf Institute
activities are funded by federal grants, foundations and private and
corporate donations.
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Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and the Artic (TEA)
- OMP managed the final year of the National Science Foundation-funded
TEA program and continues to maintain the archived website for the this
program.
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Charles and Marie Fish Lecture in Oceanography
- each year OMP organizes and hosts the annual Charles and Marie Fish
Lecture in Oceanography. The annual Charles and Marie Fish lecture is
supported by income from the Charlie and Bobbie Fish Endowment for
Oceanography. The endowment was established in 1989 by Marilyn Munro
and family in memory of her parents, Drs. Charles and Marie Fish.
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Sackett Street Marine Science Academy
- In 1998, the Lillian Feinstein Sackett Street School was awarded a
grant from Magnet Schools of America to become the first elementary
Marine Science Academy in the US. OMP has partnered Sackett Street
School by training their teachers in marine science, developing a
marine science curriculum, assisting in the implementation of the
curriculum In addition to working directly with the teachers of Sackett
Street School, marine educators from OMP have conducted hands-on
activities in the classrooms of the school.
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