Annual Report for Susan K. Cowles
January 15, 2002 - January 15, 2003

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Field Experience

Were you in the field this season? Yes

Dates in the Field: January 2, 2002 and on into the next reporting year.

Approximate Number of Student E-mails: see report for 2002-2003

Additional Comments: Underway until March 3, 2002 (including transit time) From January 6, 2002- February 27, 2002, I was at Palmer Station as a member of the TEA program and as a member of the scientific group from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, working on the Transport and Fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Antarctic Coastal seas. My work with this group included collection of surface water samples at LTER inshore grid stations A, B, E, G, and I.; 2001-2002 snow samples from Old Palmer Station and Torgersen Island; and air samples from two sites in the Palmer Station “backyard.” Additional work included filtration of chlorophyll and POC from water samples we collected and parcticipation at group meetings held at 0800 daily.

Did you maintain a daily (or as often as possible) electronic journal while in the field? Yes

Is your journal complete? Yes

Continued Collaboration with Research Team Members

Type of Interaction / Outcomes / Dates / Locations / Parcticipants: In August, 2002, I went to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to meet with Hugh Ducklow, Rebecca Dickhut, Amy Chiuchiolo, Helen Quinby, and Michele Cochran. Out of that meeting and subsequent email message and phone calls, I created the website Polar Science Station and its special report, "POP Goes Antarctica" were created. These websites included 5 original, comprehensive learning activities as well as selection and annotation of 116 web resources on polar sciences.

Has a member of your research team visited your classroom in the last year? N/A

Transfer

How are you sharing your research experience with your colleagues, district, community, etc? Presentations to various local groups as well as extensive online collaborations with state and regional partners in the National Institute for Literacy Literacy Information and Information System. See The upcoming field experience was heavily publicized at adult basic education/adult literacy meetings on the state, regional, and national level. Many adult education programs have newsletters, and the expedition has been publicized in those and in online discussion lists, as well. I sent packets of information and NSF materials and booklets to 15 teachers and programs around the United States in advance of the field expedition.

TEA Collaborative Learning Group

Name: Diane Ferris

Active? No

Contact Hours: Active during expedition

Name: Teachers in NIFL regions, especially the Northwest Regional Technology Center

Active? No

Contact Hours: Active during expedition

Have you submitted your TEA Collaborative Learning Group Annual Report? No

Associates Network

Number of Associates in local network: Unknown

Type of Interaction / Outcomes / Dates / Locations / Parcticipants: N/A

Presentations and Real Audio Sessions

Presentation Date, Title, Number of Attendees, Etc. No Real Audio presentations in 2001-2002 before the field season. See report for 2002-2003. The annual meeting of Portland Literacy Volunteers, Portland, OR, March 17, 2001. (12 parcticipants); The annual meeting of the Adult Numeracy Network, Memphis, TN, March 31, 2001: (15 parcticipants); NW LINCS (National Institute for Literacy)training, October 11-13, 2001, White Salmon, Washington (10 local, 5 online parcticipants);Lincoln School, Corvallis, Oregon, December 5, 2001 (50 parcticipants);Community Services Consortium Adult Basic Education class, Albany, Oregon, December 18, 2001 (20 parcticipants).

Have you presented to your local board of education this year? N/A

Activities Development

Title: Polar Science Station

Description:
Website specifically designed for use by the adult literacy community. http://literacynet.org/polar

Has this activity been submitted to the TEA Web Site? No

Title: POP Goes Antarctica? http://literacynet.org/polar/pop/html/home.html

Description:
This website includes five learning activities:

Has this activity been submitted to the TEA Web Site? Yes

Has this activity been submitted to the TEA Web Site? No

Other Classroom Connections: The set of five online learning activities has received an award from the Blue Web'n Library of online resources and annotation in the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse website of online resources. Blue Web'n cited the website for its connection to workplace mathematics.

N/A

Have you submitted all press-related materials concerning your TEA experience to the TEA Archives? Yes

Have you submitted 20 digital images to the TEA Archive with electronic captions? N/A

Have you submitted 6-8 photos to the TEA Archive? N/A

Release Days

Number of Release Days Covered by School/District for TEA Program/Activities: N/A

TEA Meetings Covered by School/District/Corporation

Names of Meetings: N/A

Permanent Materials and Equipment Provided by Institution/Corporation/District for the TEA Program

Type of Equipment: N/A

Other Grants

Type of Grant / Grant Title: N/A

Other Shared Costs

The National Institute for Literacy funds me to create and maintain the Science & Numeracy Special Collection of online resources. It is through this funding that I was able to develop the content for the Polar Science Station and the special report, "POP Goes Antarctica?" NIFL funding also maintains these websites and provided for the design services of staff at Western/Pacific Literacy Network and Literacyworks.

Field expedition until March 3, 2002.

Numerous speaking engagements at local, state, regional, and national meetings.