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-March 3, 2002

Approximate Number of Student E-mails: 200

Approximate Number of Teacher E-mails: 700--including my teacher groups of 62 parcticipants around the U.S.

Apporximate Number of Other E-mails: 300

Approximate Countries Represented: 4-6

Additional Comments: The staff at Palmer Station, Antarctica and the scientists with the Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research Project (LTER) were very helpful in providing me with examples of the ways in which they used math in their work and in other aspects of their lives. My journals centered on these efforts, with each day's journal dedicated to a specific person, research topic, or support service job at Palmer Station. This journal has been used in programs from Kindergarten through adult basic education. The understanding of the field season by my target audience of learners was possible because of advance work I did on on Polar Science Station, http://literacynet.org/polar

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: We have exchanged email messages, including updates from PI Hugh Ducklow on the progress of analysis of samples that were collected while we were out in the field.

Has a member of your research team visited your classroom in the last year? No

Transfer

How are you sharing your research experience with your colleagues, district, community, etc? I have shared this research experience online and face-to-face with national organizations in adult education, public libraries, state literacy resource centers, and workshops through a variety of presentation methods. These meetings include those in South Carolina, Connecticut, Virginia, New York, and Montreal, Quebec.

I have made numerous presentations to the local community, through service organizations (Rotary, Kiwanis), special interest groups (ham radio club, book groups) and local classrooms in 4-12 grades.

TEA Collaborative Learning Group

Name: Diane Ferris

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: during field expedition

Name: ABSD teachers in New York, the Southeasten statesMontana and Oregon

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: during field 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. Real Audio: January 24, 2002; February 21, 2002, from Palmer Station, with parcticipation from adult basic education/adult literacy classrooms across the United States. (80+ sites for January; stats not available for February). New York Public Libraries Primary Resources Initiative, March 21-22, 2002 (50 parcticipants); Virginia Association for Adult and Continuing Education (VAACE) statewide conference, Charlottesville, VA, April 3-5, 2002. (one workshop, one keynote address, 250 parcticipants); College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, April 19, 2002 (200 parcticipants); Corvallis Friday Rotary Club, Corvallis, Oregon, May 3, 2002 (100 parcticipants);Commission on Adult Basic Education National Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, May 8-11, 2002. Two workshop presentations, (100 parcticipants);Cheldelin Middle School, Corvallis Oregon, May 22-24, 2002 (3 presentations to 210 students and teachers);The Centre for Literacy of Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, June 27-29, 2002. (Two presentations and one panel discussion, 100 international parcticipants); ?Exploring the Deep with Teachers? workshop, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Mystic, Connecticut, July 27-29, 2002 (30 parcticipants); Presentation to the Board of Governors, Linn-Benton Community College, Albany, Oregon, September 18, 2002 (25 parcticipants); Hour-long interview on Willamette Valley Talk Radio, station KGAL. Albany, Oregon, September 27, 2002; October 11, 2002: presentation to the Fortnightly Book Club of Lebanon, Oregon. This book club has been in continuous existence for 96 years. Membership is limited to 16, and there is a waiting list for those hoping to join when there is a space,(16 parcticipants and 2 guests);October 15, 2002: presentation to Lebanon, Oregon Kiwanis Club, (25 people);October 19, 2002:presentation to Albany Ham Radio club, with special emphasis (and digital images) on communications, communications shack, and antennas. (15 people); October 23, 2002: presentation to the Sweet Home, Oregon Kiwanis Club. (20 people);October 31, 2002: presentation to the Albany, Oregon Kiwanis Club(30 people); November 1, 2002: parcticipation in KGAL Radio 1580 AM ?Valley Talk? with host Dick Manning; November 6, 2002:presentation to the Women?s Fellowship Fall Luncheon, First Congregational Church, Corvallis, Oregon. (200 people)

Have you presented to your local board of education this year? Yes

Activities Development

Title: Daily journals

Description:
The field journals contained math problems showing ways in which math was used by the ship's officers, the scientists at Palmer Station, and the support staff at Palmer Station.

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

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

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

Other Classroom Connections: The website contents and activities at POP Goes Antarctica (http://literacynet.org/polar/pop/html/home.html) and the Polar Science Station(http://literacynet.org/polar) have been used extensively by instructors and learners around the country. These activities were developed in the program year 2001.

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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? Yes

Have you submitted 6-8 photos to the TEA Archive? Yes

Release Days

Number of Release Days Covered by School/District for TEA Program/Activities: None

TEA Meetings Covered by School/District/Corporation

Names of Meetings: None

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

Type of Equipment: None

Date of Purchase: N/A

Approximate Cost of Equipment: N/A

Other Grants

Type of Grant / Grant Title: N/A

Other Shared Costs

The National Institute for Literacy Science & Numeracy Special Collection and the Western/Pacific Literacy network hosts the Polar Science Station, http://literacynet.org/polar The NIFL grant to the Science & Numeracy Special Collection has assisted in expenses for travel to national/regional meetings of adult basic education community members, to which I have presented workshops on the TEA experience. In addition, other states and agencies have paid travel costs associated with my attendance at state and national meetings. Therefore, all the outreach I have done has been at no cost to TEA.

Presentations/workshops about TEA to 3 national/regional meetings (2 already scheduled)

Presentations to local groups and schools, as requested. (Three are already scheduled)