Overcoming barriers to science education
Education Coordinators from throughout the National Estuarine Research Reserve System are working very closely with the non-profit Teacher Education Resource Center (TERC) to determine how often teachers educate their students about estuaries and what barriers prevent them from teaching about estuaries more frequently.
They hope to use the information to build highly effective curricula that will allow students to learn basic science concepts by studying estuaries and using real research from the reserves.
The NERRS and TERC are looking for the thoughts and opinions of classroom teachers and informal science educators about teaching these topics.
To participate in the anonymous, online needs assessment survey, just visit the SurveyMonkey website [no longer available].
All respondents are eligible for a raffle to win memberships and educational materials donated by some fabulous professional organizations.
