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8. Education and Outreach Activities
8. Education and Outreach Activities
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Two of the larger project areas listed in that report, "Environmental Education K-12" (referred to as "Community Education" on the OSRI website) and "Science Planning Workshops," in fact encompass a variety of subprojects.
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9o THE OIL SPILL RECOVERY INSTITUTE TABLE 8-1 Summary of OSRI-Funded Projects FY98-02 by Program Area: Education and Outreach Contract Term Project Titlea Total Amount Awarde' .; 01/30/98 - 03/15/98 Color Brochure $7,446 01/17/98 - 01/16/99 Web Page Maintenance $9,00~ 03/15/98 - 09/30/98 Newspaper Articles $3,67' 06/01/98 - 07/31/98 Internship: Education Program $88 05/01/98 - 03/15/99 Video Production: "Sound Science" $34,00 07/01/98 - 06/30/99 Update of Museum Exhibit: "Darkened Waters" $17,03 10/01/98 - 09/30/99 Science of the Sound Education Program $25,00 02/01/99 - 01/31/00 Web Page Maintenance $15,04: 05/01/99 - 09/30/00 Internship: Zooplankton Toxicity (Duesterloh) $3,30 05/10/99 - 08/30/99 Publication: Annual Report 1997-99 $6,38 06/01/99 - 11/30/99 Internship: Waterfowl Toxicity Study $6,00 07/01/99 - 06/30/00 Fellowship $23,87 Publications: 10-Year Anniversary of EVOS $3,27 08/01/99 - 07/31/00 Publications: Newsletters $5,18 01/01/00 - 12/31/00 Web Page Maintenance $3,84 07/01/00 - 06/30/01 Fellowship $24,50 04/15/00 -12/01/01 Shorebird Educational Video: Celebrating Alaska's Shorebirds $10,00 04/14/00 - 04/13/01 Fellowship $25,00 07/01/00 - 06/30/01 Science of the Sound Education Program $25,0CI 07/01/00 - 06/30/01 Fellowship $25,0CI 07/01/00 - 08/30/00 Internship: Slides and Photo Organization $1,42 06/16/00 - 09/30/00 Internship: Network Administration $8,67 05/01/00-09/30/00 Publication: AnnualReportl999 $13,1C 09/15/00 - 04/30/01 Prince William Sound Meteorological Workshop $38,47 10/12/00 - 05/30/01 Workshop: Best Practices for Migratory Bird Care During Oil Spill Response $29,22 11/01/00 - 04/30/01 Publication: Annual Report 2000 $12,0C 6
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. $1,420 Edu PWS Science Center $8,671 Edu PWS Science Center $13,106 Edu Jumping Mouse Publications $38,474 Edu Tim Robertson luring $29,222 Edu Production Plus $12,000 Edu Jumping Mouse Publications 5 continued
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Classroom activities are conducted with the elementary school in Cordova on a regular basis, and the program is taken to other PWS communities as feasible. Other activities that have been supported include contributions to the Pratt Museum in Homer for update of their "Darkened Waters" Exxon Valdez oil spill exhibit, to the native village of Eyak for the Orca whale rearticulation project, and production of several videos (including "Sound Science", and "Celebrating Alaska's Shorebirds"~.
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As with the Environmental Education K-12 project, there is an ongoing open BAA for solicitation of proposals for workshops. In addition to the workshop format, OSRI staff may want to consider offering occasional specialized short courses as an alternative to workshops, as this approach can be quite effective in conveying technical information to user groups.
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Financial support for teachers from various backgrounds and educational levels, for attending workshops or doing projects related to oil spills, might also be a worthwhile use of funds. Three additional projects that are included in the public education and outreach component of the OSRI program are (1)
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Support of workshops related to the OS1
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