Short-term funding opportunity available for someone (likely ideal for an undergraduate or graduate student) to do a project with NOAA’s NEMO program. Potential candidates invited to consider the position. The project might be helpful for a student working towards a research or thesis project. Details follow.
NOAA Short-Term Position Available in Marine Science Education PRIMARY PROJECT/DELIVERABLE The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently developed a pilot project “NEMO” to promote ocean literacy in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and encourage DCPS participation in a national academic competition for high school students in the ocean sciences, the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Towards this end, several activities and lesson plans have either been developed or adapted, but none are currently linked to national, DCPS, or ocean literacy standards. The primary project would be to develop a NEMO marine science curriculum using existing NEMO lesson plans and align all lessons to national, DCPS, and ocean literacy standards. The potential to develop new lessons exists if student is interested. The objective would be to produce a NEMO curriculum on a cd that could be distributed at conferences such as NSTA and the National Marine Educators Association Conference. Depending on time and interest, the potential would also exist to work on other projects related to the NEMO program such as survey development and analysis, school recruitment, and program planning. JOB REQUIREMENTS A class or some prior experience in marine or environmental science as well as experience developing lesson plans linked to standards. Computer skill requirements – experience using Microsoft Office. Good communication skills helpful. TIME FRAME: The project would be for up to 20 hours for 4 months though some flexibility exists in how we set up the hourly and monthly commitment. The main objective is to complete the NEMO curriculum. SALARY: $15-17/hour CONTACT: Laura Oremland at Laura.Oremland@noaa.gov
