| Wednesday June 23, Day 1 |
| 8:00 |
Continental breakfast |
| 8:30 |
Stephanie Pfirman – Welcome, workshop goals and structure
Karl Erb, Director, NSF Office of Polar Programs – Linking Research and Education Robin Bell, LDEO – International Polar Year |
| 9:10 |
Plenary: three minute, one slide presentations by all on “Best polar ideas to inspire and
educate the public and the next generation of researchers” |
| 10:15 |
Break |
| 10:45 |
Continue “Best polar ideas” |
| 12:00 |
Other introductions |
| 12:10 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 |
Plenary presentations by Media Experts on Pacing/Rollout Strategy: Audience, Attention Span, Sequencing, Good Models
Andrew Revkin, NYT Science Times (could not attend)
Evan Hadingham, Senior Science Editor, NOVA, WGBH
Curt Suplee NSF Director of the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs |
| 1:45 |
Roundtable Discussion: We will be successful by 2010 if what 3 things are accomplished? |
| 2:15 |
Report back to group |
| 2:45 |
Break |
| 3:15 |
Plenary presentations on community perspectives:
David Smith, ECC/Matthew Henson Center
Jana Harcharek, North Slope Borough School District (could not attend)
Glen Sheehan, BASC |
| 4:00 |
Roundtable Discussion: Opportunities and ways to engage diverse communities |
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Table 1 Arctic natives and residents
Table 2 Minorities
Table 3 Gender diversity
Table 4 Geographic diversity
Table 5 Economic diversity
Table 6 International diversity |
| 5:00 |
Report back to group |
| 5:30 |
Wrap up and End day 1 |
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| Thursday June 24, Day 2 |
| 8:00 |
Continental breakfast |
| 8:30 |
Plenary presentations on approaches and tools to facilitate learning:
Susan Doubler, TERC – The Study of Place
Richard Duschl, Rutgers – Connecting Classrooms and Supporting Students' Science
Reasoning
Ross MacPhee, American Museum of Natural History – “The Endurance: Shackleton’s
Legendary Antarctic Expedition” and the role of Natural History Museums |
| 9:30 |
Roundtable Discussion: Opportunities and needs for different levels |
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Table 1 K-5
Table 2 6-12
Table 3 Undergraduate science majors
Table 4 Undergraduate non-science majors
Table 5 Graduate
Table 6 General Public and Continuing Education |
| 10:20 |
Break |
| 10:50 |
Report back to group |
| 11:20 |
Plenary presentations by Science/Data/Connectivity Specialists:
Sean Topkok, Alaskan Native Knowledge Network
Don Perovich, CRREL – Arctic Change |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 |
Science/Data/Connectivity Specialists continued:
Tamara Ledley, TERC – DLESE
Bob Bindschadler, NASA – Antarctic Change
Mary Miller, Exploratorium – “Live from Antarctica”
Rick Caulfield, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks – U Arctic, Distance Learning |
| 2:10 |
Plenary discussion of remote participatory experiences and use of computers/data/graphs/images/animations/models |
| 2:45 |
Break |
| 3:15 |
Roundtable Discussion: Opportunities and needs to represent thematic areas |
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Table 1 People: History and Heritage
Table 2 Core to Inner Space
Table 3 Ocean
Table 4 Ice
Table 5 Biota
Table 6 People: Society and Development |
| 4:15 |
Report back to group |
| 5:30 |
End day 2 |
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| Friday June 25, Day 3 |
| 8:00 |
Continental breakfast |
| 8:30 |
Roundtable Discussion: Programs to feature nationally/internationally over the next 5
years |
| 9:30 |
Report back to group |
| 10:15 |
Break |
| 10:45 |
Plenary discussion of next steps and implementation time line |
| 12:00 |
End of meeting |
