Students grew in both knowledge and process skills. Use of classroom technology was hampered by Cleveland City teaching conditions, and potential in that area was not realized. In suburbs and private schools, however, teachers and students began use of internet for Great Lakes teaching. In its 17 years, Ohio Sea Grant education has built a reputation for leadership in curriculum development, teacher education and educational research. To enhance the potential for extending these program efforts requires documenting effectiveness regionally and rigorously.
Results can benefit all education in Sea Grant.
Infusion materials of the kind typically produced in Sea Grant nationally are often overlooked as resources in education because of lack of national dissemination mechanisms. The NDN can provide such visibility through well-established programs of outreach to schools. Inclusion in NDN must be justified through well-documented research to demonstrate a program's effectiveness and transportability. This project follows NDN guidelines and could result in not only strong educational research contributions but also new partnerships for federal support of dissemination. Data to be collected, and method to be used, are shown below.