MARGINS Education and Public Outreach Program
In case of questions email the MARGINS Office.
As part of its outreach mission, the MARGINS program seeks to communicate to students and the public the outcome of its multidisciplinary research
in an integrative manner, providing resources and programs to enhance the broader impact.
The MARGINS web page provides a primary educational resource by highlighting research results.
Some other current and ongoing projects include:
The MARGINS Data Access Center hosted by the Marine Geoscience
Data System (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) provides metadata and data links for all MARGINS data,
and tools such as GeoMapApp for easy data visualization and manipulation.
The Student Prize for Outstanding Presentation at the Fall AGU Meeting, to motivate students on MARGINS-related
research. This program, running yearly since 2003, rewards and highlights student presentations on MARGINS-related science.
The Distinguished Lectureship Program is an initiative to teach students and the public the
MARGINS research, with lectures given at selected colleges or universities on specific days. Any U.S.college or university may apply to the program in
an open contest; specially colleges not normally associated with MARGINS research are encouraged to apply. This program runs annualy since 2006,
providing support for prominent MARGINS scientists to lecture.
New in 2007 MARGINS has been awarded, from NSF's Division of Undergraduate Education, a Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Phase I grant to develop web-based undergraduate classroom teaching modules, in cooperation with the Science Education Resource Center of Carleton College (SERC). A development workshop was held on April 5-6 in Arlington, VA, at which creators and testers of mini-lessons planned the creation of teaching modules. Submission of a mini-lesson is now open to any interested educator and/or researcher who would like to contribute with an online teaching module.
MARGINS Education Advisory Committee (MEAC):
The education and public outreach initiative of MARGINS is coordinated by the MARGINS Education Advisory Committee (MEAC), who advices the Steering Committee
on the educational programs.
Membership is opened to any scientist or educator willing to collaborate by bringing his/her
educational expertise on MARGINS-related science to the committee.
There are currently five members and three ex officio members in MEAC:
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Cathy A. Manduca, Carleton College, cmanduca@carleton.edu
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Jeff Ryan, University of South Florida, ryan@shell.cas.usf.edu
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Don Reed, San Jose State University, dreed@geosun.sjsu.edu
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Rosemary Hickey-Vargas, Florida International University, hickey@fiu.edu
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Paul Umhoefer, Northern Arizona University, Paul.Umhoefer@NAU.EDU
Ex Officio:
For more information on current and pending programs, follow the links below.
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