Centers and Large Facilities - Education and Outreach
Project Name: JOI Learning, Joint Oceanographic Institutions(Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, U. S. Implementing Organization) |
Location: 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20016 |
Contact information: Leslie Peart, lpeart@joiscience.org; (202) 787-1603 |
Website: www.oceanleadership.org/education |
Main Project description/purpose |
JOI is a consortium of 31 premier oceanographic research institutions that serves the U.S. scientific community by leading large-scale, global research programs in scientific ocean drilling and ocean observing. For more than 30 years, JOI has helped facilitate discovery and advance global understanding of the Earth and its oceans through excellence in program management. JOI is currently merging with the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education. The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) is an international research program that explores the history and structure of the earth as recorded in seafloor sediments and rocks. In partnership with Texas A&M University and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, JOI manages activities associated with the U. S. Implementing Organization and the scientific ocean drilling vessel, JOIDES Resolution. |
Education and Outreach Mission and Goals |
JOI Learning develops programs and materials based on scientific research expeditions to strengthen students' math, science, and analytical skills for a lifetime of learning. Our vision of Teaching for Science, Learning for Life™ plays on the ability of scientific ocean drilling to provide a multidisciplinary approach to earth science education. We desire to equip educators to teach about the Earth using all the disciplines, even in the absence of a dedicated earth science course. We also hope to equip students to be better decision makers, problem solvers, science-literate citizens, and stewards of our planet.
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Primary Audience(s) served (i.e., high school teachers, college students, etc.) |
JOI Learning primarily targets secondary and undergraduate earth science teachers and students in urban areas, Texas, California, New York, and Florida. |