Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

ReSciPE: Resources for Scientists in Partnership with Education

News from ReSciPE Project

November 2006 - Thirty scientists and educators from the CU Boulder campus and neighboring institutions participated in an inquiry workshop at CIRES Outreach on November 8th 2006. Participants came from more than a dozen campus institutes and departments and from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado Department of Wildlife, and St Vrain Valley Schools. See the story and photos here.

October 2006 - ReSciPE presenters and evaluators will present two talks at the Fall 2006 meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. Both talks will take place on Friday 12/15/06 at the Moscone South building, Room 310, at 9.00 am and 9.15 am. The first talk will describe our project's approach and activities, and the second will present hot-off-the-press findings from our research and evaluation study. Join us for session OS 28 on "Communicating Broadly; Perspectives and Tools for Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Scientists." ReSciPE Abstract

April 2006 - Twenty scientists and educators attended a ReSciPE workshop held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The workshop was co-hosted by the New England Center of Ocean Science Education Excellence and participants came from WHOI, the Marine Biological Laboratory, the Sea Education Association, the New England Aquarium, Roger Williams University, and a local high school. See the article in COSEE-NE's newsletter at:
http://www.cosee-ne.net/resources/InquiryinEducationWorkshop.php

April 2006 - The ReSciPE workshop was the first event held in the classroom of the new 'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii in Hilo. Thirty scientists attended from the Mauna Kea Observatories, NOAA, Volcano National Park, University of Hawaii, Hawaii Department of Education, and other local institutions. Workshop photos of the scientists and presenters in action can be seen at:
http://hubble.uhh.hawaii.edu/ReSciPE/

January 2006 - ReSciPE leader Carol Schott was named a Boulder County Pacesetter for her career in science education. Read the story from the local newspaper about her accomplishments.

December 2005 - ReSciPE reported its activities and findings to the NSF. In our first year, we presented 10 workshops to a diverse group of over 260 participants. Read more about our activities and the first findings from our evaluation-with-research study.

November 2005 - ReSciPE leader Lesley Smith is elected to the Boulder Valley School Board, taking 61% of the votes.

September 2005 - ReSciPE leader Sandra Laursen was caught in action at a workshop at the Asronomical Society of the Pacific's annual meeting in Tucson. Evidently she was leading the participants in song: "...down came the rain and washed the spider out."

A scientist sketches the inside of her black box to compare
with the models developed by other groups.