Assateague Island National Seashore educator-scientist collaboration

Sponsored by a grant from the National Park Service's Assateague Island National Seashore, an educator-scientist team was assembled this summer for six weeks to help produce a web-based education module for middle school classrooms. The effects of sea-level rise on barrier islands, and Assateague Island in particular, was the subject of this module. Two science teachers from California and Utah were selected, along with two climate change scientists from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Supervised by and in collaboration with IAN, the group explored the park and worked closely this summer with the national park staff to develop the content and graphics. The web module is still a work in progress with an estimated release in the spring of 2012.

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