Education Program Area Summary Podcasts
Plankis, B. J. (2007). Project DIBS Class Interview - Talkingreef Podcast 99
Education Program Area
The education program area was started in August, 2006 as part of Project DIBS. Our first school experiment was conducted through the Project DIBS discussion forums, but this program area was moved to the Reef Stewardship Foundation in April, 2007.
Our educational efforts are based on best practices suggested in the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) environmental education standards. The curriculum materials developed by the Foundation are not designed to tell students what to think, but instead are focused on how students can think about the environment.
Follow this link for more details on our 2008 International Year of the Reef environmental education study.
Education Program Area Publications and Presentations
Plankis, B. & Weatherly, R. (2008). Engaging Students and Empowering Researchers: Embedding Assessment, Evaluation and History into Podcasting. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 1267-1274). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Plankis, B. (2007). How to retool the classroom aquarium for environmental stewardship. Paper presented at the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching, Austin, TX.
Plankis, B. (2007). How to Retool the Classroom Aquarium for Environmental Stewardship., Texas Science Teacher, 36(1), 13-15.
Plankis, B. (2007). Hobbyists Advancing the Hobby, Part III: Creating Educational Videos to Share Hobbyists' Knowledge. Reefkeeping Magazine, 6(11).