Science Collaboration: immersion, inquiry, innovation

Teacher as Scientist Series Video Vignettes

What happens when a team of science teachers is paired with a
scientist to experience authentic inquiry and scientific
work in the field?

As part of the Florida Science Partnership program, Science Collaboration: Immersion, Inquiry, Innovation Project (Sc:iii), awarded to the Panhandle Area Education by the State of Florida Department of Education, teachers had the opportunity to become scientists! From a list of 40 pre-arranged choices, each team of teacher participants selected a summer work site, based on their interests and location, for a 90-hour field experience. The PAEC project staff, in "Administering the Science Collaboration: Immersion, Inquiry, Innovation (Sc:iii) Project," share their observations regarding the teachers' experiences.

"The opportunity for teachers to become scientists was the best part of all! Chigger bites became battle scars about which they bragged and tales of spiders, snakes and getting down and dirty grew bigger as they were retold. Watching teachers in the field doing science -- learning new information and skills, questioning, collecting data, solving problems as a team, and talking about the work was amazing -- immeasurably exciting and rewarding for project personnel and scientists alike (Crouch, Free & Mitchell, 2008)!"

Click on the video links below to visit some of the teacher teams at their work sites.

Falling Waters State Park (wmv)

Falling Waters State Park (mp4)

Chipley, Florida

Gopher Tortoise Survey and Invasive Plant Species Eradication

Department of Environmental Protection (wmv)

Department of Environmental Protection (mp4)

Lake Munson, Tallahassee, Florida

Pilot Education Project

Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory (wmv)

Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory (mp4)

St. Teresa, Florida

Marine Ecology of Oysters

United States Fish and Wildlife Service (wmv)

United States Fish and Wildlife Service (mp4)

Marianna, Florida

Mussels of the Chipola River

FL Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Services Chemical Residue Lab (wmv)

FL Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Services Chemical Residue Lab (mp4)

Tallahassee, Florida

Analyzing Pesticide Levels in Food Samples

St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge (wmv)

St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge (mp4)

St. Vincent Island, Florida

Red Wolf Tracking and Turtle Patrol

Nokuse Plantation (wmv)

Nokuse Plantation (mp4)

Bruce, Florida

Gopher Tortoise Relocation Project

Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory (wmv)

Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory (mp4)

St. Teresa, Florida

Shark Population Survey

University of Florida (wmv)

University of Florida (mp4)

Learning Experience

Poster Day (wmv)

Poster Day (mp4)

Sharing Experiences

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