Educational outreach efforts of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

An important challenge to the ocean sciences community is to engage ocean scientists in conveying the excitement of their research to ocean sciences educators, K-12 and post-secondary students, and the general public. This paper will review and preview the educational outreach efforts of MBARI; these efforts include, but are not limited to, Cruising to the Classroom expedition webpages, an active internship program, a strong link to a nonformal educational institution (the Monterey Bay Aquarium) and working with educators to facilitate access to near-real-time data. Results from the Education and Research: Testing Hypotheses (EARTH) workshop will be presented during the talk.