Upstate Freshwater Institute Incorporated

UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE PHYSICS-BASED OCEAN-COLOR ALGORITHMS FOR WATER-QUALITY PRODUCTS OF C

THIS PROJECT, LED BY THE UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE, WILL BUILD ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE LOOP PROGRAM AND PROVIDE PLACE-BASED, OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES WITHIN THE LAKE ONTARIO WATERSHED THAT ADDRESS BOTH LOCAL WATERSHED AND GREAT LAKES WATERSHED ISSUES. USING AN OUTDOOR LEARNING AND WATERSHED EDUCATION FRAMEWORK, AND THROUGH TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT, STUDENTS COLLECTING LOCAL SCIENTIFIC DATA AND DESIGNING COMMUNITY PROJECTS, AND THROUGH STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN A RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM, THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO IMPACT SIX TEACHERS AND 1,000 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

PROJECT PROPOSED FROM UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE (UFI): LAKE ONTARIO, ONEIDA, ONONDAGA PROGRAM (LOOOP) WILL BUILD ON AND EXPAND THE SCALE AND SCOPE OF UFIS RECENTLY FUNDED NEW YORK GREAT LAKES BASIN SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM GRANT SUPPORTING TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY AND STEWARDSHIP, WITHIN THE LAKE ONTARIO WATERSHED (U.S.; CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW YORK). THE LAKE ONTARIO, ONEIDA, ONONDAGA PROGRAM (LOOOP) AIMS TO PROVIDE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES TO FACILITATE STUDENT-LED INVESTIGATIONS AND STEWARDSHIP IN THEIR LOCAL WATERSHEDS AND CONNECT STUDENTS WITHIN THE GREATER LAKE ONTARIO BASIN TO ONE ANOTHER. THE LOOOP UTILIZES MULTIPLE DELIVERY METHODS INCLUDING VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING, IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS, AND INTEGRATION OF FIELD EXPERIENCES INTO CLASSROOM PROJECTS TO POTENTIALLY REACH AND CONNECT 45 TEACHERS AND AN ESTIMATED 1,200 STUDENTS; WHILE THE LOOOP HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REACH THIS MANY PEOPLE, WE WILL UTILIZE A FOCUS