The Research and Education for Students and Teachers about the Ormond Beach Restoration (RESTOR) Project is for teachers whose students are from backgrounds underrepresented in marine science fields with professional development in Environmental Education through participation in water-quality monitoring. Teachers learn about their local watershed and the RESTOR Project, while receiving continuing education credit. Standards-based curricula and instruction on how to implement the curricula are provided.
Teachers should be willing to implement watershed and wetland curricula in their classes. They will participate in a day of fieldwork and collect scientific data that will build on the prior year's dataset and may be used by scientists for the RESTOR Project. With the assistance of researchers from Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, teachers will use their water-quality monitoring skills to train students in the classroom. In a field trip to Ormond Beach students and teachers will monitor water quality and participate in wetland restoration and /or beach research activities (buses provided). The RESTOR Project culminates with an essay contest whose winners (1-3 students per class accompanied by their teacher) will go on a research cruise to monitor water quality and visit one of the Channel Islands. To encourage the long-term use of their training, teachers and students will interact with local scientists from nonprofit watershed monitoring groups and be provided with long-term access to water-quality monitoring equipment.
Target Audience: Fifteen 6th- to 8th-grade science teachers from Ventura County schools and one class of students per teacher, predominantly representing multicultural populations.
Timeframe: Please contact Ashley Stroud (AshleyStroud5@gmail.com) for specific dates.
Compensation: A $100 honorarium will be provided to teachers for each of the three workshop days and fieldwork. Up to $140 will be provided for substitutes during the two days of fieldtrips.
Funding Organizations: California Coastal Commission, National Marine Sanctuary B-WET Program
To apply please contact:
Program Representative:
Ashley Stroud
University of California, Santa Barbara
Email: ashleystroud5@gmail.com
Project Lead:
Monique Myers
California Sea Grant Extension Program
Email: mrmyers@ucsd.edu
Phone: (805) 680-4141
