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Education Plan 2020



New Org.

“A constituency able and willing to fight for the long-term human prospect must be educated into

existence. It must be scientifically literate enough to recognize politicized science for what it is. It must be

courageous enough to face fact squarely. It must be committed enough to avoid the seductions of cheap

citizenship.” David Orr





At our best

Programs that integrate the following salient features will represent the embodiment of our mandate for excellent

Ocean Education;

Research – Engagement – Action

Knowledge – Active – Reflection Collaborative

Two or more lenses Conservation Continuum Progress

Scalable

On Brand Accessible Sustainable

One big ocean

Ocean shapes earth

Weather & Climate

Diversity of life

Ocean = habitable

Ocean and human

connections

Oceans unexplored

1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.

2 The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features

of Earth.

3 The ocean is a major influence on weather and

climate.

4 The ocean made Earth habitable.

5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and

ecosystems.

6 The ocean and humans are inextricably

interconnected.

7 The ocean is largely unexplored.

Pacific

Arctic

Atlantic

Southern

Indian



Targets by Education area

Total Reach

Children & Youth

Curriculum Mobile Service

Learning Online

Learning Public

Programs SDV

2016 190,976 10,226 21,750 50,000 75,000 0 3,000 31,000

%910 % 5 11 26 39 0 2 16

2017 452,000 15,000 23,000 200,000 150,000 20,000 4,000 40,000

520 % 3 5 44 33 4 1 9

2018 566,000 25,000 25,000 220,000 200,000 40,000 6,000 50,000

660 % 4 4 39 35 7 1 9

2019 683,000 40,000 30,000 240,000 250,000 60,000 8,000 55,000

6830 % 6 4 35 37 9 1 8

2020 1,005,000 50,000 35,000 250,000 500,000 100,000 10,000 60,000

% 5 3 25 50 10 1 6

Targets by geographic area

Total Reach

Vanc. BC Canada N.

America Int.

2016 % 62 13 25 0 0

2017 % 42 14 45 0 0

2018 % 36 22 39 3 1

2019 % 35 22 40 1 1

2020 % 47 16 35 1 1

The pyramid image shows the relative

investment in time and resources in the

Education areas.

Dark blue indicates some established

programs; light blue indicates areas of new

activity.

Note the Youth column through the centre

of the pyramid; this indicates that at all

levels youth will be involved in co-creating

and leading our work.



Conservation Continuum

Awe & Wonder 5 Year Themes / holistic lenses Towards Positive Change Migration Climate change-acidification Natural design Pollution-plastics Trophic relationships Over / mal fishing Global Comparisons Habitat destruction-coastal development



Children and Youth Programs

The Children & Youth program team engages with

over 10,000 children, youth and their families in

marine science annually through a diverse suite of

educational programs including camps, clubs,

sleepovers and birthday parties.

Our programs embrace nature play, innovative

science and research, art and hands on experiences to foster a love

of our natural world. Children and Youth program content connects

to New Orgs direct action and research initiatives and advance

participants along the conservation continuum.

In addition, our team of educators is passionate about inspiring the next generation of young leaders and mentors with over 200 youth through our youth camps and work experience volunteer placements each year. This position is supported by established and accepted social science that attributes ‘a significant experience in a pristine environment as a youth’ as the most common denominator amongst adults with a caring concern for the environment.

Priorities

Camps – Consolidate and build capacity including developing AquaCamp collaboration beyond the VAMSC site.

Birthdays / Sleep overs – Consolidate and build capacity including career development for staff.

Learning Journeys – Develop the first multiday immersive programs for teenagers.

Youth Development (YELP++) – Expand and develop collaboratively funded early career program.

Targets 2017 2018 2019 2020

Reach 10,000 16,000 26,000 50,000

$ Net Gain 290k 350k 500k 650k

Targets 2017 2018 2019 2020

Media Imp.s

Development

If we are going to save environmentalism and the

environment, we must also save an endangered

indicator species: the child in nature.

Rich Louv



Curriculum Programs

Curriculum Programs engage over 20,000

students per year in inquiry based learning and is

led by group of professional educators and

biologists.

The team is made of core staff who train and

work with over 200 volunteers from the

community, along with high school work experience students,

teachers in training on practicum assignment, and co-op students

from universities. Programs are primarily delivered in our

AquaQuest learning labs.

We construct understanding with students to create in depth

learning, as well as personal emotional experiences with marine life and their ecosystems. Experiences for students are

focused through the prescribed learning outcomes of the BC provincial curriculum.

Curriculum program content connects to New Orgs direct action and research initiatives and advance participants along

the conservation continuum.

Priorities

Wet Labs / Classrooms – increase access equity, maximising reach

Ocean Education Curriculum – Explore and develop high school credit curriculum for multiple Canadian jurisdictions

Career Transitions – Explore and develop programs for CTS?

Ed Efficacy Research – Develop social science tool to evaluate the educational efficacy of Ocean Education programs.

Targets 2017 2018 2019 2020

Reach 21,000 26,000 30,000 35,000

$ Net Gain 28k 30k 33k 36k

Targets 2017 2018 2019 2020

Media Imp.s

Development

If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom,

then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile

soil in which the seeds grow.

Rachel Carson



Mobile Programs

Our hands-on mobile programs are designed

to inspire the stewardship of all aquatic

habitats and encourage the discovery of

connections between animals, environments

and ourselves.

Our Educators deliver multi-sensory aquatic

programs, featuring live animals, artifacts and activities in schools

and communities both in BC and across Canada.

School programs supplement school curriculum for K - 12, satisfying a wide range of the Learning Outcomes.

Mobile program content connects to New Orgs direct action and research initiatives and advance participants along the

conservation continuum.

Priorities

AV BC – Explore and develop a collaborative first nations program for BC

Connecting Communities to Coastlines (AV150) – Develop and implement national coast to coast program

AV Urban – Consolidate urban events program

Targets 2017 2018 2019 2020

Reach 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000

$ Net Gain 0 20k 25k 30k

Targets 2017 2018 2019 2020

Media Imp.s

Development

Give children a chance to love the earth

before we ask them to save it.

David Sobel



Service Learning (GCSC)

The Great Canadian Shoreline

Cleanup is a collaboration between

WWF Canada and New Org. It

encourages all Canadians to pick up

litter at their local shoreline to

protect wildlife.

Cleanups take place anywhere land connects to water, including

rivers, lakes and beaches. Cleanups are coordinated by volunteers,

who also engage in citizen science and collect information about

the litter they find.

Our team recruits and supports volunteers in every territory and province, with the goal of keeping Canadian shorelines

free of litter. www.shorelinecleanup.ca

Service Learning program content connects to New Orgs other direct action and research initiatives and advance


Priorities

New Org and WWF have agreed to greatly expand this program over the next three years, aiming to increase

participation from 75k to 500k per year.

Public – Bilingual Website renewal

Schools / Youth – In partnership with Mobile Programs deliver Connecting Communities to Coastlines

Corporate / Workplace - Develop and expand workplace clean ups across Canada

Targets 2017 2018 2019 2020

Reach 150,000 210,000 300,000 500,000


Targets 2017 2018 2019 2020

Media Imp.s

Development 500k 600k 700k 800k

Only when service and learning are mutually emphasized does service-learning entails three requisite phases: 1. Planning to fill a community need

2. Action

3. Reflection Wurdinger & Caron

http://www.shorelinecleanup.ca/



Public Programs

Public Programs offers participants opportunities

to further their knowledge and explore their

curiosity of the ocean directly with ocean experts

and move participants along the conservation

continuum.

Our keystone is the Aquatic Café, where

conversations about the ocean take place both at VAMSC and

through partners beyond Vancouver.

Public Programs often include a digital component that allows

people from anywhere in the world to learn about and engage with

New Orgs research and direct action programs such as Marin

Mammal Rescue, Sustainable Seafood and climate and ecology issues.

Public Programs also leads key external collaboration programs such as Bio blitz, where participants and experts explore

nature together and contribute to the global movement for ocean conservation.

Priorities

Aquatic Café – National focus, expanding our reach and building credence as a global voice for Ocean Conservation.

Ocean Events Calendar – Establish and maintain a national and international public calendar for New Org and beyond.

Collaboration Programs

Bio Blitz – Scientific species inventories in the Arctic and Howe Sound, Public Engagement program in Vancouver.

International Conferences – WEEC, CNN2017

Metro Vancouver – Sea Level Rise collaboration

Building towards AquaZone 2.0

Targets 2017 2018 2019 2020

Reach 3000 5,000 8,000 10,000

$ Net Gain 4k 15k 30k 40k

Targets 2017 2018 2019 2020

Media Imp.s

Development



Online Learning

As both a legacy of the inaugural Canada 150 AquaVan National Tour and as a flagship initiative of New Org the Education department will launch our Online Learning Environment in April 2017. The platform will showcase contemporary online learning activities in a format that supports student learning at their own pace, in their own place and in collaboration with each other. Pprogram content will

connect to New Orgs direct action and research initiatives and advance participants along the conservation continuum. By integrating digital resources and user generated content within carefully structured curriculum. We will prepare students to better understand ocean literacy, by creating opportunities for them to learn in an authentic, multilingual social context with their peers throughout Canada and the world. Ocean Literacy - Multilingual Learning Platform incorporating;

Assignments & Badges Discussion Threads & Posts Resources (Bookmarks and Files) Gallery (Photos & Media) Blogs and Writing Maps & Quizzes Video Conferencing for live learning sessions

Ocean Action

Service Learning; Shoreline Cleanup + Sustainable Seafood + Wild Whales Cetaceans sightings + iNaturalist By integrating the Commit2Act app as a bridge to our established programs we will create an easy way for students and classrooms to discover and track actions that reduce their impact on the planet. Thus encouraging broader awareness and participation in these actions. Social Learning: Virtual Town Halls New Org. will work with CGE and TIG to develop annual national and international Virtual Town Halls on conservation of ocean and aquatic environments. Complementing the success of our Ikaarvik: Barriers to Bridges Program New Org. will be a Featured content provider for Connected North a program, facilitating virtual dialogue to schools serving primarily Indigenous populations across Canada’s remote northern communities. Oceans Tomorrow; Ocean Hackathon-Incubator We will facilitate a three-day Hackathon at the Vancouver Aquarium to expose up to 100 students to the challenges and

priorities around ocean conservation, engaging them in developing proposed solutions. Select youth will then be

offered space at the Aquarium and seed grants to develop their projects further.

Targets 2017 2018 2019 2020

Reach 10,000 50,000 120,000 250,000


Targets 2017 2018 2019 2020

Media Imp.s

Development

TBD



Self Directed Visits

The Vancouver Aquarium self directed visits programs

welcomes over 30,000 guests each year.

Over the duration of this plan, the Education

Department will assume leadership for this program and

focus particular attention on to showcase New Orgs

direct action and research initiatives and advance


By formalising and expanding online resources for groups before, during

and after their visit, we will add value and enhance the learning experience.

Priorities

Schools – Proactive outreach to teachers and principals

YSA’s – Collaboration programs with Cadets, Scouts and Guides

Public – Targeted outreach to education travel operators

Transport – Explore options to remove access barriers while increasing visitation and revenue

Targets 2017 2018 2019 2020

Reach 31,000 40,000 50,000 60,000

$ Net Gain 350k 400k 500k 600k

Targets 2017 2018 2019 2020

Media Imp.s

Development

TBD



Conclusion

We will do what is hard, we will do what is right, and we will connect 1 million Ocean Education Participants by 2020.

Thanks for you interest and support for Ocean Education, all of our pedagogically based programs

integrate ocean literacy with activity and reflection. Our engaging learning experiences range from

virtual visits to multiple days in nature. Please join us in the global movement to inspire ocean

champions.

James Bartram

Vice President of Education & Youth

Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre

[email protected]

d. 604-659 3775 c. 604 831 9550

If you plan is for one-year plant rice

If you plan is for ten years plant trees

If you plan is for 100 years educate children

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