Commercial Ship Vessel Fouling Outreach

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Commercial Ship Vessel Fouling Outreach

• A grant-funded project under the West Coast
  Ballast Outreach Project
• Alisha Dahlstrom, Jodi Cassell, and Annie
  Pierpoint

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Project Goals

• Improve awareness of and interest in commercial
  vessel fouling and AIS among the maritime
  industry and California general public
• Improve public capacity for critical scientific
  thought about commercial vessel fouling, AIS, and
  other environmental issues to build support for
  AIS funding
• Build regional partnerships to learn from
  existing AIS education programs in other states
• Provide regional and national presentations about
  the exhibit and project findings to increase the
  potential for extending exhibit use to other
  coastal regions

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Components of Project

• A 1-pg insert for WCBOP brochure
• Exhibit at informal science education facilities
  (ISEFs), including aquaria, visitors centers,
  and museums and
• Interactive classroom curriculum and activities

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Brochure Insert

• Design use artwork from the original brochure to
  create an insert that fits graphically with the
  original brochure.
• Content focus on vessel fouling aspects
  particularly relevant to the maritime industry
  and policy makers e.g., new regulations and
  research, respectively.
• Distribution via the WCBOP newsletters mailing
  list (over 2200 domestic members and 350
  international members), and included in all
  future brochure distribution.

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Hull Fouling Exhibit

• Design The ISEF displays design will be modeled
  after an exhibit from the successful Oregon Sea
  Grant education program, "Invasion of the
  Habitat-Snatchers," a multi-media exhibit about
  AIS issues that targets multi-age learners,
  ranging from six years to adult. The interactive
  exhibit, Wheel of Misfortune, consists of a
  moveable wheel with fouling species along the
  edge that correlates with a PowerPoint slide and
  real image of that species in both juvenile and
  adult form.
• Content The exhibit will contain information on
  common fouling specimens from the West Coast,
  including preserved specimens, images of various
  life stages, and a PPT slide on each.
• Distribution Aquarium of the Bay (San
  Francisco), Seymour Marine Discovery Center (Long
  Marine Laboratory, UC Santa Cruz), Bay Model
  Visitor Center (Sausalito), Hatfield Marine
  Science Center (Oregon State University),
  Lawrence Hall of Science (UC Berkeley), and Ty
  Warner Sea Center (Santa Barbara)others?

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Wheel of Misfortune
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Classroom Curriculum

• Design The classroom curriculum activities will
  be developed by WCBOP Education Coordinator,
  Annie Pierpoint, for youth at levels middle
  school and higher, with re-usable multimedia kits
  for each classroom.
• Content The curriculum activities will be
  adapted from the exhibit content in a way that
  engages the students to understand vessel
  fouling/AIS issues in a more tangible manner.
• Distribution The WCBOP staff will train teachers
  and informal educators, including 4-H youth
  leaders, non-profit groups, and other interested
  parties how to use the kits, which will be
  transferred from class to class, as teachers
  finish the vessel fouling curriculum.

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Evaluation

• Design VFOP will adapt methodologies used by
  Oregon Sea Grant staff throughout the project and
  evaluation process.
• Content To determine whether the objectives have
  been met, evaluation will be completed both (1)
  on the materials themselves and (2) the knowledge
  the materials produce.
• Distribution Initial evaluation of the project
  itself will be performed via focus groups
  comprised of volunteers and groups associated
  with the project and advisory committee final
  evaluation will analyze our target audiences
  knowledge.

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Questions?Input?