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1. 2016 EARTH Teacher Workshop - Presurvey

Thank you for joining us for the 2016 EARTH workshop. This workshop was co-hosted by MBARI and Rutgers University with funding from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the National Science Foundation. As part of this federal funding (NSF), we are required to conduct program evaluation activities - these are being coordinated by Dr. Pam Van Dyk (evaluationresources@msn.com).

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1. Please enter your unique identifier that you have chosen for yourself (keep a copy somewhere). If you wish a specific response then please use your last name so that we can respond as needed. 

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2. Is this your first time participating in an EARTH workshop?

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3. This year we were fortunate to have researchers who stayed the entire workshop - do you have any suggestions for how to enhance your interactions with them? 

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4. What is a LTER?

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5. Recognizing that you would like to have spent more time with the researchers - how would you rate the time that you were able to spend with them?

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rating

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6. Rate your content knowledge (1 - I'm a total novice to 7 - I'm an expert) on the following:

  I'm a total novice 2 3 4 5 6 7
Polar Ecosystems
Antarctica
United States Antarctic Program
Microbes
Phytoplankton
Zooplankton
Penguins
Whales
Sea Ice
Polar weather
Surface currents in the polar regions
Climate change in the polar regions

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7. On a scale of 1 (very poor) to 5 (very good), please rate how confident you feel teaching about:

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accessing real data for science investigations
using real data to develop testable questions
designing an investigation to explore a question with data
conducting a self-designed investigation
creating data visualizations
interpreting data
synthesizing data
presenting results from an investigations to peers

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8. If you have an idea - which activity are you interested in trying out this year in your classroom? Since we do not 'graduate' every one of our activities to the main lesson plan links, it is helpful to find out which ones are more likely to be used in the classroom.

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9. Timing of the next EARTH summer workshop depends on schedules of you, researchers, and space at the host institution -  but if you could let me know your preferences for specific dates (e.g. early or late June, July, August), that would be helpful to know as well (and why - e.g. school ends on June 15th or starts on August 1).

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10. What aspect of the workshop was most attractive/useful to you? (e.g. interactions with other teachers/scientists; activity development; exposure to data; etc)

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11. Do you have any suggestions for how we might improve dissemination of EARTH and your activities? on-line workshops? social networking? meetings? web animations? cable tv?

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12. One suggestion that we are interested in getting your feedback on involves the concept of "Master EARTH Teachers" - in other words, would you be willing, interested in becoming a disseminator of EARTH materials/activities at a satellite EARTH workshop? And if so, how can MBARI help you in that effort?

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13. Identifying as a Scientist: Please rate the following statements.

  Strongly Disagree Disagree Not sure Agree Strongly Agree
Scientists usually like to go to their labs when they have a day off.
I would prefer to find out why something happens by doing an experiment rather than being told.
I enjoy reading about things which disagree with my previous ideas.
Scientists are about as fit and healthy as other people.
Doing experiments is not as good as finding out information from experts.
I dislike repeating experiments to check that I get the same results.
Scientists do not have enough time to spend with their families.
I would prefer to do experiments than to read about them.
I am curious about the world in which we live.
Scientists like sports as much as other people do.
I would rather agree with other people than do an experiment to find out for myself.
Finding out about new things is unimportant.
Scientists are less friendly than other people.
I like to listen to people whose opinions differ from mine.
Scientists can have a normal family life.
I would rather find out about things by asking an expert than by doing an experiment. 
I find it boring to hear about new ideas.
Scientists do not care about their working conditions.
I would rather solve a problem by doing an experiment than to be told the answer.
In science experiments, I like to use new methods which I have not used before.
Scientists are just as interested in art and music as other people.
It is better to ask an expert the answer than to find it out by doing experiments.
I am unwilling to change my ideas when evidence shows that the ideas are poor.
Few scientists are happily married. 
I would prefer to do an experiment on a topic than to read about it in a science magazine.
In science experiments, I report unexpected results as well as expected ones.
If you met a scientist, s/he would probably look like anyone else you might meet.
It is better to be told scientific facts than to find them out from experiments.
I dislike listening to other people's opinions. 

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14. Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions regarding the EARTH program. Or if you no longer want to be contacted by me, please let me know that as well.

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15. Bonus question: what do you think of the widget demo at the end? useful? Should we try to integrate into EARTH workshops or would it be distracting and/or take away from our interactions with researchers? 

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16. Please use this space to add anything else that you want - suggestions for improving, aspects that you didn't like, potential hosts that we might contact for future workshops, etc

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