2025 EARTH Pre-Workshop Survey

Section 1: Participant Information
1.Name
2.School/Institution
3.Role (e.g., high school teacher, informal educator)
4.Years of teaching experience
5.Grade levels and subjects you teach
Section 2: Background Knowledge & Practice
6.How familiar are you with MBARI and the EARTH program?
Not at all familiar
Slightly familiar
Somewhat familiar
Very familiar
Extremely familiar
7.How comfortable are you using scientific data in your teaching?
Not at all comfortable
Slightly comfortable
Somewhat comfortable
Very comfortable
Extremely comfortable
8.How many times have you used scientific datasets (e.g., NOAA, MBARI, NASA) in the past year?
9.Have you collaborated with scientists in your teaching?
10.If yes, please describe
Section 3: Baseline Skills & Confidence
11.Rate your understanding of the following:
Don't understand at all
Slightly understand
Somewhat understand
Mostly understand
Completely understand
How oceanographic data is collected
How to access and interpret real-time data
Aligning lessons with NGSS
12.How confident are you in your ability to:
Not confident at all
Slightly confident
Somewhat confident
Very confident
Extremely confident
Find and access ocean science datasets
Develop lesson plans using scientific data
Teach students to analyze and interpret data
Section 4: Goals & Expectations
13.What are your goals for attending the EARTH 2025 workshop?
14.What topics or skills are you most excited to learn about?
15.What challenges do you face using scientific data in your classroom?