Monterey Bay Aquarium

The Monterey Bay Aquarium will refocus and expand its professional development programs for teachers through a Teacher Institute Project. Over a three-year period, the aquarium will provide 450 teachers with new tools, skills, and support through fifteen year-long, grade-appropriate, teacher institutes. These teachers, in turn, will engage and inspire approximately 49,500 students to develop a connection to their local environment and gain the basic ocean science and critical thinking skills necessary to be effective citizens and ocean stewards. All teachers are also encouraged to participate in the aquarium’s online professional community, where they can network with their colleagues about their successes and roadblocks through wikis, blogs, and mentor connections.