This year’s annual High School Challenge was focused on tsunamis. The SMILE student teams were given the huge task of developing a tsunami awareness campaign for the Oregon coast, creating a Public Service Announcement (PSA), plus interpretive advertising to exemplify their campaign themes and ideas.









All of the teams produced amazing work and even hosted their own campaign poster presentation to faculty and students at OSU, all in the space of 24 hours!








Thank you to everyone involved in this years challenge, it was a great success and we hope to see you all again next year!

 

The SMILE Program at Oregon State University hosted the High School Ocean Sciences Challenge at WOU and OSU Apr 17-18 2008.

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☺What is The SMILE Program?☺


The Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences (SMILE) Program is a pre-college science and math enrichment program for elementary, middle, and high school students in rural areas throughout Oregon.  The purpose of the program is to encourage educationally under-served students and those from schools with low high school graduation rates to pursue a higher education and career in science, math, health, engineering or teaching related fields.  Teachers in “SMILE” communities lead weekly after school clubs for SMILE students.


☺ What is the High School Challenge?☺


Each year the high school SMILE students attend an overnight ocean sciences challenge event at Oregon State University and Western Oregon University.  The purpose of the High School Challenge is to connect 9th – 12th grade SMILE students with the university environment and to provide enrichment activities in a supportive, team-based atmosphere, so that students feel like they have accomplished something substantial at college, and can start making plans for their future in college.  The curricular focus is scenario-based ocean satellite science, and is funded through the Cooperative Institute for Ocean Satellite Studies.  Approximately 100 students from 11 schools attend the challenge event.


Click the links below to check out the student’s PSAs!


Team 1

Team 2

Team 3

Team 4

Team 6

Team 7

Team 8

Team 9

Team 10

Team 11

Team 12


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Made by: Laura Dover (MS Marine Resource Management Student)
Ocean Science Coordinator
The SMILE  Program
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
Tel: (541) 737-9265 Fax: (541) 737-3554
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Click to see more challenge photos!Photos.html
TSUNAMI AWARENESS WHILE YOU ARE AT THE COAST! In case of a tsunami: Turn on your radio to learn if there is a tsunami warning if an earthquake occurs and you are in a coastal area Move inland to higher ground immediately and stay there Stay away from the beach. Never go down to the beach to watch a tsunami come in. If there is noticeable recession in water away from the shoreline you should move away immediately After a tsunami: Stay away from flooded and damaged areas until officials say it is safe to return Stay away from debris in the water; it may pose a safety hazard Save yourself - not your possessions (Taken from FEMA)http://www.fema.gov/hazard/tsunami/index.shtmshapeimage_22_link_0