Program Evaluation

Questionnaires

• At the end of the program, students, teachers and participating Odyssey crew members will be given a questionnaire to fill out, which will be evaluated by Cynde

Sample Questions -

For all participants

• What was the most exciting part of this program?
• What was the best part of the program?
• What was the weakest part of the program?
• What suggestions do you have for future use of resources?
  • Logs
  • Charts and maps
  • NOAA and NASA sites

For Teachers

• How could a DVD be used in the classroom?
• Is the DVD the best way to go as far as distributing material for your use?
• How can the Internet be used in the classroom?

For Crew members

• How much time did you spend answering questions?
• Do you feel it was a good use of time?
• If this is taken to a larger scale, how could we accommodate, or is it even possible?
• What other approaches could we take to keep the idea, but have better use of boat time?

For Students

• What was your reaction to getting to talk with Odyssey crewmembers?
• How has your understanding of sperm whale increased because of your involvement in this program?
• In what way did the worksheets help?
• Tell me about reading the logs? Did you understand them? Were they exciting? Were they boring?
• What was your favorite log and why?
• What was your favorite topic covered?
• Were the in-class activities beneficial to your understanding of whales? In what way?
• How did working in teams help you or hinder your exploration experience?
• If you had to design an experiment to study elephants, what are three steps you would take?
• Tell us how you felt about participating in a real-life, ongoing scientific research expedition.

"Ocean Encounters, Young Scientist - 'Where are the Whales' Program"
Designed by Cynde Bierman, Genevieve Johnson and Chris Johnson - February 2003.