The Coral Corsairs progress report summarizes their work on an educational outreach project about coral reefs. They have secured partnerships with a science museum and elementary school. For their classroom lesson, they need to finalize materials and a parent handout. Their coral reef float design is complete and they are collecting materials to construct it before the April 10th deadline. Communicating with partners and getting press for a fundraising event have been challenges, but partnering with a teacher at a local school provides an opportunity. Their timeline will help the group stay on track to complete goals.

1. Progress Report The Coral Corsairs Ashley Sanders Hillary Boynton Megan Leary Jennifer Williams Paige Randolph

2. Preview Progress to Date Things that need to be done Problems and Opportunities

3. Progress to Date Community Partner Progress Secured Ocean Explorium Visited the Explorium for float ideas and met with our contact person: Abbey Spargo Promotion for events Girls Interested in Real Life Science Blues for the Blue Fundraiser

4. Progress to Date Group Tasks Set weekly meeting times Team name and Logo Updated the wiki to show progress Classroom Involvement Secured a classroom and date

5. Progress to Date Float Design Came up with float design Decided on the materials needed Made prototype for the coral Decided on float “extras” (Tshirts, pins etc)

6. Tasks to be completed Classroom Create lesson plan Secure materials for activities Create flyer/handout for parents Group Tasks Get articles in newspaper Final presentation Finalize and lock the wiki

7. Tasks to be completed Float Collect all materials Meet to construct the float Make all extra items for parade Finalize all volunteers by contacting Jen Costa Deadline to construct float is April 10th

8. Problems and Opportunities Problems Getting an article in the Torch for the Blues for the Blue Too short of notice and would cost money In the future we will plan ahead more and send in a press release Communication with community partner Slow to respond- we will start to contact them more through the phone and face to face meetings Opportunities Elementary school Hillary’s sister is a teacher at a school in New Bedford Using this to our advantage to avoid logistical problems with other schools

9. Conclusion We feel that we are on track with our project so far and feel confident with our plans to complete our goals Our timeline gives us details on what we should be doing each week and when the deadlines are. This will be crucial to be successful Overall, we are excited to dig deeper into this project and we will be constantly searching for improvements to do the best job that we can do

10. Questions or Comments?