SCUTES Educational Kit Evaluation

OMB Control No. 0690-0030, Expiration Date: 04/30/2014

12. How did you find out about the SCUTES educational kit? Check all that apply
 Colleagues
 NOAA representative

 Web Site
 Workshop
 NMEA conference  Other _____________________

13. Will you request a SCUTES educational kit in the future? Yes No
14. Would you recommend a SCUTES educational kit to other teachers? Yes No
15. What were the strengths of the SCUTES educational kit?

SCUTES Educational Kit Evaluation
Dear Educator,
We hope you and your students enjoyed the lessons on Atlantic sturgeon in the SCUTES
educational kit. We would greatly appreciate your feedback about the activities and your
experience with the kits. Your input will help us improve the SCUTES kit.
1. The following lessons are part of the SCUTES educational kit. Please check the box next to
all the lesson plans that you used with your students/participants.
□ Anatomy

□ History of
Sturgeon Fishery

□ Nets
□ Classification
□ Reproduction

□ Sampling Methods

□ Children’s Book

□ Sturgeon Life Cycle
& Striped Bass
Comparison

□ Humans and
Sturgeon

□ Catch Restrictions

16. How can we improve the SCUTES educational kit?

□ Marine Migratory
Species

□ Sturgeon and
Stream Tables

2. Did the activities you used meet the required curriculum standards for your
school/organization?
 Yes

 No

 Not Sure

17. What other SCUTES topics would you like to see included in future educational kits?
If no, which activities or lessons failed to meet the standards and why?
1. ________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________
School/Organization: ___________________________________________________________________
Dates Kit Used: _______________________________________________________________________

Please return this evaluation sheet with your kit or mail it to:
Kimberly Damon-Randall
NOAA Fisheries Service, Northeast Regional Office
55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2276

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3. Did you modify any of the lessons to fit your audience’s (i.e. students) needs?
 Yes

 No

If yes, how did you modify the activities or lessons?

4. In what class/grade(s) did you use SCUTES educational kit? ________________________

9. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the SCUTES website?

5. About how many students did you use the SCUTES educational kit with? _____________
6. Please rate your level of agreement with the following statements based on your
experience with the SCUTES educational kit.
The SCUTES educational kit
activities and lesson plans:

Strongly
Disagree

Disagree

Neither

Agree

Strongly
Agree

Had clear, easy to follow instructions.

1

2

3

4

5

Student/Participant Outcomes

Contained an adequate number of
supplies I needed to complete the
activities with my students.

1

2

3

4

5

The following questions are related to the impact of SCUTES on your students/participants:
10. To what extent did the SCUTES activities...

Were at an appropriate reading level
for students.

1

Had accurate estimated time frames
(if applicable).

1

Aligned well with my curriculum.

1

2

3

4

Kept the students’ interest.

1

2

3

Increased my confidence in teaching
students about Atlantic sturgeon.

1

2

3

2

3

4

5

No
Extent
2

3

4

Great
Extent

5
1

2

3

5

increase their knowledge about Atlantic
sturgeon?

4

5

increase their interest in Atlantic sturgeon?

1

2

3

4

5

increase their knowledge in marine
conservation?

1

2

3

increase their interest in marine conservation?

1

2

3

increase their perception of value on the
importance of protecting Atlantic sturgeon?

1

2

3

SCUTES Website
7. Did you and your students visit the SCUTES website
(http://www.nero.noaa.gov/prot_res/scutes) for information on Atlantic sturgeon while
participating in activities from the educational kit?
 Yes

Some
Extent

 No

If yes, which web pages did you incorporate into your lessons?
 Student’s Page
 Teacher’s Page
 Researcher Blog
 Sturgeon Information Page
 Tracker
8. Please share which activities or information from the web pages you think was most useful
in conducting the SCUTES activities.

11. Please describe an example of an event that supports the answer to one of the questions
in question #10.