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Ocean Observations in the Classroom - Dec 1, 2007
PowerPoint Presentation by Dr. George Matsumoto, Senior Education & Research Specialist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
Ocean Observatories: What are they, where are they, and how can you use them? (PPT)
Background Information
Santa Monica Bay Observatory
MBARI EARTH: Education and Research: Testing Hypotheses
What are Ocean Observatories?
What is a Coastal Ocean Observatory? Major Components (COSEE-Mid-Atlantic)
Why do we need them?
Seeding the Seafloor with Observatories (from Oceanus, vol 42, no 2, 2004)
Going Wireless in the Deep Blue (from Oceanus, Jan 11, 2006)
Will the Ocean Circulation Be Unbroken? (from Oceanus, Oct 31, 2007)
The Way Forward on IOOS (from Marine Technology Reporter, Oct. 2007)
(PDF)
Lesson Plans
What’s in a Name? Scientific American, Oct 25, 2004, by Christine Soares
EARTH: Classification Lessons
Hardware (Office Supply) Sort
Local Animal Sort
Classifying Deep-Sea Organisms
Resources
Santa Monica Bay Observatory (SMBO);
Ocean Observing Systems (OOS) (PDF)
Public Health Issues in Coastal Waters Lecture - Nov 28, 2007
ARCHIVED LECTURE by Dr. Mark Gold, President of Heal the Bay (Quicktime)
We will be known by the junk we throw away (PDF)
By Steve Lopez, LA Times, Sept 12, 2007
Why replace plastic grocery bags with reusable bags? (PDF)
Feds want to survey, possibly clean up vast garbage pit in Pacific (PDF)
By Justin Berton, San Francisco Chronicle, Oct 30, 2007
Resources (PDF)
Catch On! Fish Contamination, Bioaccumulation, & Healthy Fishing – June 2007
Related Articles & Background Information
Map of southern California Bight
Waiting for the DDT tide to turn (PDF)
By Marla Cone, Los Angeles Times, Jan 2007
PCBs – Still an issue three decades later (PDF)
By Jenny Sterling, Nov/Dec 2004, Southwest Hydrology, p 8-9
Contaminated Fish Report Released (PDF) Currents (The Newsletter of Heal the Bay), vol 21, no 2, 2007, p. 2
Restoration Efforts
Executive Summary of the Montrose Settlement Restoration Program (PDF)
Produced by the Natural Resource Trustees, July 2006
Restoration plan aims to undo ocean pollution (PDF)
By Lee Peterson, Daily Breeze, April 11, 2005
Catalina denied funds for bald eagle project (PDF)
By Merrilee Madrigal, Associated Press, June 25, 2005
Ecological Impact of DDT and Recovery
Fighting For Foxes (PDF)
By Adele Conover and Andrew Curry, Smithsonian Magazine, 2004
Friends of the Island Fox website
A fine day for the eagle-eyed (PDF)
By Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times April 29, 2007
Falcon chicks found for first time in 50 years (PDF)
By Times Staff and Wire Reports, Los Angeles Times April 27, 2007
Resources
Glossary (PDF)
Resources List (websites)
Pipette Training Lesson (PDF)
World Ocean Day
Petition – help convince the United Nations to declare June 8 as World Ocean Day! Action List – What you can do to help the ocean
Lecture on Domoic Acid by Dr. Dave Caron - May 2007 (Santa Monica Pier Aquarium) (Quicktime)
International Polar Year Online Workshop - April 15 – 28, 2007
General Polar Resources
Polar Resources aimed at:
Elementary Grades
Middle Grades
Secondary Grades
Polar Regions - March 2007
Lecture 26 - Dr. Robin Ross, Krill in the Southern Ocean (College of Exploration Website)
Activities for ALL
Polar Websites – Computer exploration (PDF)
Unobtrusive Observer aka The Spy Who Went Out in the Cold (PDF)
Adapted from this website
Data Sheet (Excel)
A Penguin Foraging Simulation Game (PDF)
Adapted from the Los Marineros Curriculum Guide, a marine science curriculum available from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Our version is adapted from this website
Data Sheet (Excel)
Elementary
Polar Bear Panic!
Background articles
Too Far To Swim
Strange Behavior by Polar Bears
What has been happening to polar bears in recent decades
Secondary
Mark & Recapture (PDF)
Adapted from this website
Data Sheet (Excel)
Related Articles
Teachers, Students to Celebrate International Polar Year NSTA Reports, March 2007
Low Life, Classroom Antarctic, Australian Antarctic Division
Krill Conservation
People might need to pay more attention to the conservation of krill around Antarctica. By Emily Laughnan, Earthwatch Radio, 24 Feb 2005
Melting Ice and Meals Lost
The menu for animals in Antarctica seems to be getting smaller as temperatures go up. By Emily Laughnan, Earthwatch Radio, 10 Feb 2005
The Cost of Killing Krill
By Virginia Gascon Gonzales & Rudolfo Werner Kinkelin, Taipei Times, Nov 2006
Marine Life Grows Where Antarctic Ice Collapsed
By MSNBC staff and news service reports, Feb 2007
Current Events off Antarctica
By Hugh Powell, Oceanus: WHOI Online Magazine, March 2007
Krill: Untapped Bounty from the Sea?
By William M. Hamner, National Geographic Magazine, 1984, 165(5), p626-643.
Behavior of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba): schooling, foraging, & antipredatory behavior
By William M. Hamner & Peggy P. Hamner, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2000, 57(Suppl.3), p192-202.
Long-term decline in krill stock and increase in salps within the Southern Ocean
By Atkinson A, Slegel V, Pakhomov E, Rothery P. 2004. Nature 432, p100-103.
Boom and Bust in a Polar Hot Zone
Polar Science News by Erik Stokstad. 16 March 2007. Science 315, p1522-1523.
Resources
Fast Facts Antarctica (PDF)
Fast Facts Krill
Fast Facts the Arctic (PDF)
Glossary (PDF)
Resources List Antarctica: Websites, Books, Videos (PDF)
Additional Resources List the Arctic: Websites, Books, Videos (PDF)
California Science Standard Correlations for the lessons of this lecture and workshop (Excel)
Images of Antarctica - Peggy Hamner
PDF
PowerPoint
To access more resources from our International Polar Year Online Workshop (April 2007), click this link.
Coral Reefs and Coral Reef Ecosystems – February & March 2007
Curriculum Guides
MacGillivray Freeman’s Coral Reef Adventure Teacher’s Guide
Including:
Reef Partners Wanted
Protecting the Reef is More Than Just a Game
The Silt and Sediment of it All
Coral Reefs (available in English and Spanish)
Elementary
Sock Anemone
Spud Sharks (Aquarium of the Pacific)
Secondary
Coral Cores: Ocean Timelines (from Flower Garden Banks NMS) (PDF)
Background information for Coral Cores:
“Coral Coring in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary – A Collaborative Effort”, July 2005
“Ancient Corals May Reveal Future of Stronger Monsoons and Harsher Droughts”, Jan 17 2007
Cool Corals (from NOAA Ocean Explorer) (PDF)
Related Articles
Shifting Baselines: Slow-Motion Disaster in the Sea By Randy Olson, modified from original article in LA Times, Nov 2002
Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems By Jeremy B.C. Jackson et al., 2001, Science, V. 293, pg. 629-630
Coral Bleaching and Disease Deliver “One-Two Punch” to Coral Reefs in the US Virgin Islands, National Park Service, October 2006 (PDF)
The Dangers of Ocean Acidification By Scott C. Doney, 2006, Scientific American March 2006, pg. 58-65
Tiny Polyps Gorge Themselves to Survive Coral Bleaching
Corals’ adaptive response to climate change By Andrew C. Baker, Craig J. Starger, Tim R. McClanahan and Peter W. Glynn. 2004, Nature. V. 430, p 741
Marine Protected Areas and Reserves are Vital Conservation Tools By Amy M. Amos, 1998, Gulf of Mexico Science, No. 2, pg. 233-234
Balancing Resource Utilization with Resource Protection: The Flower Garden Banks Marine Sanctuary—A Success Story By Robert Moran, 1998, Gulf of Mexico Science, No. 2, pg. 234-237
Resources
Fast Facts (PDF)
Glossary (PDF)
Resources List: Websites, Books, Videos (PDF)
Climate Change and Ocean Currents Workshop - January & February 2007
Lecture 24 - Dr. Yi Chao, Changing Climate and the California Coastal Ocean (College of Exploration Website)
"Satellite Oceanography: from Concept to Implementation and Launch": a presentation by Dr. Yi Chao, Jet Propulsion Laboratory" at the workshop on Feb. 3, 2007
Elementary Activities
El Nino Skit by Annie Richardson
JASON-1 Board Game
Secondary Activities
“Nike Shoes Investigation”
Background Information on Nike Shoes and Rubber Ducks (PDF)
A Field Method for Studying Surface Currents from the Shore, and Using the SMBO and SCOOS Data Portals to Help Examine Surface Currents by Robert Perry (PDF)
Currents: Moving Water, background FOR SEA (PDF)
Currents: Moving Water, student handout FOR SEA (PDF)
Related Articles
NASA Satellites Help Improve Ocean Condition Forecasts - 1/29/04
Science - El Nino/La Nina - Learn More About It
NASA Data Captures El Nino's Return in the Pacific
El Nino Builds, Warm Kelvin Wave Surges Toward South America
Science – Pacific Decadal Oscillation – Learn More About It
Pacific Decadal Oscillation Packs a One-Two Punch
The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt
Avoiding the Big Chill: Some scientists say global warming could produce local cooling in Europe and North America.
The Hot and Cold Cycle of Life: A warmer world could change the temperature of the ocean, and that could have profound consequences for marine plants and animals.
Illinois Professor to Address Global Warming at Book Launching
Resources
Fast Facts (PDF)
Glossary (PDF)
Resources List: Websites, Books, Videos (PDF) |
