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Kate Florio started the forum topic Opportunity to try new middle school curriculum on climate change in the group
Ross Sea Connection: 1 year agoTeachers, Lawrence Hall of Science is looking for middle school science teachers interested in being involved in field trials of the upcoming GEMS/MARE Ocean Sciences Sequence for Grades 6–8 focused on climate change. Check out their announcement for details, and how to get involved if you’re interested:…[Read more]
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Kate Florio wrote a new blog post: Sea 3-D 1 year ago
Developed by: Kate Florio, Katie Gardner, Cathy Yehas, Aly Busse Download the pdf of this lesson Topic: Establish the three-dimensional nature of ocean habitats, and expand to idea that there is not a uniform temperature and salinity throughout the ocean. Audience: Grades 5 – 8 Length: 45 minutes NJ State Standards: 5.1.8.B – Generate…[Read more] -
Kate Florio wrote a new blog post: The Carbon Cycle Game 1 year ago
Developed by: Kate Florio, Katie Gardner Download the pdf of this lesson Topic: Introduce students to the importance of carbon and its cycling between the living and nonliving parts of the ecosystem and earth system. Audience: Grades 8 – 12 Length: 20 to 45 minutes NJ State Standards: 5.4.G – Biogeochemical cycles Objectives: Students will…[Read more] -
Kate Florio commented on the blog post A Cupful of Smelly Gooey Phytoplankton 1 year, 3 months ago
I love a “styrocast”! I have one from the SSV Robert C. Seamans off of Hawaii. Sadly we didn’t do one on the R/V Knorr. Is the phytoplankton team growing Phaeocystis in any of the culture experiments? If collecting from this bloom, do you plan to grow the assemblage as it is (diatoms and Phaeocystis [...]
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Kate Florio posted on the forum topic Schedule for Live Calls in the group
Ross Sea Connection: 1 year, 3 months agoLori,
You have a few chemistry ones in the initial batch, so that will be good! We don’t know yet which scientists will be on the call but they have all been great at answering all the questions.
-Kate
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Kate Florio posted on the forum topic What we are doing at EMS in the group
Ross Sea Connection: 1 year, 3 months agoLori,
Thank you for sharing! The site looks great. Looking forward to talking to you on Wednesday,
-Kate
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Kate Florio posted on the forum topic Schedule for Live Calls in the group
Ross Sea Connection: 1 year, 3 months agoWith one call down and eight more to go, here’s hoping the weather cooperates with the rest! Here is the schedule for the remaining calls (there is a small change from the original schedule). As always, you are welcome to listen in on as many calls as you like; please check this thread for any [...]
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Kate Florio posted on the forum topic My wife is coming home fron the Oden in the group
Ross Sea Connection: 1 year, 3 months agoScott,
Thanks for sharing! Thanks for the link, Sage. I’m looking through the journals to see what research the Oden was doing!
-Kate
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Kate Florio wrote a new blog post: Design an Aquarium Exhibit 1 year, 3 months ago
Developed by: Cathy Yehas, Aly Busse, Katie Gardner Download the pdf of this lesson Topic:Introduce the different species that depend on different physical & biological properties (temperature, salinity, sunlight, food, habitat) in the ocean and how they move to find their ideal habitat. Audience: Grades 5 – 8 Length: 45 to 60 minutes NJ State…[Read more] -
Kate Florio uploaded the file: PowerPoint for Data Lesson to
Ross Sea Connection 1 year, 4 months agoThese are the visuals for the lesson introducing Sea Surface Temperature data, the data puzzles, and the data and worksheets needed for the student activity.
The last five slides are the worksheets, an answer key showing what the plotted poins should like like, and one possible solution you can use as an example. You will need the worksheet…[Read more]
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Kate Florio deleted the file: Data Lesson – Piloting a Glider from
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Kate Florio uploaded the file: Data Lesson – Piloting a Glider to
Ross Sea Connection 1 year, 4 months agoThis is the lesson we did on Monday afternoon, where we looked at Sea Surface Temperature data to make decisions about where to send a glider. I have updated it just a little to hopefully make the process a little more clear.
You can follow this as written, with the figures in the PowerPoint (also posted, DataLesson_PilotingAGlider.ppt) to…[Read more]
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Kate Florio posted on the forum topic Ross Sea Resources in the group
Ross Sea Connection: 1 year, 4 months agoHi everyone, Lori contacted me looking for some animations of the Slocum gliders. I found a couple of videos that might be helpful so I wanted to share them here. Here is an animation of a glider diving: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFyu3Lm_xlM This one can also be seen on the Atlantic Crossing Mission Blog. Also here is a [...]
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Kate Florio started the forum topic Photos from the teacher workshop August 9-13 in the group
Ross Sea Connection: 1 year, 6 months agoHello all! You have probably seen Chris Linder’s blog post with the great photos from our week this summer. If not, go check the blog now! You can find some more photos, taken by Katie, Warren, Anthony, and I in the COSEE-NOW flickr set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cosee-now/sets/72157625403011676/ If any of you took photos you’d like to [...]
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Kate Florio started the forum topic Schedule for Live Calls in the group
Ross Sea Connection: 1 year, 6 months agoThank you, everyone, for your patience as we work out the logistics for the Live Calls to the Ross Sea. Based on the survey data we have created the following schedule: Wednesday, January 26, 2010 1:00PM Thursday, January 27, 2010 12:00PM noon Tuesday, February 1, 2010 1:00PM Wednesday, February 2, 2010 12:00PM noon Friday, February [...]
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Kate Florio posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 6 months ago
In reply to: Laura Dunbar uploaded the file: The Team Info for printing or bulletin board use to Ross Sea Connection I’m putting together a bulletin board of info (old school, I know) but it helps my students and looks cool. […] ViewVery nice! Thanks for posting this!
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Kate Florio wrote a new blog post: Ships, Ocean, and Satellites (S.O.S.) 1 year, 6 months ago
Developed by: Katie Gardner, Aly Busse, Cathy Yehas Download the pdf of this lesson Topic: Using data to exploring spatial changes in seawater properties in the surface ocean. Audience: Grades 6 – 8 (Expandable to 12 th) Length: 45 minutes NJ State Standards: 5.1.8.B – Generate scientific evidence through active investigations. 5.1.8.D –…[Read more] -
Kate Florio uploaded the file: Limiting Nutrient – Worksheet – original to
Ross Sea Connection 1 year, 8 months agoThis is the original worksheet we used on Tuesday to calculate the limiting nutrient in our water samples.
I am aware this was very confusing for some people, but am posting it here for posterity. For your reference again, please remember that PAGE TWO is a set of EXAMPLES designed to lead students through the calculation step by step. The…[Read more]
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Kate Florio uploaded the file: Limiting Nutrient – Lesson Plan – original, slightly modified to
Ross Sea Connection 1 year, 8 months agoThis is the lesson plan for testing water samples for nitrate, phosphate, and iron using the test kits you were provided with.
It is the same as you have in your binders, EXCEPT i have ADDED as the final pages, the simplified instructions for each kit. You may print these out to place at a station, pass out to each table along with reagents,…[Read more]
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