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Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations Lecture & Workshop – Nov 30 & Dec 3, 2011
Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI) website
Find C-DEBI on Facebook
Lecture by Dr. Jan Amend, University of Southern California, "Some Like it Hot…and Toxic"
Powerpoint presentation
Video of lecture by Jan Amend
Workshop Presentation by Dr. Katrina Edwards, University of Southern California, "Meet the Intra-terrestrials"
Powerpoint presentation
Video of the lecture by Katrina Edwards
Background
"The Power and Promise of the Ocean" by Susan Andrews, USC College Magazine
Power_of_ocean.pdf
"Evidence for Microbes in ocean basalts: Glass eating bacteria?" By Martin R. Fisk, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
"Colonization of subsurface microbial observatories deployed in young ocean crust" By Beth N. Orcutt, Wolfgang Bach, Keir Becker, Andres T. Fisher, Michael Hentscher, Brandy M. Toner, C Geoffrey Wheat and Katrina J Edwards
"Is Life Thriving Deep Beneath the Seafloor? Recent discoveries hint at a potentially huge and diverse subsurface biosphere". By Carl Wirsen, Oceanographer Emeritus Biology Department Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
"Evolution in Action: a 50,000-Generation Salute to Charles Darwin" By Richard E. Lenski
Lesson Plans and Activities
Ocean Zone Activity
Shipboard Connections and Expedition information
Timeline Activity
Size and Scale Activity
Microbial Garden
Animo Highschool Students Lesson Plans and power points
Grade 9
grade9_lesson_biology.pdf
Deep Sea Microbes 9th PPT.ppt
Grade 10
Grade 10_lesson plan_animo.pdf
Microbes 10th.ppt
Grade 11
Grade 11_lesson plan_Animo.pdf
Grade 11.ppt
QuikScience Project Summary
Animo Project Summary.pdf
QuikSCience Open PPT for all grades.ppt
Resources from workshop
Websites, articles, books, etc.
Three Domains of Life
Three domains of life.pdf
110 Misconceptions About the Ocean
Microbes: Life Beneath the Seafloor
Misconceptions
Glossary
Additional Resources
Adopt a Microbe
Redox Tower
Microbe Environments
Community Science, Nov 16, 2011
Definitions of Community Science
Lecture by Dr. Kristy Morris, Council for Watershed Health, "The Importance of Community Involvement in Watershed Monitoring"
Video
Powerpoint
Lecture by Edward Murphy, Heal the Bay, "Citizen Science: Connecting People to Place"
Video
Powerpoint
Glossary of terms
Community/citizen science links
Powerpoint to introduce Flurometer Project (PDF)
Community Science opportunities and
resources
Shorebird sister schools program
Volunteer Estuary Monitoring
Aquatic invasive species monitoring in CA
Tracing Invisible Patterns: Water Quality and Harmful Algal Blooms - November 5, 2011
Lectures
Dr. Anita Leinweber, UCLA, "Carbon and nutrient cycles in Santa Monica Bay, CA"
Presentation
Video
Link to video on Vimeo
Dr. Rebecca Shipe, UCLA, "Harmful algal bloom ecology and connections to biogeochemistry"
Presentation
Video
Link to video on Vimeo
Background – Watersheds and Estuaries
Dr. Rachel Kennison, UCLA, "Watersheds and Estuaries"
Dr. Rachel Kennison, UCLA "Southern California watersheds and estuaries: The link between land and sea"
Maps of Los Angeles County watersheds
Maps of the southern California coastline
Lesson Plans and Activities
Density Dynamics Activity
Watershed Activity
Groundwater Pollution Activity
Ocean Currents Activity
Ocean Observation Puzzles
Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Guiding Questions
SST Chlorophyll a Images
Upwelling Activity
Water Quality Datasheet
Resources from workshop
Websites, articles, books, etc.
Glossary
Misconceptions
Phytoplankton Guides:
Phytoplankton ID
Plankton Guide 1
Plankton Guide 2
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/COSEE-West Climate Day October 13, 2011
Climate Day features a variety of presentations by scientists and many activities for students. Here are two web sites teachers can use to help prepare students before Climate Day and to review what they have learned after the event:
This NSF-sponsored site provides a clear and well-organized introduction to the basic concepts of climate science, with examples and many illustrations http://www.cleanet.org/cln/climateliteracy.html
NASA's "Tips and Tricks for Teachers" provides links to several interactive web sites about climate science, all based on current research http://climate.nasa.gov/education/TipsandTricks/
Climate Day - Hands on activities (1280x720).mov
Suggested questions for class discussion:
How do scientists study climate change?
Why is the ocean an important influence on climate?
In what regions of the earth are the most rapid changes being observed?
What is the role of carbon dioxide in climate change?
How is climate related to the water cycle?
Ocean Observing System Summer Teacher Institute – Aug 1-5, 2011
This week-long workshop was created with the help of COSEE-Coastal Trends. This year was our fourth year hosting this workshop and our second year of our teacher exchange program that brought five participating teachers from Colorado. This workshop is designed to introduce middle and high school teachers to near real time data: where to find it, what it means, how to use it, and how it can be adapted for use in the classroom to teach about the scientific process, specifically analytical skills.
Here is the advertising flyer for this workshop.
The learning objectives for this week are here.
Lesson Plan Template
Tips on using data in your classroom
Tips for using real time data, COSEE-MA
Using Real Time Data Resource Guide
Guiding questions for studying graphs
Visual Representation of Data
Doing Data Analysis with students
Data and Graphing Lesson
Data for the above lesson
Mon, Aug 1 at University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Agenda
Lecture "Visualizing Data" by Gwen Noda, COSEE-West
Lecture "Ocean Observing System Systems" by Dr. Burt Jones, USC
Activity: Globe Toss
Activity: Ocean Observing Systems Puzzle
Activity: Exploring Ocean Observing Systems
Tues, Aug 2 at Ocean Institute, Dana Point
Agenda
Weather & Water 5th grade Program using SCCOOS
Activity: Temperature Range Investigation
Activity: Building Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)
Activity: Vertical Water Column Description
Wed, Aug 3 at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, San Pedro
Agenda
Lecture "Oceanic Studies via the Ship of Opportunity Program" by Carrie Wolfe, NOAA & SCMI
video Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (MOV)
powerpoint (PPT)
suggested websites (DOC)
NOAA website resources (PDF)
Lecture "Evolution of Technology is the World of Water Monitoring" by Adam Willingham, SCMI
video Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (MOV)
powerpoint (PPT)
Activity: Where are the Critters? & Scavenger Hunt
Activity: Surface Circulation
Southern California Bight
background information about the So Cal Bight
bathymetric map
surface current map
East Coast USA
bathymetric map 1
bathymetric map 2
sea surface temperature
Activity: Drifters & Datasheet
Water quality sampling datasheet
HOBO pendant datalogger specs
Thurs, Aug 4 at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
Agenda
Lecture "How satellites have revolutionized our understanding of the Earth: From Benjamin Franklin to Aquarius" by Jorge Vasquez, NASA JPL
video Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (MOV)
powerpoint (PPT or PDF)
NASA's Eyes on the Earth 3D interactive website
Tour of Eyes on the Earth 3D website
NASA's Global Climate Change Website: Tips & Tricks for Teachers
Fri, Aug 5 at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Agenda
Lecture "Carbon- and nutrient cycle in Santa Monica Bay, CA" by Anita Leinweber, UCLA
video Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (MOV)
powerpoint (PPT or PDF)
Lecture "Harmful Algal Bloom Ecology and connections to Biogeochemistry" by Rebecca Shipe, UCLA
video Part 1, Part 2 (MOV)
powerpoint (PPT or PDF)
Activity:
Temperature Density Salinity Conversion Chart
Websites from 1 minute presentations
Other resources
Ocean's Music: Climate's Dance, poster & activities from JPL
Voyage on the High Seas board game, Jason-1 oceanic adventure
Background information on Jason-1
OOS Overview
Instruments and what they measure
Ocean Observing Systems Primer, BRIDGE
OOS Workshop Resources 2011
Real Time Data Resources from Ocean Observing Systems
Ocean Gazing podcast, episode 1
Satellites
NASA JPL Photojournal: images of Earth
Construct a satellite activity
Aquarius, sea surface salinity
Buoys and Drifters
Ready, Set, Drift! Activity, NOAA
NDBC Santa Monica Buoy Lesson
Investigating Ocean Currents: Plotting Buoy Data
Field Studies & Weather Observations
Field studies overview/rationale
Ocean Globe Brochure
Water Quality Parameters Information Sheet
Water Quality Parameter Description
Water Quality Observation Guide
Dissolved Oxygen Chart
Introducing Salinity
The Process of Science, Nature of Science, Bogus websites
The process of science: interactive, UC Berkeley
The process of science: static/printable, UC Berkeley
How Science Works, UC Berkeley
The Nature of Science, UC Berkeley
A guide to critique a website/resource
Beware of "imposter" science/websites
Judging the Quality of Science
Graphing with Excel Tutorials
Mac Excel 2004 quick reference
Mac Excel 2008 quick reference
PC Excel 2010 quick reference
How to make a line graph Excel 2003 or 2004
Data for the above exercise
How to make a line graph Excel 2007
Data for the above exercise
Participants are working on their lesson plans that were inspired by this workshop. They will be posted here when they are completed.
Tiny but toxic! Harmful algal blooms: science, technology and you! Online Workshop - Mar 21 - Apr 8, 2011
Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) & Ocean Observing System (OOS) Website Resources
Week 1
HAB Misconceptions
HABs vocabulary
Harmful Algal Bloom Lesson written by Beth Jewell and Cary Lopez
Brochure on harmful algae in the Great Lakes published by Ohio Sea Grant
Reference information about HABs in the US, including a very useful table on page 10, 2008
Week 2
Sea surface temp and chlorophyll a for 8 consecutive days in March 2002 and guiding questions
World phytoplankton distribution from NASA SEAWIFS showing the concentrations in coastal areas and at mid and high latitudes.
Useful overview of ocean observing equipment that is in a format easy to use with students.
A lesson plan to introduce students to the basics of ocean observing systems.
A bulletin from NOAA about a bloom in the Gulf of Mexico. It includes a colorful satellite image color-coded for chlorophyll.
Information page about HABs
Here are some fact sheets generated by the credit participants about different pieces of technology used to study HABs. They can be used to introduce students to some of the equipment and methods scientists have available to investigate their research questions.
SlocumGliderCOSEE HABs workshop.pdf
Remote sensing satellites.pdf
Water Monitoring Buoys.pdf
Satellites & HABs.pdf
The EcoMapper.pdf
Week 3
Scholarly article on marine birds and HABs with the intriguing suggestion that the birds may be able to learn to avoid consuming toxic algae. Shumway, S.E., Allen, S.M., Boersma, P.D. 2003. Marine Birds and harmful algal blooms: sporadic victims or under-reported events? Harmful Algae 2:1-17.
Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations Lecture & Workshop - Mar 23 & 26, 2011
Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI) website
Find C-DEBI on Facebook
Lecture by Dr. Jason Sylvan, University of Southern California, "Intra-Terrestrials: Scientific Discovery in the Subseafloor"
"It's cold in the cold room!" blog by Dr. Jason Sylvan
Workshop Presentation by Dr. Anand Patel, University of Southern California, " Bacteria and Viruses Under the Deep Seafloor; Who Are They and How Do They Make a Living?"
Background
"The Power and Promise of the Ocean" by Susan Andrews, USC College Magazine
How to access Scientific Ocean Drilling Data and Publications (PDF)
Microbes: Life beneath the seafloor
(PDF)
You can see the entire Summer 2005 issue of NESTA's 'The Earth Scientist' here (PDF)
DNA structure & genes to proteins (PDF)
FISH background (PDF)
Lesson Plans and Activities
Book bits (PDF)
X Marks the Spot (PDF)
Exploring Cores
(PDF)
Details about the cores (PDF)
Core Section Curation (PDF)
Historical Places to Plot
(PDF)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge Microbiology Expedition (PDF)
World Map (doc)
A Bit of Engineering
(PDF)
Adaptation of A Bit of Engineering (PDF)
FLOCS samplers (PDF)
Microfishing (PDF)
Which Microbe are You?
Tagging a Microbe (PDF)
Microbial Loop
Resources
Websites, articles, books, etc.
Misconceptions
Glossary
Relative sizes of Microbes
Adopt a Microbe
Exploring Water Issues Workshop – Feb 26, 2011
Lecture by Dr. John Dorsey, Loyola Marymount University, "Curbing Urban Runoff" (MOV)
Concurrent sessions of the workshop:
Abalone Restoration (aquaculture)
Glossary (PDF)
Abalone images
Culture of Abalone (PDF) from "California's Living Marine Resources: A Status Report" which can be found online in its entirety here.
Green Abalone
Highlights about species (PDF)
Detailed info about species (PDF)
California Abalone Aquaculture, UC Davis (PDF)
Desalination
Presentation by Darryl Ramos-Young, Education Coordinator for West
Basin Municipal Water District (MOV)
Selected Glossary (PDF)
Ocean-Water Desalinization (PDF)
Native Plant Nursery
Adapted from Longcore, T. (ed.). 2005. Beach Bluffs Restoration Project Master Plan. Beach Bluffs Restoration Project Steering Committee, Redondo Beach, California. (PDF) which can be found online in its entirety here.
Algalita Plastics and Plankton Analysis
Glossary (PDF)
Glossary for plastics in the environment (PDF)
Studying Plastic Debris
Protocol for sorting water samples for plastic (DOC)
Plankton/plastic sorting data sheet (XLS)
Color data sheet (XLS)
Contact information for our workshop partners
WaterWorks: A Newsletter for Teachers, Jan 2011, from West Basin
Harmful Algal Bloom Lectures - Feb 16, 2011
Lecture by Adriane Jones "Ecology of a Harmful Algal Bloom in a Fresh Water Ecosystem" (MOV) (PDF)
Lecture by Erica Seubert "Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning in California" (MOV) Slides (PDF)
Glossary of terms related to their lectures (PDF)
Background
The Caron Lab Research
Phytoplankton, Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Biotoxins
Lesson Plans and Activities
What Microbe Are YOU? from C-MORE
Fun quiz for K-5 and 6th&up. Both are available as online interactive & printable flipbook (english and spanish).
Microbe relationship tree of the microbes in the quiz (PDF)
Getting to Know Phytopia (CD)
An introduction (PDF)
Phyto Factors, introductory movie:
worksheet (PDF)
answer key (PDF)
Bloom Tool, Phytopia: Discovery of the Marine Ecosystem:
worksheet (PDF)
answer key (PDF)
How to get a copy of the Phytopia CD
Resources
Websites, articles, books, etc. (PDF)
Misconceptions: Red Tides vs. Harmful Algal Blooms (PDF)
Glossary (PDF)
HABs related CA Science Education Standards & Ocean Literacy (PDF)
Clearing the Air about the Ocean and Climate Workshop - Jan 29, 2011
Lecture by Dr. Joshua Willis, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (MOV)
For Background and Resources related to this topic, please see "Global Warming Guaranteed: What the oceans tell us about climate change - Jan 26, 2011"
Lesson Plans and Activities
Globe Toss
Climate System
Background: Climate Models
Make your own jigsaw puzzle from this image: Left half, Right half
Land ice vs. Sea ice
Thermal Expansion
Notes on heat and water
Activity
Greenhouse Effect
Background: What Factors Impact a Greenhouse?
Demonstration
Data collected during workshop
Albedo & Reflectivity
Demonstration
Data collected during workshop
Image observation & Discussion: Sea Surface Temperature & heat transport
Ocean Currents & Sea Surface Temperature Activity
World Ocean Map
Ocean Surface Currents Map
Sea Surface Temperature Image: East Coast USA, West Coast USA
Global Sea Surface Temperature Image
El Nino & La Nina
Rose Colored Glasses Activity
Satellite images
Heat Capacity
Background
Demonstration
Data collected during workshop
NASA Eyes on the Earth 3D
Global Warming Guaranteed: What the oceans tell us about climate change - Jan 26, 2011
Lecture by Dr. Joshua Willis, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (MOV)
Background
Ocean and Climate, NASA
La Nina and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation Cool the Pacific, 2008
Lesson Plans and Activities
Fireproof balloon (with video)
Sea Ice, Glaciers, and Sea Level Rise lesson
Temperature Changes: Atmosphere & Ocean, from Ocean Globe
Resources
Websites, articles, books, etc. (PDF)
Misconceptions
"Children's misconceptions about weather: A review of the literature", by Laura Henriques, CSULB. Entire article can be found here:
Common Misconceptions about Climate and Climate Change, CIRES Education & Outreach
Glossary (PDF)
Related CA State Science Standards and Ocean Literacy and Climate Literacy Principles (PDF) |
