Schedule for the MBARI Ocean Observatories Workshop
June 24 – 28, 2009
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Housing for non-local participants is at the Casa Munras Hotel
Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Wednesday—Heritage Harbor
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| 0830 | Continental Breakfast—catering by Wild Plum Cafe and Bakery | |
| 0900 | Introductions to EARTH and each other Overview of goals and objectives of workshop (OOI, RA, IOOS, MARS, GOOS) |
George Matsumoto |
| 0915–0945 | Talk: The Central California Ocean Observing System (CenCOOS)
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Heather Kerkering |
| 0945–1015 | Interactive Multimedia Instructional Program | Matt Binder |
| 1045–1100 | Break | 1100–1200 | Web investigations into CenCOOS | Matt and Heather |
| 1200–1300 | Lunch | |
| 1315–1415 | Surface Currents—Lesson Plan Teacher’s Guide (MS Word | Adobe PDF) |
Heather Kerkering & Matt Binder |
| 1415–1515 | Activity using vector analysis and Google Maps Oil Spill Prediction Animation |
All |
| 1515–1530 | Break | |
| 1530–1630 | Rubric presentations
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All |
| 1630–1700 | Evaluation | Donna Reinhart |
| 1700–1900 | Dinner on your own | |
| 1900–2100 | Monterey Bay Aquarium—tour of Discovery Labs and opportunity to explore the Aquarium without the crowds |
Thursday—MBARI
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| 0800 | Breakfast (catering for the day by Southern Exposure) | |
| 0830 | Morning overview Theme: Current Events in the News/Classroom |
George Matsumoto |
| 0900–1000 | Talk: Mystery Spill!!—Harmful Agal Blooms (HABs)
Related reading: Bird Death Press Release |
Raphael Kudela |
| 1000–1015 | Break | 1015–1200 | Activity: HAB data | Heather and Raphael |
| 1200–1300 | Lunch | |
| 1315–1445 | Talk: Acoustics—what, why, and where? Data from Deep Echo-Integrating Marine Observatory System (DEIMOS); MBARI press release |
John Horne |
| 1445–1500 | Break (cookies and treats) | |
| 1500–1745 | Data presentation/discussion | All |
| 1745–1800 | Evaluation | Donna |
| 1800 | Dinner at MBARI
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Heather Kerkering |
Friday—MBARI
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| 0800 | Continental Breakfast | |
| 0830 | Morning debrief/overview Theme: Ocean Observatories |
George Matsumoto |
| 0900–1000 | Talk: Bioluminescence in the Ocean | Edie Widder |
| 1000–1030 | Discussion | All |
| 1030–1045 | Break | |
| 1045–1100 | Challenges of the Deep video premiere | Linda Kuhnz | 1100–1200 | Talk: ORCA’s Eye-in-the-Sea (EITS) on the EITS Annotation application |
Edie Widder and Erika Raymond |
| 1200–1245 | Lunch (catered by Erik's Deli) | |
| 1245–1345 | Brief tour of MBARI, EITS, and CeNCOOS | All |
| 1345–1445 | Talk: Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE) and Ocean Observing
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Amy Holt-Cline |
| 1445–1500 | Break | |
| 1500–1600 | Web exploration | All |
| 1600–1630 | Evaluation | Donna |
| 1830–2030 | Evening sail/wine
tasting onboard the Chardonnay II—we have room for 30 bodies |
Saturday—MBARI
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| 0800 | Breakfast (catering by Southern Exposure) | |
| 0830 | Morning debrief/overview Theme: Lesson Plan Development and Presentations |
George |
| 0900–1200 | Continued lesson plan development (Lesson Plan template—MS Word) |
All |
| 1200–1300 | Lunch | |
| 1300–1700 | Continued lesson plan development | All |
| 1700–1930 | Working Dinner
Continued lesson plan development |
All |