EARTH Satellite Workshop
January 6, 2018 – Schedule
EARTH Workshops | Schedule | Lessons | Photos
Saturday—January 6, 2018
Location: Christension Professional Library, Flagstaff, AZ
| 0830 – 0900 | Housekeeping—Intro to each other, review agenda for the day, review paper work, intro to MBARI’s EARTH program and website, and Palmer LTER |
| 0900 – 0945 | EARTH Lesson—A Whale of a Roller Coaster |
| 0945 – 1100 | Presentation—Dr. Ari S. Friedlaender
Ari is an Associate Professor at Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute. Ari’s research focuses on developing new tags and tag sensors to study the underwater foraging behavior of marine mammals. Ari works around the world and on a number of species but his main focus is on humpback and minke whales in Antarctica, and blue and fin whales in California waters. Ari’s passion for research and education has helped lead to new visualization tools that can be shared with broader audiences and students of all ages. http://mmi.oregonstate.edu/ari-friedlaender |
| 1100 – 1200 | Review data, chat with scientists share ideas for a lesson plan |
| 1200 – 1400 | Working lunch—Write lesson |
| 1400 – 1500 | Share lesson plans, submit lesson plans and submit paperwork. Learn about youth poster session options at international science conferences |
| 1500 – 1530 | EARTH Lesson—Why are the Humpbacks Hanging Out? |
