Our Ocean is Trending
What we can learn about the ocean’s oxygen and chlorophyll levels by using GO-BGC and SOCCOM Floats.
What can students learn about the ocean’s oxygen and chlorophyll levels by using Argo and GO-BGC, and SOCCOM Floats? Students will learn how to access data from GO-BGC floats in order to analyze and compare properties such as dissolved nitrates, oxygen and chlorophyll levels. Through observing the diversity of factors that are found throughout the ocean basins. Students will be able to correlate how the ocean supports such a diversity of life and ecosystems.
Authors: Michelle Darguzas and Katie Lodes; EARTH 2022
Lesson Resources
- Lesson Plan
- Teacher background
- Teacher Copy of Lesson Plan and Answer Key
- Reference #1
- Reference #2
- Reference #3 [Slides]
Additional Resources
- New coastal profiling floats for diagnosing ocean health (Feb 2020)
- Explanation of Latitude and Longitude
