The 2022 workshop was held July 25-29 in Seattle, WA, co-hosted by the Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array (GO-BGC), a project funded by the US National Science Foundation to build and deploy a global network of chemical and biological sensors that will monitor ocean health. This new network of floats will collect data on the chemistry and the biology of the ocean from the surface to a depth of 2,000 meters, and will allow scientists to pursue fundamental questions concerning ocean ecosystems, observe ocean health and productivity, and monitor the elemental cycles of carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen in the ocean through all seasons of the year. During this workshop, educators work with active researchers to explore current science and/or engineering research, data, and conclusions. The educators are given time to develop their own curricula using the knowledge from these explorations and their own experiences to create classroom lessons tied to the abilities of their own students as well as current education standards and pedagogy. The teachers also develop connections with each other and with the researchers that assist them in expanding their classroom reach across the country. The application period for the 2022 workshop is now closed. Applications, including all supporting materials, were due by 8:00 am PST on February 7, 2022 for the summer workshop. Date July 25 - 29, 2022 Location University of WashingtonSeattle, WA Co-Host Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array (GO-BGC) Lesson Plans Float Away… How do we study the ocean? This lesson is intended as an introduction to the use of floats in the ocean. Students will create a comic strip based on how we can measure the ocean with a float. Floating with PUPCYCLE This activity allows students to incorporate data visualization skills to explore some of the data used to identify highly productive regions. Students will compare BGC-Argo Float data (e.g., chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen) to Satellite data (e.g., chlorophyll) Graphing pH Students will explore the topic of ocean acidification. They will construct, analyze and interpret a pH graph. Graphing Temperature Students will construct, analyze, and interpret real data from a profiling float in the ocean. Students will explore ocean temperature trends and climate change. Making the Invisible Visible Students will be analyzing the spectrogram of an ocean soundscape and create their own spectrogram with a song of their choice. Ocean Checkup—How Do You Measure the Health of the Ocean Students will compare dissolved oxygen and chlorophyll a data collected at 3 different locations by Argo floats. Ocean Data GOES from Space Argo the Sea In this lesson, students will compare and contrast satellite data to float data. Our Ocean is Trending 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. Phytoplankton + Productivity 5E Students will be analyzing select GO-BGC float data to find a connection between chlorophyll-a and dissolved oxygen Profiling Phytoplankton Students will learn about different phytoplankton and what impacts their distribution by building a water column representing the Southern Ocean. The Ocean Does the Robot In this introductory lesson, students will become familiar with accessing and reading float data. EARTH 2022 participants at the UW Float Lab Schedule Sunday, July 24 Monday, July 25 Tuesday, July 26 Wednesday, July 27 Sunday, July 24 Add table Monday, July 25 Add table Tuesday, July 26 Add table Wednesday, July 27 Add Table Presenters George Matsumoto MBARI Suggested Resources Presentation Slides Educational VR Applications Database Introduction to Learning in the Metaverse – PDF (April 2022) The Promise of Immersive Learning – PDF (August 2021) Oculus Cheat Sheet (2020) John Ryan MBARI Suggested Resources Presentation Slides Ocean Soundscape MBARI Soundscape Listening Room Pacific Ocean Sound Recordings Pacific Sound Quickstart Monitor My Ocean Sanctuary Soundscape Monitoring Project (SanctSound) Discovery of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS) Ocean Sound and Impact of Noise Resource Collection Related Lessons: Seeing Sound – EARTH 2015 Can You Hear Me Now? – EARTH 2015 Sounds in the Ocean – NOAA Fisheries Amber Phillips MBARI Presentation Slides Hannah Joy-Warren UW/CICOES Suggested Resources Presentation Slides EcoTaxa (repository of phytoplankton and zooplankton images) MODIS/Aqua Ocean Color Level 3 browser NASA WorldView NASA Earth Observatory Global Maps Climate.gov Teaching Climate USGS Earth Explorer NASA EarthData Background Reading Phytoplankton dynamics in a changing Arctic Ocean (Ardyna & Arrigo, 2020) Light Is the Primary Driver of Early Season Phytoplankton Production Along the Western Antarctic Peninsula (Joy-Warren, 2019) Widespread phytoplankton blooms triggered by 2019–2020 Australian wildfires (Tang et al, 2020) Wildfires enhance phytoplankton production in tropical oceans (Liu et al, 2022) Observations of Phytoplankton Community Composition in the Santa Barbara Channel During the Thomas Fire (Kramer et al, 2020) Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Stimulated by Wildfire Emissions and Sustained by Iron Recycling (Weir et al, 2022) GO-BGC Connections: Ocean’s breath: Autonomous robotic floats measure seasonal cycles in the ocean (Video) Diatom nutient uptake and reproduction (Video) GO-BGC Science Webinar 2: Understanding ecological dynamics using BGC-Argo data (Video) Robotic floats provide new look at ocean health and global carbon cycle (Article: August 16, 2021) Jon Sharp NOAA PMEL/UW/CICOES Suggested Resources Presentation Slides eWOCE Gallery Ocean Data View download WDP Bottle Data GO-SHIP Website CCHDO Cruise Data Ocean Data View Documentation World Ocean Atlas gridded data Mar Arroyo NOAA PMEL/UCSC Suggested Resources Presentation Slides eWOCE Gallery Ocean Data View download WDP Bottle Data GO-SHIP Website CCHDO Cruise Data Ocean Data View Documentation World Ocean Atlas gridded data Marin Cornec NOAA PMEL Suggested Resources Presentation Slides Simons CMAP website BGC-Argo website Fleet Monitoring Euro Argo website Plankton Chronicles documentary series Related Lessons: BATS & HOT DOGS – EARTH 2008 Yang Xiang NOAA PMEL/UW/CICOES Suggested Resources Presentation Slides Simons CMAP website BGC-Argo website Fleet Monitoring Euro Argo website Station ALOHA (or HOT) bottle data Station BATS bottle data Station BATS pigments (chlorophyll) data Plankton Chronicles documentary series Related Lessons: BATS & HOT DOGS – EARTH 2008 Nina Buzby UW Suggested Resources Presentation Slides Ocean Productivity Monthly NPP Comparisons Simons CMAP Visualization: Charts and Plots Related Lessons: Heating H2O: The Chemistry of Sea Level Rise (California Academy of Sciences) Modeling Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration (California Academy of Sciences) Photosynthesis Seen From Space (California Academy of Sciences) Resources: Red Cabbage Extract Greg Brusseau UW Steve Riser UW
Float Away… How do we study the ocean? This lesson is intended as an introduction to the use of floats in the ocean. Students will create a comic strip based on how we can measure the ocean with a float.
Floating with PUPCYCLE This activity allows students to incorporate data visualization skills to explore some of the data used to identify highly productive regions. Students will compare BGC-Argo Float data (e.g., chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen) to Satellite data (e.g., chlorophyll)
Graphing pH Students will explore the topic of ocean acidification. They will construct, analyze and interpret a pH graph.
Graphing Temperature Students will construct, analyze, and interpret real data from a profiling float in the ocean. Students will explore ocean temperature trends and climate change.
Making the Invisible Visible Students will be analyzing the spectrogram of an ocean soundscape and create their own spectrogram with a song of their choice.
Ocean Checkup—How Do You Measure the Health of the Ocean Students will compare dissolved oxygen and chlorophyll a data collected at 3 different locations by Argo floats.
Ocean Data GOES from Space Argo the Sea In this lesson, students will compare and contrast satellite data to float data.
Our Ocean is Trending 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.
Phytoplankton + Productivity 5E Students will be analyzing select GO-BGC float data to find a connection between chlorophyll-a and dissolved oxygen
Profiling Phytoplankton Students will learn about different phytoplankton and what impacts their distribution by building a water column representing the Southern Ocean.
The Ocean Does the Robot In this introductory lesson, students will become familiar with accessing and reading float data.