Sharing+Ideas

Marti-Jo - "GoM Resources" -collect the "hard to find" current science resources that can be used to bring real science into the classroom -share ideas and comments about how the resources are used

Elizabeth - "GoM Resources" -nautical Map - students color in areas of different depths - look for patterns -fishes of GoM - use dichotomas key to practice looking at details of fish -underwater landscapes - explore different environments/habitats and the life there

Sally Chaplin and Barbara Hart- "A Port through Time" -comparing organisms current and past -how do organisms change and evolve through time -how has the habitat/ecosystem changed over time -what factors are involved in this change -prey and predator interactions over time and changes that result

Jen Stanboro, Doug Caldwell, and David Laliberte - "Web Cam Lessons" Buoys to Beach and Web Cams -gathering data from bouys/satellite (GoMOOS/USM)data to learn what the ocean conditions are and compare that to what the beach looks like from a webcam -record findings in a journal -graphing data from bouys through spreadsheets -observations of water conditions based on weather conditions -still photos from webcams over time and create a movie to compare beach changes over time -inland take water temperatures and compare that quality with salt water buoy data

Renee Foreman - "Fresh Water to the Sea" -Google Earth movie to connect inland water resources to the sea through the watershed -compare and contrast (venn diagram) characteristics fresh water systems and systems in the ocean -food web connecting lake to the ocean (phytoplankon in lake/invasive ocean crab/X-Fish) -prevention of invasive species (comparing between fresh and salt) -looking at the seasons/ice/temperatures - pearl website -puzzle with gulf of maine poster - individual watersheds

Alison MacMillan - "Create an X-Fish Experience" -students work as scientists, connect with specialist -choose an animal/plant to research (natural history/food web/habitat) -share work on a wiki to record their research -share work as in an X-Fish experience (set up stations that shares what they learned) -students share with an audience (scientists, fellow students, other grades)

Jessica Roy - "Create your own creature" -create a fictional creature with adaptations and draw/describe/model the habitat -students explain purpose of adaptations/habitat/lifestyle

AnnMarie Babicki and Barbara Edwards -adaptations of ocean animals -echolocations vs. echograms -looking at sound and light waves, comparing to sonar technology -what animals eat

Sally Connolly - "Fluke Finder" -identify 5 real humback whales using a catalogue of fluke patterns -uses great observation skills -prior knowledge of fluke "fingerprints", 14 sectors - compare to human fingerprints -why would whales flukes be damaged/injured - human interaction -why does whale ID matter

Rori Crosmann, Beth Cook and Meredyth Eufemia - "Classroom Food Web" -life of the ocean lies in delicate amounts -food web of the ocean -create a hypothesis food web -research different species - present to class -info on index card (art on one side facts on back) -students take notes during peer presentations -create a new web based on research and compare and contrast -make the web "not permanent" so that right/wrong answers are less pressure -extension - what if one of these species is endangered/declining "3D Ocean Bathymetry" -draw your perception of the GoM bathymetry -research the GoM underwater features -create a 3D model as a class -focus on size and scale

Ruth Wilson - "What Lies Beneath" -station based -zones of ocean -underwater geography/geology -basic terminology