• A teacher workshop was held for high school teachers around a 12 hour cruise on the R/V Sproul from Thursday, July 26th through Wednesday, August 1st. The cruise was Saturday, July 28th.
  • Workshop locations included both USD and SIO. Participants also had the chance to tour parts of SIO and go to the Birch Aquarium.
  • The teachers were introduced to no- or low-cost laboratory methods at USD before participating on the research cruise and then were involved in seafloor sediment, rock and water sampling on board the R/V Sproul.
  • Teachers were tasked with the development of modules that teach STEM/geoscience/oceanography concepts that they will then teach this year in their classrooms. They will then report back about what aspects of the modules that worked well and those that need to be changed.
  • The modules were to be developed to address some of the following concepts: 1) physical properties of seawater, 2) micropaleontology, 3) using technology to study the oceans, 4) anthropogenic impacts, 5) the geology of the seafloor and 6) chemistry of the oceans.
  • The ultimate goal is to make these modules, along with seafloor material from the SIO Geological Collections, available to educators across California.

 

 

See photos from the workshop below and from the cruise here!

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WHY GEOSCIENCES?
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A FORAMINIFERA UNDER THE SCOPE
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MICROFOSSIL SLIDE UNDER THE SCOPE
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MICROFOSSIL SLIDE UNDER THE SCOPE
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VARIOUS DIFFERENT TYPES OF FORAMINIFERA AS SEEN UNDER A MICROSCOPE
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SHILEY CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLGY AT USD
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ON CAMPUS AT USD
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LEARNING LAB SKILLS AT USD
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GEOLOGICAL COLLECTION AT SIO
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SEDIMENT CORES AT THE GEOLOGICAL COLLECTION AT SIO
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ARCHIVE CORE COLLECTION AT THE GEOLOGICAL COLLECTION AT SIO
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SCRIPPS COASTAL MEANDER AT SIO
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BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COLLECTION AT SIO
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DR. CHARLOTTE SEID, SIO BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COLLECTION MANAGER
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MICROFOSSIL SLIDE UNDER THE SCOPE
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DEEP SEA SPECIMEN IN THE BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COLLECTION
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SQUID SPECIMEN IN THE BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COLLECTION
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PELAGIC INVERTEBRATE COLLECTION AT SIO
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LINSEY SALA, SIO PELAGIC INVERTEBRATE COLLECTION MANAGER, HOLDING A SQUID BEAK
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JAR OF SPECIMENS IN SIO PELAGIC INVERTEBRATE COLLECTION
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WALKING ALONG THE SIO PIER
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WORKSHOP AT SIO
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WORKING ON MODULES AT SIO
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FRESH AIR IS GOOD FOR BRAINSTORMING
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WORKING ON MODULES AT SIO
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AFTER LEARNING LAB SKILLS AND HAVING A DAY OUT TO SEA, THE TEACHERS ARE HARD AT WORK ON THEIR MODULES
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GREAT COLLABORATIONS WERE HAD AT THE WORKSHOP
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DEDICATED TEACHERS AT THE SUMMERTIME WORKSHOP
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WORKING HARD ON MODULE DEVELOPMENT
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WELCOME TO SIO!
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A FIELD TRIP TO TORREY PINES TO LEARN ABOUT THE GEOLOGY THERE
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LAST DAY IN SAN DIEGO FOR THE CREW FROM CSUB