Interactive Oceanography: Linking Shipboard and Classroom Learning Activities

该机构拥有并经营一艘85英尺长的研究船，即Vantuna号研究船。除了满足海洋科学课程学生的教学需求外，R/V Vantuna还参与教育和为教师准备计划的学生提供实地经验。 该计划针对K-12和该地区2年和4年制大学课程的学生开展了广泛的教育推广工作。然而，自25年前该船首次装备以来，海洋学采样设备和数据分析方法已经远远超出了其最初的能力。该项目正在用先进的电子采样和照片记录设备来增强船上的设备，使学生能够学习最先进的技术，收集数字和视觉数据，以支持综合研究。这个项目的独特性来自于海洋学数据在连接现场和课堂活动中的广泛使用。不仅许多学生，特别是未来的教师，可以获得先进的设备来学习现代海洋学技术，而且他们收集的高质量数据通过一个广泛的数据库被普遍提供用于分析。这一做法将海洋学经验的价值扩大到传统上服务的群体之外，并使校外群体受益，他们可以通过搜索互联网来抽样调查数据库。

This institution owns and operates an 85-foot research vessel, the R/V Vantuna. In addition to meeting the instructional demands of students enrolled in marine science courses, the R/V Vantuna is involved in educating and giving field-based experiences to students in teacher preparation programs. Extensive educational outreach efforts aimed at K-12 and students in 2- and 4-year college programs in the area are conducted by this program. However, since the boat was initially outfitted 25 years ago, oceanographic sampling gear and methods of data analysis have moved well beyond its original capabilities. This project is augmenting the equipment on the boat with sophisticated electronic sampling and photodocumentation gear that allows students to learn state-of-the-art techniques and collect numerical and visual data to support integrative studies. The uniqueness of this project comes from the extended use of oceanographic data in linking field and classroom activities. Not only are many students, and especially future teachers, being given access to sophisticated equipment to learn modern oceanographic techniques, but the high quality data they collect is being made universally available for analysis through an extensive database. This approach is extending the value of the oceanographic experience beyond those groups traditionally served, and benefiting off-campus groups who can sample the database by searching the Internet.