The Transects Program: Pathways to Ocean Research Using a Collaborative Team Approach

横断面计划：使用协作团队方法进行海洋研究的途径Sautter 0331155样带计划为多达32名本科生和16名研究生提供了亲身体验海洋学和科学过程的机会。本科生团队与研究生合作，并由查尔斯顿海洋学院的多学科核心导师监督。参加样带计划的学生每人确定一个研究问题，并在一艘研究船上进行为期5天的巡航期间收集和处理海洋学样本。然后，他们分析他们的数据，并在巡航后的海洋学研究过程中记录结果，由PI开发和共同指导。有四个独立的巡航采样新建立的查尔斯顿样带，每一个学生和科学家的独特的合作团队，每一个伴随巡航后的研究课程。除了学生开展的研究外，该项目的主要科学目标之一是建立一个广泛的多学科数据库，监测查尔斯顿外大陆架区域的空间和时间变化，东南海洋科学教育卓越中心（Southeast Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence）（SE-COSEE）正在协助从北卡罗来纳州/南卡罗来纳州/格鲁吉亚地区的HBCUs和MSI中确定和招募4名本科生。在每年秋季学期，4至6名学生被邀请参加在海上！一天的计划（旅行由NOAA海岸服务中心支持），使他们熟悉航海过程。海上！允许这些学生决定他们是否愿意参加完整的横断面计划体验。其中四名学生被选中参加每年五月的春季横断面巡航，他们得到了赠款的全力支持。在查尔斯顿大学海洋项目工作人员的帮助下，学生们生成交互式在线资源，以记录研究结果和数据库，为多个受众提供访问。参与该项目的教师和学生在区域和国家会议上介绍成果，并在专业期刊上发表成果。SE-COSEE提供总结性和形成性项目评估，这对于断面项目的持续评估和修改至关重要。

The Transects Program: Pathways to Ocean Research Using a Collaborative Team ApproachSautter0331155The Transects Program provides the opportunity for as many as 32 undergraduate and 16 graduate students to experience oceanography and the scientific process first-hand. Teams of undergraduates work in collaboration with graduate students, and are overseen by a multidisciplinary core of College of Charleston oceanography faculty mentors. Students participating in the Transects Program each identify a research question and collect and process oceanographic samples during a 5-day cruise aboard a research vessel. They then analyze their data and document results during a post-cruise Oceanographic Research course, developed and co-instructed by the PIs. There are four separate cruises to sample a newly established Charleston Transect, each with a distinct collaborative team of students and scientists, and each with an accompanying post-cruise research course. In addition to student-generated research, one of the main scientific objectives of this project is the development of a broad, multidisciplinary database, monitoring the spatial and temporal variability of the continental shelf region off Charleston, SC.The Southeast Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence (SE-COSEE) is assisting with identifying and recruiting 4 undergraduate students from HBCUs and MSIs in the North Carolina/South Carolina/Georgia region. During the fall semester each year, 4 to 6 students are invited to participate in an At Sea! day program (with travel supported by the NOAA Coastal Services Center) so that they are familiar with the sea-going process. At Sea! allows these students to determine if they wish to participate in the full Transects Program experience. Four of the students are chosen for the spring Transects cruise in May (each year), and they are fully supported by the grant.With assistance from the College of Charleston's Project Oceanica staff, students generate interactive on-line resources to document research results and databases, providing access to multiple audiences. Faculty and students participating in the project present results at regional and national conferences, and they publish results in professional journals. SE-COSEE provides summative and formative program evaluations, critical to the continual assessment and modification of the Transects Program.