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Faculty/Graduate Student Collaborative Workshop at the DMC
Workshop Theme: Ocean-Climate Connections
Held at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, ME
Friday, January 29, 2010 and Monday through Tuesday, February 1-2, 2010
The Darling Marine Center (DMC) - marine laboratory of the University of Maine and site of the Faculty/Graduate Student Collaborative Workshop
Annette deCharon, COSEE-OS PI, welcomes the scientists to the workshop on Day 1
Scientist Benjamin Twining works with COSEE West PI Linda Duguay on the pre-activity for concept mapping
Scientists David Fields and Peter Jumar team up on the pre-activity with encouragement from Annette
A pre-activity concept map on how energy from the sun moves water around the Earth's surface
COSEE-OS facilitator Carla Companion gets scientist Andrew Pershing started on a concept map describing the movement of right whales in the Gulf of Maine
COSEE-OS software developer Sean Graham and Peter Jumars work out the details on how benthic organisms respond to environmental changes
COSEE-OS facilitator Medea Steinman assists David Fields in the development of a concept map on how changes in temperature affect marine food webs
Benjamin Twining presents his concept map to the group
Post-it notes, highlighters, sticky-wiks - there must be an easier way!
The COSEE-OS Concept Map Builder, the digital - and greener - alternative to paper
Scientist Lawrence Mayer transfers his paper map to the CMB with assistance from COSEE-OS Facilitator Carrie Armbrecht
David Fields compares his paper and digital maps
Linda Duguay tries her hand at concept mapping
Lawrence Mayer presents his digital concept map to the graduate students at the beginning of Day 2
David Fields explains his map to the students and post-docs in his group
Jon Manley (retired science teacher and Ocean Science Bowl coach) and Cheryl Peach (COSEE California PI) talk shop about education practices
Ian Salter, Kristin Wilson, and Nicholas Record put their own spin on Peter's map
Graduate students, post-docs, and scientists enjoy a learning cycle activity led by Sage Lichtenwalner from COSEE NOW
Susie, Ivona, and David measure the water temperature in test tube 'oceans' at the Ice Cube Investigation Station
Workshop participants explore the connections between water density and ocean currents during the learning cycle activity
Graduate students Mahima Jaini and Zachary Helm fine tune their concept map on how carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and stored in soils and sediments
Benjamin Twining's group collaborates on a consensus map describing how robotic sensors help us understand climate change and the ocean carbon cycle
Andrew Pershing's group readies their concept map on right whales for presentation to Waterville Senior High School students
Benjamin Twining examines a concept up close
Phoebe Jekielek presents her group's concept map on how robotic sensors are used to understand climate change and the ocean carbon cycle
The Damariscotta River from the DMC boat dock
Waterville Senior High School students en route to a tour of the DMC
Nicholas Record kicks off the day's presentations with his group's map on the role of benthic organisms in the global carbon cycle
The high school students critique the presenters
The high school students view a sampling of marine creatures with graduate student Kristin Wilson
A free moment to inspect things up close
Lunch offers time to mingle and compare notes
The scientists and students regroup to discuss 'How can you use this in your work?'
Our workshop participants
The path to the boat dock
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