The National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is advancing our ability to understand the natural world by collecting large quantities of data to address complex oceanographic processes. This expanded access to data also provides professors in the geosciences with new opportunities to engage undergraduate students in authentic data experiences using real-world data sets to teach geoscience processes.
However, students struggle to work with data based on their limited experience and exposure to different data types and sources. Also, supporting students in engaging with the data can be challenging for professors too, as there is a lack of adequate tools to easily digest and manipulate large data sets for in-class learning experiences.
Therefore, the OOI Ocean Data Lab Project (formerly called Data Explorations), with funding from NSF, is developing, testing, refining, and disseminating easy to use, interactive Data Explorations and Data Lab Notebooks that will allow undergraduates to use authentic data in accessible ways while being easy for professors to integrate into their teaching.
Interested in further support for effectively integrating data activities in your courses? Check out the Fall 2019 offerings in our new webinar series, OOI Data Labs Plus!
A little while back, I received the following question from a Visual Ocean visitor: "When might satellite sst data be more informative than buoy data?"
Sage Lichtenwalnerhttps://datalab.marine.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/odl-header-012219.pngSage Lichtenwalner2013-07-09 22:03:372019-07-30 16:31:28Satellites vs. Buoys
To celebrate Independence Day, I thought it would be fun to dress up the ocean in a little red, white and blue.
Sage Lichtenwalnerhttps://datalab.marine.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/odl-header-012219.pngSage Lichtenwalner2013-07-04 00:01:522019-07-30 16:31:28The Ocean in Red, White and Blue
This week, was the start of the 2013 Hurricane Season, and already forecasters have declared the first storm of the season, Tropical Storm Andrea.
Sage Lichtenwalnerhttps://datalab.marine.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/odl-header-012219.pngSage Lichtenwalner2013-06-07 17:55:242019-07-30 16:31:28Tropical Storm Andrea clouds up the ocean
Last week, I had an opportunity to look through the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) alongside many other ocean educators at the COSEE Network Meeting. Our goal was to figure out how the NGSS could be used to develop activities.
Sage Lichtenwalnerhttps://datalab.marine.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/odl-header-012219.pngSage Lichtenwalner2013-05-15 01:46:312019-09-05 12:57:19Next Generation Activity Development
I hope to occasionally share some of my favorite web sites and blogs in easily digestible chunks. This first roundup features some of the top sites on ocean, climate and environmental data and science.
https://datalab.marine.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/odl-header-012219.png00Sage Lichtenwalnerhttps://datalab.marine.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/odl-header-012219.pngSage Lichtenwalner2013-04-25 15:24:492019-07-30 16:31:28Blog Roundup #1 - Ocean Science and More
Conductance is an important measurement of water quality in rivers, and it is often related to river discharge.
Sage Lichtenwalnerhttps://datalab.marine.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/odl-header-012219.pngSage Lichtenwalner2013-04-22 16:39:322019-07-30 16:31:28Streamflow and Conductance on the Delaware
