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Teaching is a primary mission of the University of Maine and we participate in this mission enthusiastically. We have developed several new classes all of which have significant hands-on activities and have shared all on the WWW.
For the last three years, we've collaborated with COSEE-OS and the College of Education & Human Development on UMaine's Teaching Science by Ocean Inquiry workshops, held during the summer at the Darling Marine Center. These five-day workshops were designed to introduce K-12 teachers and teachers-in-training to ocean and climate related processes that can be used as a vehicle to teach general physical concepts (e.g. density, buoyancy, pressure, heat and temperature, waves) through a variety of hands-on activities.Education Related Publications
| Hands-On Oceanography [Teaching physical concepts in oceanography: An inquiry based approach.] |
| Hands-On Oceanography [Diffusion at Work: An Interactive Simulation] |
| Hands-On Oceanography [Settling of Particles in Aquatic Environments] |
| Teachable Optics [Absorption, Scattering, and the Color of the Ocean] |
Workshops and Tutorials
Teaching Science by Ocean InquiryDarling Marine Center
2007-2008
Tutorial given at OOXVII, 2004:
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• Introduction • Part 1 • Part 2 |
• Part 3 • Part 4 • Secchi talk |
Movies
• Reynolds Swimmers: High and Low• Dead Water Experiments: Halocline and No Halocline Waves
UMaine 2009 Classes
SMS 618: Particle dynamics.
SMS 303: Integrative Marine Sciences III (a five week module on diffusion, mixing, tides, Coriolis and waves).
Weizmann 2008 Classes
Radiative transfer in environmental sciences.
UMaine 2008 Classes
SMS 204: Integrative Marine Sciences II (seven week module on physics).
HON 312: Honors tutorial: Engineering literacy for the 21st century.
SMS 491/EDW 472: Teaching sciences by ocean inquiry (with Lee Karp-Boss and H. Weller).
UMaine 2007 Classes
SMS 204: Integrative Marine Sciences II (seven week module on physics). Course Evaluations: 001 | 002
SMS 303: Integrative Marine Sciences III (a five week module on waves, tides, Coriolis and mixing). Course Evaluation
SMS 491/EDW 472: Teaching sciences by ocean inquiry (with Lee Karp-Boss and H. Weller). Course Evaluation
SMS 598: Application of Remote and In-situ Ocean Optical Measurements to Ocean Biogeochemistry. Hydrologic Optics | Light and Water
UMaine 2006 Classes
SMS 204: Integrative Marine Sciences II (seven week module on physics). Course Evaluation
SMS 303: Integrative Marine Sciences III (a four week module on waves, tides, Coriolis and mixing). Course Evaluation
SMS 591: Dynamical Oceanography I (with Huijie Xue). Course Evaluation
SMS 598: Special Topics in Marine Sciences - Radiative Transfer Theory. Course Evaluation
UMaine 2005 Classes
SMS 204: Integrative Marine Sciences II (seven week module on physics). Improved version is being taught in spring 2006.
SMS 303: Integrative Marine Sciences III (a four week module on waves, tides, Coriolis and mixing).
SMS 598: Introduction to Acoustical Oceanography (co-taught with Mick Peterson from Mechanical Engineering).
UMaine 2004 Classes
SMS 491: Integrative Marine Sciences (co-taught with Mary Jane Perry). Improved version taught in spring 2006.
SMS 598-003: Ocean Optics: Observing ocean biogeochemistry with optics (organized by E. Boss and sponsored by ONR, NSF and NASA).
SMS 598-004: Ocean Optics: Radiative transfer and inversions of ocean color remote sensing (organized by E. Boss and sponsored by ONR and NASA).
UMaine 2003 Classes
SMS 491: Physical solutions to every-day problems in aquatic sciences (co-taught with Pete Jumars).
SMS 598: Small scale fluid dynamics (co-taught with Pete Jumars).
SMS 598-002: Spatio-Temporal Statistical Analysis of Multi-platform Optical Ocean Observations (organized by Mary-Jane Perry and sponsored by NSF).
SMS 618: Particle dynamics.
Related Classes
SMS 598-003: Ocean Optics: Observing ocean biogeochemistry with optics. (organized by E Boss and sponsored by ONR, NSF and NASA).
SMS 598-004: Ocean Optics: Radiative transfer and inversions of ocean color remote sensing (organized by E Boss and sponsored by ONR and NASA).
SMS 598-002: Spatio-Temporal Statistical Analysis of Multi-platform Optical Ocean Observations (organized by Mary-Jane Perry and sponsored by NSF).
