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| Logo of the "Sea Afloat" program |
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Sample activities will be shown here with pictures of students from the author's marine science classes
in California.
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Marine Weather Station
| Students at work collecting weather data |
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| Will Rogers State Beach, CA (Sun Valley Junior HS) |
| Student demonstrates additional equipment |
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| used in field studies of the surf zone. (Sun Valley JHS) |
| Student examines the sea bottom |
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| ...with the aid of the aquascope. (Sun Valley JHS) |
| Student recording kelp and seaweeds |
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| ...observed on field trip to Will Rogers Beach, CA (Sun Valley JHS) |
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Seawater Salinity Titration
| Student performs silver nitrate test |
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| ...on a sample of seawater in order to determine its salt content |
| Student collects samples |
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| ...of diatomaceous earth at Cabrillo Beach, CA (SunValley JHS) |
| Student displays plankton net |
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| ....set for trawl (Sun Valley JHS) |
| Student examines a small corer prior to its use |
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| ...to take samples of soil sediments on ocean floor. San Pedro, CA |
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Hatching California Grunion eggs
| Student hatches grunion |
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| ...during an instructional exercise at Cabrillo Beach Marine Museum, CA (Sun Valley JHS) |
Testing Seawater Density
| Student performs a water density test |
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| of the seawater in San Pedro Harbor, CA (Sun Valley Junior HS) |
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Marine Tidepool Communities
| An enthusiastic student examines the tide pools |
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| ...with a face mask Leo Carillo State Beach, CA (Sun Valley Junior HS) |
Portable Marine Lab
| Student operates |
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| ...the portable marine lab unit, built by the author (Sun Valley JHS) |
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Byron E. Jordan, EdD, Author
Marine Science Educator
16722 Pineridge Drive
Granada Hills, CA 91344-1850
Phone/Fax: 818-366-2371
Last updated:
| The Restless Sea |
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