Field Trips
Advanced Floating Laboratory
 Grades 9-college
Four hours, $1150 for up to 45 participants ($1200 for programs Jan. - June 2008)
Student oceanographers apply sampling and research protocols for water chemistry and biological monitoring. The course is flexible and can be modified to meet individual teacher requests. For advanced students an optional research component can be added as students participate in benthic fish counts, chlorophyll productivity analysis and current measurements. Equipment available includes an otter trawl net, plankton net, Peterson grab sampler, Van Veen grab sampler, Van Dorn bottles, a new bioacoustic array, side scan sonar, CTD water analyzer, and a meteorological station.
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Forms
Standards (PDF - 29 KB)
Required Forms (PDF - 148 KB)
Prep Pack (PDF - 78 KB)
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