Module Summary: AMP-IT-UP - Data Saves the Whales
Students model plankton and temperature data collected at different ocean depths in the Antarctic to determine whether a research vessel will collide with whales. They construct coordinate graphs of the data to identify whether the data is linear or non-linear, discern whether a variable is independent or dependent in the relationship, and reason quantitatively about the data relationships.
An article on this module has been published in The Journal of Marine Science. Click here to read it.
For Teachers:
- The teacher edition of the Whale Challenge curriculum that has been annotated with notes and tips for teachers.
- Instructions on how to implement the module. Includes information about the standards that the module addresses and how to incorporate the 5E learning model.
- List of all materials that are needed for the module. List includes the cost and vendors of the materials.
- Instructions on how to prepare the materials for the module.
- Spreadsheet used to check that all materials needed for the module are present.
- A list of water temperature readings.
For Students:
- The module curriculum booklet for students.
- The worksheets that students will need to complete the module.
Videos:
- Video - ODEN - A video shot by researchers aboard the ODEN research ship that illustrates what the Antarctic environment is like.
- Video - Julia's Research - Video 2 - Video of Julia Diaz, a graduate student at Georgia Tech, as she conducts her research on the ODEN.
- Video - CTD - Video 3 - Video that shows how the researchers on the ODEN use an instrument called a CTD (Conductivity, Temperature and Depth) robot to collect data from the ocean.
Complete Set of Module Files:
AMP-IT-UP Data Saves the Whales Challenge Module Attribution ©2012-2020
Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping Integrated To Unlock Potential (AMP-IT-UP)
is made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation (Award Number: 1238089)
