Biological Oceanography Summer Camp: Climate, Currents, Plankton and More!

In this multi-day program, we will learn about the oceans. Where did all of Earth's water come from? What causes waves and tides? Why is plankton so important for life on Earth? Have humans explored the deepest depths of our oceans? How do humans use natural resources from the ocean? What marine conservation does to protect our oceans? Find the answers to these questions and many more in "Biological Oceanography: Climate, Currents, Plankton, and More!". We will use our imagination and our knowledge in an ocean project: create our own ocean.

We will meet two times a week for four weeks. 

During the course, each student will create their own Ocean based on what they learn, covering climate, currents, plankton, food webs, marine conservation and their own imagination. They will get to present their Ocean in class!

My classes offer a unique opportunity to participate asking or answering questions and discussing different topics that we will see in each class. Participation is optional and students can use the chat too. 

I will share my own presentations, videos, photos and my own experience as a marine biologist and scuba dive instructor. 

My classes are designed to encourage student engagement and follow their curiosity. There are no prerequisites for this class.


Class One: Oceans and Seas
- Worldwide Oceans
- Worldwide Seas
- Ocean floor features

Class two: Oceans and Seas II
-Zones in the Ocean
-Measuring and sampling the Oceans
-Scientific studies of the ocean

Class Three: Food webs
- Food web structures
- Ecology of the tropical oceans and seas
- Ecology of the temperate oceans and seas
- Ecology of the artic ocean

Class Four:  Plankton
- Fitoplankton
- Zooplankton
- Plankton phenomenons
- uses

Class Five: Marine Ecosystems
-Tidal zones
-Mangrove forest
-Sea grass beds
-Coral reefs
-Marine Ecosystems threats

Class Six: Fisheries
-Fishery Biology
-Types of fishing worldwide
-Fishing impacts
-Management

Class Seven: Marine resources 
- Renewable energy resources
- Marine reserves
- Environmental Impacts
- Marine Conservation

Class Eight: Your project: Create your unique ocean and marine conservation
Presentation of each student's ocean
Food weds and adaptation of the creatures to the ocean environment and solutions to global impacts
Ocean game
Open discussion