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1Wind and Ocean Ecosystems (Project EDDIE) 1Wind and Ocean Ecosystems (Project EDDIE)- adapted to provide greater autonomy for students in an upper level class

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1Alanna Lecher (Lynn University) 1Laura Reynolds ()
2April Watson (Lynn University) 2Laura Reynolds ()
3Andrew Haveles ()   

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1<p>Wind has a fundamental impact on ocean ecosystems. Wind drives physical processes, including current development and upwelling through Ekman transport. These physical processes, in turn, have cascading impacts on the chemistry and biology of various marine ecosystems. Currents transport heat to northern latitudes, regulating the climate of those ecosystems. Upwelling brings nutrient-rich deep water to the surface where it drives primary productivity, mainly of phytoplankton. To understand the interdisciplinary nature of marine processes, students need to have an understanding of not just these physical processes, but also geolocation, mapping, and directional data. This module introduces students to the concepts of Ekman transport, eastern boundary currents, and upwelling, while learning how to find a location on a map using latitude and longitude, how to build and interpret a wind rose plot in Excel, and how to access and view relevant data from oceanographic satellites. Project EDDIE modules are designed with an A-B-C structure to make them flexible and adaptable to a range of student levels and course structures.</p>  1<p>This course was an intermediate oceanography course required within the environmental science major. I used this module in my first year teaching, which also happened to be during Covid, while teaching in a hybrid format. Since my students were mostly upper level, I adapted the module to shorten the introductory parts so that we had more time to focus on the more advanced components. I also changed the second half of the module to allow students to select and download their own data instead of using a previously downloaded dataset. The students were then able to compile their respective results and more broadly compare patterns between sites.</p>
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3<p><a href="http://projecteddie.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Project EDDIE</a>&nbsp;Environmental Data-Driven Inquiry &amp; Exploration) is a community effort aimed at developing teaching resources and instructors that address quantitative reasoning and scientific concepts using open inquiry of publicly available data.&nbsp;<a href="https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/modules.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Project EDDIE modules</a>&nbsp;are designed with an A-B-C structure to make them flexible and adaptable to a range of student levels and course structures.</p>  3<p><a href="http://projecteddie.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Project EDDIE</a>&nbsp;Environmental Data-Driven Inquiry &amp; Exploration) is a community effort aimed at developing teaching resources and instructors that address quantitative reasoning and scientific concepts using open inquiry of publicly available data.&nbsp;<a href="https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/modules.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Project EDDIE modules</a>&nbsp;are designed with an A-B-C structure to make them flexible and adaptable to a range of student levels and course structures.</p>  
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Attachments

1 file — WindandOceanEcosystems/eddie.activitybdata.xlsx.xlsx 1 file — LauraReynolds/eddie.activityb_sorted_noplot.xlsx
2 file — WindandOceanEcosystems/eddie.activitybkey.xlsx.xlsx 2 file — LauraReynolds/Exercise A. Atmospheric circulation and Wind.docx
3 file — WindandOceanEcosystems/eddie.activitycdata.xlsx 3 file — LauraReynolds/Exercise B. SST and Cholorphyll data in ArcGIS Online.docx
4 file — WindandOceanEcosystems/eddie.activitycdatakey.xlsx 4 file — LauraReynolds/Exercise C. ENSO upwelling productivity.docx
5 file — WindandOceanEcosystems/eddie_windocean_v2_16022612431398989376.pptx 5 file — publication_2487_2651/WindandOceanEcosystems/eddie_windocean_v2_16022612431398989376.pptx
6 file — WindandOceanEcosystems/How to Make a Wind Rose Diagram in Excel.url 6 file — LauraReynolds/Implementation Plan.docx
7 file — WindandOceanEcosystems/instructor_handout_v5_16022612751534218960 1.docx 7 file — LauraReynolds/Pre-Exercise B. Buoy Data and Upwelling.docx
8 file — WindandOceanEcosystems/student_handout_v5_16022613501096127600.docx 8 file — publication_2487_2651/WindandOceanEcosystems/How to Make a Wind Rose Diagram in Excel.url
9 link — Wind and Ocean Ecosystems 9 file — publication_2487_2651/WindandOceanEcosystems/instructor_handout_v5_16022612751534218960 1.docx
10 file — LauraReynolds/Pre-Exercise C. Upwelling and productivity review.docx
11 link — Wind and Ocean Ecosystems (Original Module)