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In Oceans & Society this Fall, you will learn about marine environmental issues and the communities directly impacted by changes in the ocean, specifically the Atlantic Ocean. To get you started on your own consideration of the human relationship with the sea, I have compiled a short list of four research areas of focus at SEA. Once you find a little out about each of them, select ONE of the four below that most interests you to work with this summer.
JOURNAL About it!
Pick just one of the areas listed above and use the small journals JB and Heidi gave you (or your own) to write a short journal entry in your own words (2 to 4 sentences) in response to each of the questions below. Use the questions as you search for information but be sure to find answers from actual organizations (not the AI generated content). Make a note in your journal indicating what organization or website provided the information you found so we can all investigate together in the fall.
Define the Problem: What is the problem that needs to be fixed? What are researchers solving for with this research?
What data/information is available? What is known about the problem? What trends have been shown over time?
How does the issue impact people?
What are some current and potential solutions to the problem? What can people do to improve the situation?
Who or what organizations are working on this problem now? How are their missions/backgrounds similar or different?
2. Make A TIMELINE or MAP to show your discoveries.
Historical analysis allows us to see that some groups were impacted more than others by these ocean-centered problems and that past solutions have not always been equitable. In either a timeline or a map, using minimal text and more visual information (drawings, clipart, photos, graphics, logos etc) please:
1. Indicate who has been affected most and/or represented least in the consideration of these problems.
2. Show what government or nongovernment organizations have worked on researching and/or providing solutions to these problems?
3. Contextualize your content:
a. If you chose the timeline, show changes over time with the development of the problem and attempts to remedy it.
b. If you chose a map, illustrate the spatial range of the problem and where work has been done to solve it.
Connecting to your summer investigation to what happens at SEA/Ocean Classroom: September on the SEA Campus
Once you are on campus in Woods Hole this fall, we will continue examination of your chosen areas and work to understand
(1) SEA’s research around the problems
(2) How that research is contributing to current and future solutions, and
(3) How external groups can leverage SEA’s research to solve the problems we’ve identified.
Again, we will make these connections together in September, but you are welcome to start thinking about this over the summer.
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