Ocean Exploration Notes
Hello, friends! Welcome to my website, ocean explorers. To continue, please use this link to see what you must do. The link will be down below after I finish this paragraph. Anyways in class today, we watched a video from the Okeanos Explorer. In the video, they used a telepresence to see what is under the sea. After the video was done, our teacher told us to go on her website to get the website we needed (below) and answer the questions. I hope to see you more later. Peace!
Website: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/explorations.html
Website: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/oceanage/welcome.html.
Website: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/explorations.html
Website: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/oceanage/welcome.html.
Part I: Ocean Explorers Web Quest
1.List 3 places in the deep sea visited by ocean explorers in the past 3 years?
> In the past three years, ocean explorers have visited The Gulf of Mexico, the Maya in the Yucatan, and the Western Pacific.
2. There are many individuals studying the deep sea or involved with work done there. List at least five, and describe their fields of research or work they have done.
> There are many people studying things, here are some of those people. There is Dr. Peter Auster, who is a fish ecologist. He uses many underwater devices to collect data in order to better understand how habitat influences the distribution and abundance of fishes. There is also Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor, who is a deep-sea biologist. She studies deep-sea coral and whale falls. Let us not forget Dr. Peter Etnoyer, a marine ecologist. He collects and identifies deep-sea corals in North American waters. Here is Dr. Robert (Bob) Ballard, who is a visionary oceanographer. He is known for his investigations of the Titanic shipwreck and is currently increasing our understanding of the ocean. And last, but not least, Jill Heinerth, who is a professional underwater filmmaker and photographer. She explores the mysteries of the ocean and gives us a glimpse into the previously unknown.
3. Describe what your day might be like if you were a marine mammal biologist.
> If I were a marine mammal biologist, I would be collecting and analyzing data about the marine mammals.
4. In some ways, deep-sea explorers of modern times are similar to historic explorers. They are brave, curious men and women who are at the cutting edge of their field of interest. They are very unique individuals. One of the senior scientists interviewed on the OceanAGE Web page explains the difference between a submarine and a submersible. Find her name and record what she says about this difference.
> The senior scientist that everyone is talking about, here's Dr. Edith (Edie) A. Widder. She says that the difference between a submarine and a submersible is that a submarine, you use to travel underwater while a submersible, she uses it to study marine life.
5. What is the name of the fish ecologist who wanted to be an astronaut until he realized that the ocean was virtually unexplored and the other-worldly creatures that he wanted to see and study were living right here at home?
> Dr. Peter Auster
6. How do you think that exploring the deep sea is similar to exploring outer space?
> It is the same reason why we're exploring outer space. We don't know what is out there. And us, being the curious humans we are, want to find out about it.
7. Which ocean explorer traces his interest in ocean science to a vacation with his parents to the Florida Keys when he was five or six and encountered a manatee?
> Mr. Brian Kennedy
8. There is a big world waiting for you to explore it, and the technology to do so gets better every day. Yesterday’s discoveries are today’s necessities. Which explorer looks for marine plants and animals that produce chemicals that can be developed into drugs to treat human diseases?
> Dr. John K. Reed
9. As we learn more about Earth’s ocean, we realize that even though the ocean is vast, its resources are limited and need protection. Which marine ecologist looks for “sweet spots” in the ocean, places where life is rich and abundant, and then works with governments and nonprofit organizations to secure protection of those resources for future generations?
> Dr. Sarah Brooke
10. Which ocean explorer was an insect dietician and sonar operator aboard a U.S. Navy submarine before becoming chief electronics technician aboard the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer?
> Dr. Roy Cullimore
If you think you are done, don't even think about it. That's right, there's more where this came from. Go to part II: Individual Exploration.
Part II: Individual Exploration
1. Reflect and write about differences and similarities between explorers of the past and modern day explorers. What types of hardships do both have in common?
> Every explorer, regardless of being from the past or the present, has had many hardships. The past explorers didn't have the type of technology we had. The present had it easier off, but it was still difficult. Both the past and the present had to deal with harsh weather sometimes, some would not find any discoveries at all.
2. Name some places that have been explored in modern times.
> Some places that have been explored in modern times are under the ocean, the forests, even the moon.
3. Name places that were explored during the early history of humans.
> Back a couple years ago, Christopher Columbus found America.
4. Name a place that you have explored. What was unique about it that you think another visitor to that site would not have noticed?
> I have been to Niagara Falls before. It was beautiful, I found it unique how the water felt so powerful when I stood next to it.
5. Name a place that you would like to explore. What do you think you would find there? Why?
> A place I would like to visit is Paris, France. I want to see the Eiffel Tower and experience their way of life.
6. Why is it important to document your explorations? What is your favorite way to remember your own adventures?
> We document our explorations to remember those memories again when we are older. However, my favorite way to remember my adventures is by seeing and experiencing them with my own eyes.
7. List a few of your science and exploration role models (alive or historic) and why they inspire you. On a sheet of notebook paper or on the computer, compose a letter to one of your science and exploration role models. Write something you would want them to know about you and why you consider them an inspiration.
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1.List 3 places in the deep sea visited by ocean explorers in the past 3 years?
> In the past three years, ocean explorers have visited The Gulf of Mexico, the Maya in the Yucatan, and the Western Pacific.
2. There are many individuals studying the deep sea or involved with work done there. List at least five, and describe their fields of research or work they have done.
> There are many people studying things, here are some of those people. There is Dr. Peter Auster, who is a fish ecologist. He uses many underwater devices to collect data in order to better understand how habitat influences the distribution and abundance of fishes. There is also Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor, who is a deep-sea biologist. She studies deep-sea coral and whale falls. Let us not forget Dr. Peter Etnoyer, a marine ecologist. He collects and identifies deep-sea corals in North American waters. Here is Dr. Robert (Bob) Ballard, who is a visionary oceanographer. He is known for his investigations of the Titanic shipwreck and is currently increasing our understanding of the ocean. And last, but not least, Jill Heinerth, who is a professional underwater filmmaker and photographer. She explores the mysteries of the ocean and gives us a glimpse into the previously unknown.
3. Describe what your day might be like if you were a marine mammal biologist.
> If I were a marine mammal biologist, I would be collecting and analyzing data about the marine mammals.
4. In some ways, deep-sea explorers of modern times are similar to historic explorers. They are brave, curious men and women who are at the cutting edge of their field of interest. They are very unique individuals. One of the senior scientists interviewed on the OceanAGE Web page explains the difference between a submarine and a submersible. Find her name and record what she says about this difference.
> The senior scientist that everyone is talking about, here's Dr. Edith (Edie) A. Widder. She says that the difference between a submarine and a submersible is that a submarine, you use to travel underwater while a submersible, she uses it to study marine life.
5. What is the name of the fish ecologist who wanted to be an astronaut until he realized that the ocean was virtually unexplored and the other-worldly creatures that he wanted to see and study were living right here at home?
> Dr. Peter Auster
6. How do you think that exploring the deep sea is similar to exploring outer space?
> It is the same reason why we're exploring outer space. We don't know what is out there. And us, being the curious humans we are, want to find out about it.
7. Which ocean explorer traces his interest in ocean science to a vacation with his parents to the Florida Keys when he was five or six and encountered a manatee?
> Mr. Brian Kennedy
8. There is a big world waiting for you to explore it, and the technology to do so gets better every day. Yesterday’s discoveries are today’s necessities. Which explorer looks for marine plants and animals that produce chemicals that can be developed into drugs to treat human diseases?
> Dr. John K. Reed
9. As we learn more about Earth’s ocean, we realize that even though the ocean is vast, its resources are limited and need protection. Which marine ecologist looks for “sweet spots” in the ocean, places where life is rich and abundant, and then works with governments and nonprofit organizations to secure protection of those resources for future generations?
> Dr. Sarah Brooke
10. Which ocean explorer was an insect dietician and sonar operator aboard a U.S. Navy submarine before becoming chief electronics technician aboard the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer?
> Dr. Roy Cullimore
If you think you are done, don't even think about it. That's right, there's more where this came from. Go to part II: Individual Exploration.
Part II: Individual Exploration
1. Reflect and write about differences and similarities between explorers of the past and modern day explorers. What types of hardships do both have in common?
> Every explorer, regardless of being from the past or the present, has had many hardships. The past explorers didn't have the type of technology we had. The present had it easier off, but it was still difficult. Both the past and the present had to deal with harsh weather sometimes, some would not find any discoveries at all.
2. Name some places that have been explored in modern times.
> Some places that have been explored in modern times are under the ocean, the forests, even the moon.
3. Name places that were explored during the early history of humans.
> Back a couple years ago, Christopher Columbus found America.
4. Name a place that you have explored. What was unique about it that you think another visitor to that site would not have noticed?
> I have been to Niagara Falls before. It was beautiful, I found it unique how the water felt so powerful when I stood next to it.
5. Name a place that you would like to explore. What do you think you would find there? Why?
> A place I would like to visit is Paris, France. I want to see the Eiffel Tower and experience their way of life.
6. Why is it important to document your explorations? What is your favorite way to remember your own adventures?
> We document our explorations to remember those memories again when we are older. However, my favorite way to remember my adventures is by seeing and experiencing them with my own eyes.
7. List a few of your science and exploration role models (alive or historic) and why they inspire you. On a sheet of notebook paper or on the computer, compose a letter to one of your science and exploration role models. Write something you would want them to know about you and why you consider them an inspiration.
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