Some classes had a live interaction with this research vessel! You can tune in tonight and tomorrow on Facebook for a live feed !
Have fun!! Ask alot of questions and share your new understanding next week!
Here's the info from the Inner Space Center:
On April 3rd students from the University of Rhode Island (URI) Honors program will depart on a six-day oceanographic research expedition, and you are invited to come along. Learn about their exciting research and directly ask the students and scientists questions during three live broadcasts and one hosted event.
The Inner Space Center (ISC) at URI's Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) will broadcast live from URI's research vessel, the RV Endeavor, to Facebook on April 5th, 6th, and 7th, and during a community event to be held on April 6th at URI's White Hall (details below).
The research expedition, from April 3rd through 8th, will focus on whale and zooplankton interactions with the environment that occur in the coastal and offshore waters of Rhode Island. Investigating these interactions is central to management and conservation decisions regarding marine species, such as the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.
The expedition is part of CSI Oceans, a URI Honors course led by Dr. Karen Wishner, a Professor of Oceanography at GSO, and Chief Scientist Christopher Orphanides, a GSO graduate student.
Holly Morin, an ISC Marine Biologist, will be your guide to the students and science on the ship. Eight URI Honors students under the guidance of Dr.Wishner and Orphanides will use oceanographic instrumentation to display, analyze, and communicate collected data. Live, interactive broadcasts will engage you in the interdisciplinary nature of oceanography, with an emphasis on the physical dynamics of ocean waters and their influence on marine life and the marine food web.
These broadcasts will run about 25 minutes:
Endeavor Live! Facebook Live Events
Thursday, April 5 at 7 p.m.
Friday, April 6 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 7 at 6 p.m.
Be sure to "like" the Inner Space Center Facebook page to follow this expedition and others.
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