Mirjam Sophia Glessmer

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Concept maps II

March 14, 2014
A couple of pointers on how to use concept maps in class. I recently presented concept maps as a tool both here and in a workshop I co-taught. And I …
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Concept maps

March 10, 2014
Drawing concept maps at the beginning, the middle and the end of the course. Using concept maps in teaching is something that I first tried last year in both the…
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Mediterranean outflow

December 2, 2013
Students demonstrating the mediterranean outflow in a tank. As reported earlier, students had to conduct experiments and present their results as part of CMM31. Niklas chose to demonstrate the mediterranean outflow…
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Rogue waves in a bath tub

November 29, 2013
Trying to create rogue waves in the bath tub of the infamous “red house”. As a part of their projects, students in the CMM31 in Isafjördur course had to conduct…
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Hydrothermal springs

October 16, 2013
Hydrothermal springs that you can visit without a deep-sea submersible. When teaching about hydrothermal springs, I usually use a video a friend of mine took of hydrothermal vents on the…
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Why do we get an Ekman spiral?

October 11, 2013
Visualizing an Ekman spiral using a deck of cards. To state this right upfront: this post will not explain why the surface layer is moving at a 45 degree angle…
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Q&A pairs

October 10, 2013
Have students group in pairs, develop and answer questions. It is really hard to come up with exam questions (or even just practice questions) that have the right level of difficulty…
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Traveling circus

October 8, 2013
Stuff that I  brought to Isafjördur to teach the intro to oceanography. I’ve been a fan of minimalistic travel for a while. And apparently I was ready for a new…
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Interference of waves.

October 7, 2013
Movie on wave interference – two wave fields arriving perpendicular to each other, interacting and leaving. When talking about waves, it is often difficult to explain that wave heights of…
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Standing waves.

October 6, 2013
A seesaw to visualize how standing waves move in an enclosed basin. In enclosed basins, standing waves can occur. In the simplest case, they have a node in the middle…
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Long-distance teaching.

October 3, 2013
My experiences with giving a lecture via Skype. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I taught two lectures at the University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland, in 2012 while physically…
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Teaching in Isafjördur

October 2, 2013
Teaching a block course at the University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland. For those of you who were surprised that lately they didn’t recognize my students any more and the…
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Measuring temperature.

September 28, 2013
Students build thermometers. As described in this post, I like to have students build “instruments” to measure the most oceanographic properties (temperature, salinity and density). I find that they appreciate oceanographic…
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Measuring salinity

September 27, 2013
Students evaporate water to measure the salinity of a water sample. As described in this post, I like to have students build “instruments” to measure the most oceanographic properties (temperature, salinity…
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Measuring density

September 26, 2013
Students build a device to measure density. As described in this post, I like to have students build “instruments” to measure the most oceanographic properties (temperature, salinity and density). I…
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Tasting sea water reloaded

September 25, 2013
Doing the “tasting sea water” activity again with a different group of students. A very good introduction to the concept of salinity is the “tasting sea water” activity. Last time…
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A, B, C or D?

August 31, 2013
Voting cards. A low-tech concept test tool, enhancing student engagement and participation. (Post 1/3) Voting cards are a tool that I learned about from Al Trujillo at the workshop “teaching…
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