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Structuring fieldwork as a jigsaw to increase student responsibility in, and ownership of, their projects

November 13, 2023

I am a huge fan of Kjersti‘s excellent teaching, it is always so inspiring! She, together with Hans-Christian, developed a jigsaw method to structure preparation for a student cruise, the…

Published now: “Activity bingo: Nudging students to make the most out of fieldwork”

July 29, 2023

Kjersti and I, together with Linda and Francesco, just published an article in Oceanography on the fieldwork bingo we developed for the student cruises earlier this year (and that came…

Developing a “student cruise bingo” to make learning visible & fun

February 7, 2023

I am super excited to work with Kjersti again on an upcoming student cruise next month; she is such a great teacher and it is always inspiring to observe her…

Using #WaveWatching and #KitchenOceanography to prepare students for a one-day research cruise

January 21, 2021

When students have only one day at sea, it’s important to prepare them well for what will happen there so they get the chance to make the most of the…

Wave watching in a bucket

October 3, 2019

On the GEOF105 student cruise that I was lucky enough to join like I did last year, I happened to observe what you see in the picture above: Standing waves…

Measuring turbulence with a microstructure sonde

February 14, 2019

One of the instruments that was used on our recent student cruise was the so-called MSS (“MicroStructure Sonde”, sometimes also called VMP, “Vertical Microstructure Profiler”) — an instrument that is…

What’s the etiquette on a research ship? “Soft skill” learning outcomes on a student cruise

February 7, 2019

While student cruises usually have a lot of desired learning outcomes related to being able to use oceanographic instrumentation and knowledge of regional oceanography, ultimately one of their purposes is…

How to use home-made surface drifters to teach oceanography

January 19, 2019

Very early knowledge about oceanography stems from beach finds that had to have been transported to that beach from far away because the finds themselves (pieces of trees, or coconuts,…

Why are they so much slower than I thought? Observing the group velocity vs phase velocity of waves

October 4, 2018

Have you ever seen a speedboat drive past, looked at its wake moving torwards you, then gotten distracted, and when you look back a little while later been surprised that…

At the end of the rainbow you’ll find … home-made surface drifters

October 3, 2018

For Lars Henrik and Harald‘s GEOF105 class we are deploying home-made surface drifters on the student cruise. Today I had the opportunity to join the cruise again, and since the weather today made…

Taking water samples

October 2, 2018

A big part of any oceanographic research cruise: Taking water samples. Here is a group of students practicing how to arm Niskin bottles that will go into the ocean open…

Home-made surface drifters

October 2, 2018

A bicycle safety flag, a plastic bucket, four paint roller trays — what are those people doing there?! Until now this might almost count as kitchen oceanography! Home-made surface drifters But it’s…

Cruise on RV Uthörn

August 25, 2014

Picture dump – in german only today, sorry. So. Noch schnell die Bilder von der heutigen Ausfahrt auf der Uthörn für alle, die es gar nicht erwarten können! Hier ist…

Student cruises (part 5 of many, or – thank you to a great mentor)

December 18, 2013

The first student cruise I ever taught while being taught by one of the greatest teachers myself. As you might have noticed from the last four or so blog posts,…

Student cruises (part 4 of many – weird profiles)

December 16, 2013

When a CTD profile suddenly looks really weird. As mentioned before, student cruises seem to bring out the weird experiences with CTDs. My theory is that it’s the world testing…

Student cruise (part 3 of many, or – when the CTD didn’t start up)

December 13, 2013

When a CTD just doesn’t start pumping. In this post, I talked about how student cruises always happen to be on the perfect days, and then in this post I talked…

Student cruise (part 2 of many, or – reading CTD profiles)

December 11, 2013

Reading CTD profiles. In this post, I talked about student cruises and why they are important for motivation. Here I want to go into a bit more detail on one…

Student cruising

December 9, 2013

Why student cruises always end up being on the most beautiful days of the year, or: why student cruises are an important part of the education. Remember the picture I…

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Structuring fieldwork as a jigsaw to increase student responsibility in, and ownership of, their projects

Published now: “Activity bingo: Nudging students to make the most out of fieldwork”

Developing a “student cruise bingo” to make learning visible & fun

Using #WaveWatching and #KitchenOceanography to prepare students for a one-day research cruise

Wave watching in a bucket

Measuring turbulence with a microstructure sonde

What’s the etiquette on a research ship? “Soft skill” learning outcomes on a student cruise

How to use home-made surface drifters to teach oceanography

Why are they so much slower than I thought? Observing the group velocity vs phase velocity of waves

At the end of the rainbow you’ll find … home-made surface drifters

Taking water samples

Home-made surface drifters

Cruise on RV Uthörn

Student cruises (part 5 of many, or – thank you to a great mentor)

Student cruises (part 4 of many – weird profiles)

Student cruise (part 3 of many, or – when the CTD didn’t start up)

Student cruise (part 2 of many, or – reading CTD profiles)

Student cruising

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