CarboSchools activity in Bergen

A. Volbers, E. Falck, I. Skjelvan

WWW.BJERKNES.UIB.NO

Thanks to: Oddbjørn Espeseth, Christoph Heinze, Truls Johannessen, Solveig Kringstad, Are Olsen, Abdir Omar, Vegard Opheim, Benjamin Pfeil

Time frame April 2005 CarboEurope and CarboOcean establish CarboSchools

May 2005 contact potential Norwegian schools

Aug 2005 present CarboSchools to the teachers at Bergen Katedralskole and discuss cooperation

Dec 2005 invite teachers to BCCR, present research group, research topics, laboratories, and discuss potential school

projects

Spring 2006 further discussions of coop. in rel. to the school curriculum

Aug. 2006 First CarboSchools research cruise

2006/2007 Cruises, laboratory work, student exchanges (Bergen/Kiel)

2006/2007 Writing the CarboSchools+ proposal

Jan 2008 EC funds the CarboSchools+ proposal

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Searching for partners / establishing contactStart planning / discussions / giving presentations1 school involved

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Cruises, laboratory work

3 schools involved, several subjects,cruises, lab work, presentations, discussions, reports

Cruises, students reports

Translation of booklet

Cruise / student exchanges(Bergen ↔ Kiel)

Start of CarboNordic

2009

2006-early 2007

”Science” project (test case) -26 pupils, 4 teachers, 4 scientists

-lectures by scientists and teachers

-”hands-on” experiments

(use scientific instruments for own measurements)

-4 science expeditions with R/V Hans Bratstrøm

The students perform experiments on their own

Collect water samples

Understand the hydrography at the site

Collect information about plankton, benthos, scientific instruments, and safety onboard

Analyse data in lab/school

Write report

Day cruise with R/V Brattstrøm:comparison of two locations

”Bergens Tidende” article

2007 Extension of the ”science” project: -2 additional expeditions to 2 new locations (50 m + 500 m), compare temp., salinity,

oxygen, inorg carbon, plankton, benthos

-5 students visit BCCR to analyse the inorganic carbon samples

->no grades->report and poster presentation ->students to arrange a ”climate week” (scientific presentations and debates)

Students exchange -4 students Kiel-Bergen and Bergen-Kiel-exciting, informative and challenging (language aspect)

2008-2009Three schools (secondary high schools):

Bergen Katedralskole- biology

Danielsen Videregåendeskole- technology and science-> how to work as a researcher

Bjørgvin Videregåendeskole- geosciences -> oceanography focus

(Age group: 16 – 18, in 2009 in addition 12 year old pupils)

September 2008

45 students and 5 teachers on R/V Hans Brattstrøm

-From 3 schools

-Different aspects of the project

were highlighted according to

the subject at school

Several visits to UiB/lab and school (lectures, theory, calculation)

Teacher decides on the focuse.g. biology, geoscience, technology etc. (according to curriculum)

The pupils get grades

Schools can also contact the coordinator whether particular questions/topicscan be covered (e.g. extra cruise in 2009)

Exercises for the students Preparations

– Cruise: Compare two different locationsa) 50 m water depth, high currents, hard bottom b) 500 m depth, hard bottom outside Bergen

-> What can we expect to find at the two locations?compare currents, depths, meteorology, biology

- Lectures about marine carbon cycle, physical oceanography, etc.

Main questionDetermine differences between the 2 locations interms of – chemistry (carbon, O2 ->Winkler titration),– biology (plankton, benthos etc.)– physics (measure salinity and SST)

Are the locations sources or sinks for atmo CO2? -lab analysis (inorg C ->coulumetric titration,

alkalinity ->potentiometric titration) -acquiring of external data (wind, atmo pCO2)-calculations (oceanic pCO2, solubility of CO2-> flux of

CO2).

Sub-questions– What determines the density, oxygen content,

temperature, and inorganic carbon content of the water?

– How do the above parameters vary with depth at the two locations?

– Etc.

Outcome

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