Help me give my students the experience of engineering a floating buoy to collect data on the weather in the open ocean, see how the water quality changes, and possibly predict when a tsunami might hit.
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
“Dream it. Design it. Build it.” and “We don’t just study the ocean; We experience it.” these are two philosophies I am trying to bring together for this project. As a result, my students can see that what happens in the science classroom, applies to the outside world. I teach physical science in an engineering pathway, and hands-on project-based learning is the way to go.
My students live next to an ocean but have limited knowledge about it and its importance to our daily lives.
After learning about the dynamics of the ocean’s wave motion, tides, currents, and sediments, students will design and build a buoy with PVC pipes and fittings. The first step to success would be to develop a buoy that floats and test how much weight the buoy can safely hold without tipping over or sinking. After that, an indoor/outdoor sensor is attached to the buoy to make it an observation buoy that can measure the temperature of the air and the water.
I recently attended AMS Project Ocean and was inspired to bring oceanography concepts and projects to my physics and engineering classes. I can introduce them to new experiences and new career choices. With the latest knowledge, they’ll gain life-changing confidence. Real-world applications would boost their expertise to world-class levels. Students will approach problems as scientists, focusing on data and facts collected by them. My goal as a science teacher is to connect engineering, science, and human interaction with the environment and how all need to be watched, cared for, and nurtured. With the donated materials, my students can learn about and create a device, collect real-time data, and better understand something in their backyard, the ocean.
More than half of students from low‑income households
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