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Virtual Voyage: A Small Step in Providing a Research Experience

Join a virtual research expedition exploring topics like marine fisheries, plate tectonics, and ocean circulation. Designed for junior and senior students, this program offers a unique opportunity to gain research experience.

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Virtual Voyage: A Small Step in Providing a Research Experience

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  1. Virtual Voyage: A Small Step in Providing a Research ExperienceDonald L. Reed Department of Geology, San Jose State University http://oceansjsu.com

  2. Student Profile • Junior & Seniors • Last Class - “Terminal Oceanography” • First Generation University Student • Older (“Experienced”) • Working (Full-time & Part-time) • Family • Women • Students as Citizens • Students as Scientists

  3. Themes • Marine Fisheries • Seafloor Visualization • San Francisco Bay-Delta-Estuary • Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Tsunamis • Vent Ecosystems • Seawater Properties • Primary Productivity and Nutrients • Ocean Circulation and Climate • Paleoceanography - Ocean Drilling Program • Research Grant Proposal

  4. Funding • National Science Foundation • MASTEP • Awards for Facilitating Geoscience Education • Virtual Voyage (DUE) • SJSU Center for Faculty Development & Support • SJSU International and Extended Studies (eCampus)

  5. Virtual Voyage

  6. Joining the Ship

  7. Preparing to Depart

  8. Leaving the Dock

  9. Shipboard Scientific Meeting • Three Navigational Hazards • Dredged Material Disposal Site • Map Distribution of Sediment Bedforms

  10. Collecting a Survey

  11. San Francisco Bay Visualization

  12. Data Interpretation

  13. San Francisco Bay Visualization

  14. San Francisco Bay Voyage

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