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home > education > cbibs workshop 
Using the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS)
for class and field instruction
Teacher Professional Development Institute &
Student Water Monitoring Project
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Gloucester Point, VA
June 2007-June 2009
Want to boost the relevance and immediacy of your ocean science lessons?
Real time data from ocean observing systems in the Chesapeake Bay and beyond will put you on the crest of this technological wave!
Science teachers from the Chesapeake Bay watershed were invited to join a unique new network of teachers, scientists, and students for a two-year project tapping the educational potential of CBIBS (the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System).
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) researchers and VIMS/Virginia Sea Grant educators teamed up with the NOAA Chespeake Bay Program, Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia, Old Dominion University, the Chesapeake Bay Observing System and the Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Lab to offer this field, classroom and laboratory professional development opportunity. We covered coastal ocean observing systems, real-time data, and classroom integration strategies. Teachers took home information, multimedia resources
and knowledge to conduct a monitoring project with their students.
Registration was limited to twelve science teachers, grades 9-12, from the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Institute Highlights
- Informational sessions on coastal ocean observing systems
- Observing system field work aboard a VIMS research vessel
- Hands-on laboratories
- Monitoring equipment for classroom use
- Training and support for classroom implementation
- Class and field activities correlated with Virginia Standards of Learning
- Facilitated group discussion on classroom implementation of ocean observing system, real-time, and water quality monitoring data
Water Quality Monitoring Project
Participating teachers and their students monitored a local waterway through the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 school years by:
- Collecting and analyzing data using equipment provided by the project
- Sharing and comparing data among participating classes via the project website
- Using and interpreting relevant CBIBS data
What Project Participants Will Receive
Teachers received travel support for
Institutes and instruction, equipment and supplies, including
GPS, refractometer, secchi disk,
data loggers and digital pH and
conductivity meters.
Teachers who successfully completed the requirements for each year of the project received a stipend to cover any costs the teacher incurred throughout the project.
Requirements
- Arrange for access to a suitable water monitoring site
- Compete both the four-day Institute in 2007 and a second Institute in 2008 bringing a "buddy teacher " from their school/district
- Conduct student water monitoring projects and submit data in both 2007 and 2008 (in conjunction with buddy teacher)
- Integrate ocean observing systems and real time data into their existing curriculum
Original Participants and Buddy Teachers
- Julie Back, Kecoughtan High School, Hampton, VA
- Nicole Barth, St. Michaels High School, St. Michaels, MD
- Nancy Blankenship, Washington & Lee High School, Montross, VA
- Patty Chaney, Denbigh High School, Newport News, VA
- Gretchen DeWall, Menchville High School, Newport News, VA
- Aaron Grubbs, Fluvanna County High School, Palmyra, VA
- Cynthia Swensson, Fluvanna County High School
- Rick Harman, Rappahannock High School, Warsaw, VA
- Susan Settle, Rappahannock High School
- Kim Johnson, Cape Henry Collegiate School, Virginia Beach, VA
- Shannon Whitney, Cape Henry Collegiate School
- Anne Markwith, Gloucester High School, Gloucester, VA
- Christy Londenberg, Gloucester High School
- Helen Parke, Alliance Christian Academy, Concord, VA
- Christy Sattler, Alliance Christian Academy
- Sherry Pettyjohn, Chesapeake Bay Governors School, Glenns, VA
- Landon Ward, Chesapeake Bay Governors School, Warsaw, VA
- Dawn Sherwood, Highland Springs High School, Highland Springs, VA
- Aimee Ball, Highland Springs High School
- Young Shin, Chesapeake Bay Governors School, Bowling Green, VA
Professional Development Institute Particulars
2007 PDI Agenda
2008 PDI Agenda
2007 & 2008 Instructor bios
- Britt Anderson
Senior Marine Scientist, CBNERRVA
- Lorraine Brasseur
Ph.D. Student, Department of Physical Sciences, VIMS
- John Brubaker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marine Science, VIMS
- Vicki Clark
Project Co-PI
Marine Education Specialist, Virginia Sea Grant, VIMS
- Andrew Larkin
Project Coordinator, NOAA @ Nauticus
- Janice McDonnell, Sage Lichtenwalner and Josh Kohut, Ph.D.
Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Lab (COOL)
- Todd Nelson
Senior Electronics Technician, VIMS
- Mark Patterson, Ph.D.
Director, VIMS Autonomous Systems Laboratory and developer of the Fetch AUV
- Chris Petrone
Project PI
Marine Education Specialist, Virginia Sea Grant, VIMS
- Liz Smith
Director, Chesapeake Bay Observing System
Research Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography
Project Products
Links
The Bridge - Learn more about the ocean: its inhabitants; currents; and so much more!
OOS Education
Local Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems
General Interest
Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about the CBIBS Inside and Out project,
please contact Chris Petrone (804-684-7175).
Sponsors
Funding for this project is pending through a Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) grant from the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
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