1. Earth Exploration Toolbook Exploring Seafloor Topology Chapter Pilot Study, Corvallis High School, May 2008 Conducted by Michelle Kinzel 1 and Brian Wake 2 1)Oregon State University, Department of Geosciences 2) Corvallis High School Science Department

2. Project Activities Day 1 – Introduction to GIS and GPS technologies. Day 2 – Field activity at local watershed study site. Day 3 – Computer Activity, Map Making Using ArcGIS 9.2. Day 4 – GeoMapApp Computer Session, Introduction to tools and data sets. Earth Exploration Toolbox Lesson, Exploring Seafloor Topography, Parts 1, 2 and 4. Day 5 – GeoMapApp Computer Session, guided discovery and practice. Day 6 – GeoMapApp Computer Session, Scenario Based Activity, students problem solve in pairs.

3. GeoMapApp Skills and Applications Virtual Cruise Across the Atlantic Add Data on Blue Whale Locations Basic Navigation Create Profiles Explore Data Sets Locate and profile oceanic floor features

4. Data Sets Used Whale Data – Satellite Telemetry Data from the Marine Mammal Institute Whale Telemetry Group, Oregon State University http://mmi.oregonstate.edu/wtg Seamount Data from the Baja to Bering Sea Initiative, Marine Conservation Biology Institute http://www.mcbi.org/what/b2bcd.htm Global Digital Elevation Model included in GeoMapApp, http://www.geomapapp.org/

5. 1.Add the Blue Whale Data Choose File from the menu  Import Data Tables  Import from Excel formatted (.xls) file  Choose file named blue95CA.xls Click Open  Click OK  Click ‘Color All’  Choose a color 2.Add the geographic names Choose ‘Available Data’ from the menu  Select Data From Menu  General Data Viewers  Tables  Geographic Names  GEBCO Gazeteer (2006) 3. Click on the gray icons and fill in the names of the seafloor features in the spaces provided above. Michelle Kinzel, Copyright 2008 Map Image Created with GeoMapApp Whale Telemetry Data courtesy of Marine Mammal Institute, OSU Worksheet 1- Created for tool practice

6. Worksheet 2 – Guided Discovery Activity, Tool Practice and Data Set Exploration

7. Worksheet 2 – Example of Student Work

8. Scenario Presented students with an open ended scenario to encourage use of tools and exploration of data set. Students worked in pairs to encourage time for discussion, reflection and dialogue. Scenario: You are a marine mammal biologist working for the National Marine Fisheries Service. You have been asked to prepare a report about the migrations and movements of blue whales along the Pacific Coast of North America. You must give information about the locations of the whales and the seamounts they might be feeding on. As part of your report, please propose an area in Canada, United States and Mexico for a Marine Reserve. You can propose a marine reserve area no greater than 250,000 square km. You reserves in Mexico and the United States should include at least one seamount. Once you have chosen your reserve, estimate and report the depth, distance from shore and slope of the seamounts inside the reserve. Draw your reserve on the map titled ‘Pacific Coastal Seamounts’

9. Example of Student Work, Scenario