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Keeping Good Company: Fish Banks Simulation
On the last Wednesday of OCG the campers participated in a team activity called “Fish Banks,” a simulation game in which the girls acted as hypothetical fishing companies.
July 21, 2021Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
Remote Sensing is FAR out!
Our goal was to teach these young women about the complex mechanisms and properties of the ocean that we hadn’t thought about until grad school.
July 20, 2021Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
Bonding Time
This year’s Ocean Chemistry lab made for some good reactions! We began with a bead counting activity to show the composition of salts in the oceans.
July 20, 2021Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
Marine Microbes & I
Exploring the role of microbiome on marine and gut health.
July 20, 2021Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
One Fish, Two Fish, Tampa Bay Redfish!
The goal of the lab is pretty straight forward: To learn about fish and why they are important.
July 20, 2021Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
O-fish-ally Out of Fish? Marine Protection and Fisheries Lab
Campers got to learn the importance of protecting marine life and tried their hand at being fisheries managers in the Marine Protection and Fisheries Modeling lab.
July 20, 2021Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
Campers use Saildrone to explore the mysteries of the Southern Ocean!
As a key contributor to heat and carbon transport around our globe, the Southern Ocean plays a large role in regulating Earth’s global climate.
July 20, 2021Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
Coastal Cleanup
It is a tradition that OCG campers take an afternoon to go around the Clam Bayou property and pick up any trash they find.
July 19, 2021Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
Island Time
OCG campers got their daily dose of Vitamin Sea on their field trip to Caladesi Island!
July 15, 2021Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
Whatever floats your boat!
During the “Boat Float” lab, campers learned about density and displacement with the goal of using only cardboard and clear tape to make a boat that can hold two campers for as long as possible.
July 14, 2021Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
African Descendants Have Stake in Saving U.S. Southeast Salt Marshes
Chieftess of Gullah/Geechee Nation supports new initiative to protect a million acres.
July 12, 2021Resiliency News
Fort De Soto: A Tale of Two Sites
OCG campers learned about the dominant vegetation, the nutrients in the water, and the fish that live at Fort De Soto.
July 12, 2021Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp