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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 15
(2010) pp 387-391
A 24-Hour Marine Science Exercise: An Upclose, Personal and Exhausting Exercise with the Ocean
Mallory P. Brackin, Chelsea M. Connolly, Frédérique N. Dunham, Christina M. Dyson, David K. Edwards, Timothy W. Feuser, Katlyn M. Fix, Jamie P. Fulp, Sonya R. Fulp, Carissa R. Lannon, Stephanie N. Patterson, Christopher A. Pyles, Tiffany N. Stewart, Chris Shipman, Thomas J. Manning*
Department of Chemistry, Valdosta State University,
Valdosta, Georgia, 31698, tmanning@valdosta.edu
Received June 17, 2010.
Accepted September 2, 2010.
Published: 12 December 2010
Abstract. Laboratory exercises in an academic setting can often be predictable in terms of their procedure and results. They are often conducted in a setting that does not provide many of the variables and constraints a real life setting might provide. In this presentation, students will outline a continuous 24-hour lab exercise in which they monitor fourteen (14) chemical and physical parameters in the Gulf of Mexico. Parameters such as ORP, DO, nitrate, ammonia, iron, hardness, pH, salinity, conductivity, tide height, temperature, sulfide, phosphate and TDS are measured periodically by a group of students over a twenty-four hour period. Doing this exercise at a marine lab on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico allows students to gather in-depth knowledge and a feel for the environment they are studying, something that cannot be replicated in the classroom.
Key Words: Laboratories and Demonstrations; general chemistry; field trip
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: tmanning@valdosta.edu)
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