Ocean acidification teaching resource receives "Highly
Commended" award
4 November 2011
PML’s Lord Kingsland Fellow, Dr Helen Findlay, was part of a
small team that received a Highly Commended award from the Scottish
Association of Geography Teachers for their
“From the Field” teaching resource on ocean acidification.
The “From the Field” resources are produced in
collaboration with the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) and the
Goldsmiths' Company to enable geography teachers to work alongside
practitioners at the cutting edge of geographical research to
develop educational resources for the classroom. By engaging
with locally based specialists in fields such as climate change,
migration or development, these resources bring first-hand
experience of these issues into the classroom.
The expedition that this resource is based on
occurred during March 2010 and April 2010 at a Sea Ice Station
78°N and 104°W in the Canadian High Arctic. The aims of the
research were to investigate the impact of ocean acidification on
biogeochemical cycling through sea ice, and how this affects Arctic
marine communities. The research focused on certain characteristics
of the Arctic Ocean, specifically the carbon chemistry, nutrient
content and biological communities inhabiting the ocean.
Helen will be giving a lecture at RGS about
ocean acidification on Monday 28th November 2011.