This paper describes the author's modifications to an introductory college oceanography class of forty-eight students in order to add field-based projects as a significant component of the course. The field-based focus serves as the major theme around which lecture topics and lab activities are designed and implemented. Students learn oceanographic concepts in lecture and practice using oceanographic ... Full description.

Ocean engineers and scientists are transforming the way we experience and understand the ocean through Integrated Ocean Observing Systems (IOOS). For the first time, there will be continuous, sustained, near-realtime, multi-dimensional data available from the oceans, collected both from within the oceans using sensors systems and above using remote sensing methodologies. These data make possible inquiry-driven ... Full description.