Whales are abundant in the coastal waters of New England, but what is it about the region that makes these ocean giants return year after year? In the next Ocean Classroom (Live!), URI Graduate School of Oceanography alum and NOAA research zoologist Dr. Christopher Orphanides joins host Holly Morin of the Inner Space Center to […]

This week on Ocean Classroom (Live!), we’re putting Limulus in the limelight as we get ready to celebrate the first-ever International Horseshoe Crab Day (June 20th, 2020). In this episode we’re joined by Jennifer Mattei, founder and director of Project Limulus of Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. Dr. Mattei has spent the last 20 years […]

This week on Ocean Classroom (Live!) we’re getting ready for World Oceans Day! With virtual experiences and distance learning resources in high demand, GSO’s Inner Space Center and Rhode Island PBS will share the launch of a new immersive digital series for students and educators. Join Rhode Island educators Shannon Donovan of Scituate High School […]

The URI GSO Fish Trawl Survey has sampled the bottom fish and invertebrate community in Narragansett Bay for over 60 years—one of the longest such surveys in the world. This week on Ocean Classroom (Live!), join fish trawl assistant and GSO student Nina Santos, GSO student Joe Langan and the Inner Space Center’s Holly Morin […]

What can a robotic surfboard tell us about the rapidly warming Antarctic? In this episode of GSO Ocean Classroom (Live!), join GSO’s Holly Morin and Ryan Newell of the University of Washington as they discuss the connections between the ocean, atmosphere and sea ice in the Southern Ocean. Using a Wave Glider—a wave-propelled autonomous surface […]

For this episode of Ocean Classroom (Live!), Holly Morin and Alessandra D’Angelo of the URI Graduate School of Oceanography, along with Narragansett High School teacher Kathleen Couchon, discuss their experiences conducting research in the Arctic. Download Support Materials (.pdf)