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Fish Banks: Following the Current-cy
On the Tuesday of our last week of camp, we spent most of the day engaged in an activity called Fish Banks.
June 20, 2022Girls Camp
Fish Ecology Blog
This is the sixth year that Michael Sipes, Science Mentor, had the pleasure of leading the Fish Ecology Lab and every year it鈥檚 a blast.
June 20, 2022Girls Camp
Totally Jawesome! A Shark 101 and Shark Tagging Lab
These campers totally needed a bigger boat.. Sharks were on deck at OCG!
June 17, 2022Girls Camp
Behold the Barrier Island!
The final field trip of Oceanography Camp for Girls 2022 was our expedition to Caladesi Island.
June 15, 2022Girls Camp
DNA Detectives!
Campers became detectives for a day as they collected the DNA left behind by organisms in the water, known as environmental DNA (eDNA), to identify organisms from different habitats!
June 15, 2022Girls Camp
Keeping Good Company: Fish Banks Simulation
On the last Wednesday of OCG the campers participated in a team activity called 鈥淔ish Banks,鈥� 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鈥檛 thought about until grad school.
July 20, 2021Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
Bonding Time
This year鈥檚 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鈥檚 global climate.
July 20, 2021Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp