IPSTCentre of Excellence for EcoInformatics,

NECTEC-WUPhuket Ratchabhat University

Nakhonsithammarat Ratchabhat UniversityBan Raya Resort and Spa

Self Defense and Conservation Koh Raya

Virtual Site: Coral Reef Biomes

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Virtual site mission

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Provide information from the site from extended sensors, photos and videos.

All the information packaged as a single pack that uses virtual technology to deliver the experience to students i.e. Google Earth. Future technology can be also used as 3D or panorama Quick Time.

A sample of the use of this technology in a classroom is planned (lesson plan) as a so-called virtual field trip i.e. "Getting to know coral reef of Thailand, meets the folks out there", "Cloud Forest, the source of your clean water for life".

VFT (our technology) will be built around the concept of inquiry based learning and GLOBE complete cycle where finally students prepare their presentations that can be used in a student conference.

What do we get from this virtual site?

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Coral virtual website that students and teachers can access and download sensor data and pictures for their research.

Monitoring changes of coral reef system at Koh Raya real time.

Providing virtual video at coral reef site to help promoting marine-eco-tourism at Koh Raya.

Providing sensor data to better coral reef conservation plan and management.

Thai students know so little about coral reef ecosystem

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Go to coral reef ecosystem, students have to have good swimming and diving skills.

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What equipments do we need?

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B&W or Color camera probe (both Infra-red capable in low-light)

Sea-Tail ™ with Stainless Steel mounting hardware . . . and Upper/Lower Grommets for attaching additional weight or lines

150 feet Sea-Serpent™ Cable, custom fabricated

12 VDC cigarette-lighter power Adapter

Cable spool 3/4" pole attachment 7" portable Monitor (B&W or Color,

same as camera) 110-240 Volt AC (50/60 Hz) power

Adapter Larger Hard Carrying/Storage Case

to hold all of the above

Virtual coral: new way for students to learn science in their classrooms.

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Examples of Coral Data Overlaid on Google Earth

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Example of GPS track Overlaid on Google Earth

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Wichianmatu students went to Hai Islands to visit their coral study site.

Example of VDO clip: false clown anemonefish and anemone

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Example of Sea Surface Temperature Data Analysis & Bleaching hotspots, DHW

•Sea Surface Temperature •Coral Bleaching Hotspot•Degree Heating Weeks

Data visualizatio

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Koh NgamChumphonCoordinate: 8.88888 N 99.99999 EMetadata: Koh Ngam is a good diving spots in Chumphon.

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