Welcome to Ocean Literacy

Unit 1: The Sea & Me

Unit 2: Underwater Work

Unit 3: Protecting the Mediterranean Monk

Seal

Plus a sea-themed field

trip in June!

Unit 1: The Sea & Me

Ms. Kaitlyn & Ms. Lina Spring 2021

Meet Kaitlyn - Language Arts Teacher

- ScienceDIVER, Public Relations Officer

- Underwater Surveying Team, Member

- PADI Rescue Diver, Ikion Diving Summer Staff

- Swimming World International, Journalist

- Global Shapers Thessaloniki, Webcast Host & Organizer

*also from Chicago!

Now it’s time for you to tell us about yourselves!

Introduction

- What are the first 2-3 things that you

think of when you hear “the sea”?

- How am I connected to the sea?

- Does the sea need protection? If so, what

might this look like?

Key terms for Unit 1

• Sea culture

• Ocean literacy

• Citizen science

Sea Culture ● How has the sea has shaped the traditions and lifestyles of Greeks?

● Can you give me some examples of the sea inspiring Greek

literature, art, or music?

● What are examples of sea culture in other countries that you know

about ?

Writing the Sea "Like frogs around a pond, we have settled down upon the shores of this sea."

Plato (429 B.C. - 347 B.C.)

The ceaseless twinkling of laughter of the waves of the sea.

Ποντίων τε κυμάτων ανήριθμον γέλασμα.

Aeschylus (525 B.C. - 455 B.C.)

“Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.”

Nikos Kazantzakis (1883 A.D. - 1957 A.D.)

Ocean Literacy

● Ocean literacy is understanding both the ocean’s influence on you and your influence on the ocean

● What is one way that humans have negatively impacted the ocean?● What is one way you can help change negative human impacts on the seas?

More than 80% of the ocean has never been mapped, explored, or even seen by humans. (Source: National Geographic)

Citizen ScienceWhat is is: Public participation in scientific research

What it can look like: Everyday people who record what they see in the natural world and then provide that information to professional scientists. Species identification and recording weather data are very popular forms of citizen science.

Example of Citizen Science project in Greece: Underwater Surveying Team of AUTH

The team uses the methodologies of ethnography, archaeology and underwater surveying in order to piece together Greece’s role in WWI and WWII. The people involved include people from many different backgrounds.

Why should I try Citizen Science?

Case Study: Friendly Floatees

- In 1992, a cargo ship leaving Hong Kong with nearly 30,000 rubber ducks accidentally dumped their cargo into the ocean

- The rubber ducks were showing up all over the world. Scientists study this example to learn more about the oceans

Currents - One of the main forces driving ocean current patterns is the rotation of the Earth, which produces the Coriolis effect

- Water currents generally move clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

- The spilled rubber ducks followed a mostly clockwise path since they were spilled in the Northern Hemisphere.

- The Coriolis effect holds true for both wind and water currents.

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Check-in questions

- How does the “Friendly Floatees” phenomenon explain how the seas are connected?

- What does this example tell us about the movement of the seas (ocean currents)?

- What other questions do you have about the movement of plastics in the ocean?

Expert Guest: Dr. Kimon Papadimitriou

- Kimon was a co-founder of the

Underwater Surveying Team at Aristotle

University of Thessaloniki

- He is a certified wreck detective, specialized in surveying methods to find

both modern and ancient shipwrecks

Expert guest: Lina Giatsiatsou, Maritime Archaeologist

Where has she done her field work? Hjarnø, Denmark; Keros, Cyclades; Mesara, Crete; Viotia, Greece; Naxos, Cyclades and more!

What’s her current role? Lina is an archaeologist in Atlantis Consulting here in Thessaloniki

Digital Sea Culture

Example 1: Video game app exploring ancient underwater sites

“2,500 years of history, 4 incredible underwater sites to explore, four unique

stories, four personalities, one only law: time. Will you be able to master it?

DIVE IN THE PAST and find it out. Time’s running out.”

From March 2021. Available on Apple App store and Google Play store.

Example 2: VR: Take a virtual dive- anytime, anywhere!