Congratulations and Happy 2016!

Hello!!!

On behalf of the S'Agulla Team and myself, we would like to congratulate you for all the hard work. WELL DONE!!!

You have done lovely presentations to introduce yourselves and showed us a little about the bit of ocean that you enjoy!

Now we know that the Sea Surface Temperature (SST) is not even, compared to last October average SST it is about 6ºC colder and that, depending on the area, the year with smallest SST oscillation was 2006 or 2014.

Taking the measure of the Secchi disk didn't go well, but it is an important measure to know indirectly how much plankton there is in the water. Remember that plankton is the base of the marine food chain!

The beaches you have been surveying have hardly no tides, but the Mediterranean Sea is not a lake, otherwise the SST would be the same all over!

You have similar kind of sand, with similar colour and grain size which make the profile of the beach also similar. Some of you have noticed with Google Earth's images that sand does accumulate at one side of the port. Have you guessed why?

And it has been fantastic to know your menu, so you love red shrimps but you really catch more anchovies!

Looking forward to seeing your audioguides if you manage to have time to post them up!

In any case we wanted to wish you:

All the best!

Sharky and The S'Agulla Team

Comments from Sharky! (Marine species)

Hello!!!

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR INFOGRAPHICS!!!

Now I know what I will find on the menu when I swim over to your part of the ocean.
So I see you appreciate more the red shrimps although you fish more european anchovies. No problem, I'll have the shrimps as a started and the anchovies as the main course, yummy!!!

Looking forward to the rest of infographics, I like changes in my diet!

Regards,

Sharky

Marine species from Arenys de Mar (1r D)

Hello,
we are 1r D and this is our infrograma. We hope you enjoy it.
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/9812108-untitled-infographic

Marine species from Arenys de Mar (1r C)

Hello,
we are 1r C and here you have our work about marine species. We hope you enjoy it!

https://magic.piktochart.com/output/9856335-untitled-infographic

Audioguide (Activity nº5)

Hello!

We are very pleased to see all the good work you are doing! While you are finishing off the infographic of the marine species we are moving on to the last activity of the Oceans project: the audioguide!

Activity nº 5: Audioguide
Objective: create an itinerary of the 'Fish Route', specifying the location of the fishing grounds, port, fish market and other information of your interest!

ICT suggested: Eduloc >> 

Source of data:

• Survey you have already done
• Internet

(Teachers will supply you with the tutorial of Eduloc)

Label of the post: audioguide

Deadline to complete the form: 23rd December
Suggestion: We recommend working in teams, where every group is in charge to look up different kinds of information.

Please remember only one audioguide per class!

All the best!

The S'Agulla Team

Comments from Sharky! (The Sand)

Hello!!!

So you have already gathered and analysed the data referring to the sand! 

Let's have a look....

IES Tres Turons 1C I am afraid you have not gone over your GPS coordinates yet, they are still of a point inland... And Ins Puigcargol I just hope that all the sand is from the same beach. Remember that when doing research it is very important to know where the data comes from!

Ok, now let’s relate the granulometry with the height and diameter of your heap of sand. Does finer sand make taller or flatter heaps? Do you think that wind and waves will move the sand in different ways depending on the size of the grains?

You have not observed differences in the inclination of the slope of the beach face. But thinking on your results of the experiment, which beach do you think will have a steeper slope?

I see that the main factor that brings sand to the beach is rivers from the mountains nearby. But IES Tres Turons 1D adds that the Tordera River, which is further north, also brings sand. What process brings the sand from the Tordera to Picòrdia beach of Arenys de Mar? 

If you get the answer to the last question, you will also be answering the questions of the water!!!

Come on, think about it. All students from all the schools can suggest an answer!

Looking forward to your comments!!!!

Sharky

Marine species (Activity nº 4)

Hello! While you are finishing off activity nº3 the Sand, we are moving on to the next activity.


Activity nº 4: Marine species
Objective: create an infographic of the 10 most important species caught by the fishermen of your closest port using the ICT Piktochart >>

Information included in the infographic per specie:
You will have to sign in, choose the option infographic, scroll down, choose the first template (Create your own infographic) and start editing.
An infographic is made by blocks, in each block you will describe one specie with the following information:
- Photo or some kind of illustration that allows its identification
-Common name in the local language
-Common name in English (only if local language is not English)
-Scientific name
-Percentage that represents the annual turn over
-Percentage of tonnes captured annually
-Any other information of YOUR INTEREST!

Once you have finished you can publish it and post the link provided by Piktochart on this blog to share it!

Source of data:

• Survey
• Internet

(Teachers will supply you with the information about the survey, webpages and tutorial of Piktochart)

Label of the post: species

Deadline to complete the form: end of the month
Suggestion: We recommend working in teams, where every group is in charge to look up different kinds of information.

Please remember only one infograph per class!

All the best!

The S'Agulla Team

Comments from Sharky!!! (The Water)

Hello!!!! I'm Sharky and the S'Agulla Team have told me that you are studying my environment, the SEA!!!

So let's see what have you found out so far...

Ups! IES Tres Turons 1C I am afraid you will have to go over your GPS coordinates because they are inland...

Wow! Is the Mediterranean Sea like a lake???? You hardly have tides! But is it really???

Then how do you explain the differences of SST in La Picòrdia beach in Arenys de Mar?

You also have different results regarding last year's average SST and with the year of smallest SST oscillation. How is that? If it had been a lake it should be all the same, should it not?

I will give you a hint: now with the activity number 3 you are also going to look at your beach from above. What shape does it have? Is it a straight strip of sand as you find in lakes or is it rather triangular? 

If you still cannot understand what may be the cause of your results you can always ask the collaborators of the Oceans project. Your teacher has a detailed list!

Great to speak to you! And please post the photos of your beach, do not make me cross the whole Ocean to see it!!! THANK YOU!!!

Sharky

The Sand (Activity 3)

Good morning!

Congratulations to those that you have already sent the information. As soon as all participant schools have sent their data, we will put up a table where you will be able to compare the results.

In the meantime we are moving on to the next activity.


Activity nº 3: The Sand
Objective: complete the form The Sand >>

Source of data:

• Survey (you have already done)
• Experiments in the classroom
• Internet

(Teachers will supply you with the information about the experiments and webpages)

Deadline to complete the form: 16th of November

Please remember only one form per class!

We also want to remind that we would like you to post the photos of the beach you are studying along with the name of the beach, town and GPS coordinates. (Label: water)

All the best!

The S'Agulla Team

PRESENTATION INS PUIGCARGOL

Hi, we are 1C class of INS Puigcargol from Sant Antoni de Calonge!

The Water (Activity 2)

Good morning!

We would like to congratulate the Institut Tres Turons for their presentation and for keeping to schedule! So please, do other schools put up your presentations as soon as possible. We are looking forward to meeting you!

We are moving on to the next activity.


Activity nº 2: The Water
Objective: complete the form The Water >>

Source of data:

• Survey
• Experiments in the classroom
• Internet

(Teachers will supply you with the information about the survey, experiments and webpages)

Information of the post: After the survey you can already post the photos of the beach you are studying along with the name of the beach, town and GPS coordinates.

Label of the post: water

Deadline to complete the form: end of the month

Please remember only one form per class!

All the best!

The S'Agulla Team

Institut Tres Turons, Arenys de mar

Hi everybody,

if you want to know who we are, then click on the next link.

http://prezi.com/anvdk3uoc-tj/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Welcome! (Activity 1)

Welcome to the Oceans project!

Let's start with the first activity that you will share on this blog:

Activity nº 1: a presentation to introduce yourselves. 
Minimum information required:

• Name of the class
• School
• Town
• Country
• Image of the students

(You can add any other information of your interest)

Format: all formats accepted
Label of the post: presentation

Deadline: beginning of next week

Please remember only one presentation per class!


As well you can start deciding on the beach you are going to survey and prepare the gear you will need: containers, a thermometer and a Secchi disk!
Your teachers will provide the information you need.
The data gathered will be required in the next activities.

All the best!

The S'Agulla team

Welcome! / Benvinguts! / ¡Bienvenidos! / Benvenuti!

EN: We are getting ready to start the Project in September!

CAT: Ens estem preparant per iniciar el Projecte el proper mes de setembre!

ES: Nos estamos preparando para iniciar el Proyecto este mes de Septiembre!

IT: Ci stiamo preparando per iniziare il Progetto a Settembre!