CARBOOCEAN-IP Marine carbon sources and sinks assessment “Global Change and Ecosystems” (511176) The Norwegian CarboSchool project

CARBOOCEAN 5 year Integrated Project on marine carbon sources and sinks funded by the EC with 14.5 Million € (FP6) 35 international partners from 14 countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the USA) cooperation with 8 research institutes from the US, Canada and Switzerland coordinated by the University of Bergen through an International Project Office in Norway for further informationhttp://

CARBOOCEAN aims at an accurate scientific assessment of the marine carbon sources and sinks within space and time will determine the ocean’s quantitative role for uptake of atmospheric CO 2 (fundamental for all realistic prognostic climate simulations) Aims to reduce the present uncertainties in the quantification of net annual air-sea CO 2 fluxes by a factor of 2 for the world ocean and by a factor of 4 for the Atlantic Ocean with special focus on the Atlantic and Southern Oceans of to +200 years from now

Norwegian CarboSchools project 25 pupils and science teachers from Bergen Katedral- skole (upper secondary school) on board of the RV Hans Brattstrøm to investigate sea water in Hjeltefjorden ( and )

Hands-on experiments RV Hans Brattstrøm is equipped with a plankton net, a water sampler and a sensor for hydrography measurements Depth, temperature, salinity, and oxygen measurements and investigation of plankton

Pupil’s job Perform the experiments on their own Collect all relevant data Analyse data and write a report Take pictures of scientific instruments and plankton Provide two posters for the CARBOOCEAN second annual meeting to give feedback to the scientists and the general public

And the others 2 scientists/technicians: explain the scientific background, what is measured, and demonstrate experiments 3 teachers: encourage and guide the students, assist with experiments 2 journalists: write a newspaper article for ”Bergens Tidende” (BT, Norway) CARBOOCEAN project office: provide background information, write for the university newspaper, take pictures + film recordings, get feedback from all participants, inform the scientists and encourage further projects

”Bergens Tidende” newspaper article both available at ”Bjerknes Times” article

Time frame April 2005 establish CarboSchools May 2005 contact potential Norwegian schools Aug 2005 present CarboSchools to the teachers at Bergen Katedralskole and discuss cooperation Dec 2005 invite teachers to BCCR, present research group, research topics, laboratories, and discuss potential school projects Jan/Feb 2006 translation of the CarboSchool booklet into Norwegian Spring 2006 further discussions of coop. in rel. to the school curriculum May 2006 CarboNordic start-up workshop Aug CarboSchools research cruises to Hjeltefjorden Sep/Oct 2006 students work with the cruise data and write reports Mar/Apr 2007 Investigate water around Bergen together with pupils from different countries (Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden) May 2007  enter water data into a Nordic/international web site to map “The sea in front of our door”, a cooperation with upper secondary schools abroad

Advantages/what made it a success? - highly motivated teachers - curious students - new national upper secondary school curriculum which acknowledge scientific projects - different aspects of a science projects; e.g. chemistry, mathematics, physics, biology, language, international cooperation, etc. - motivated scientists/technicians Disadvantages/what could be improved? - more motivated scientists - acknowledge the school cooperation preformed by fellow scientist as a valuable part of their scientific work - economic support for simple instruments, travel, etc. Tips - try to get in contact with schools in the neighbourhood (to make it more convenient) - start simple - get ideas from others who are cooperating with schools and use the web

Norwegian CarboSchools brochure

CARBOOCEAN brochure