Abstract
The Able Sea Chicks blog introduces readers to the exciting field of acoustical oceanography by following two female scientists on research cruises to deploy acoustic moorings in the Philippine Sea. The blog was designed for a special outreach session at the April 2010 Acoustical Society of America meeting titled “Listen up and get involved,” aimed at girls involved in the Girl Scouts of America. This session included a video explaining some of the principles of underwater sound propagation and showcasing some of the instrumentation used to collect underwater acoustic data. A live, interactive question and answer session with the scientists onboard the research vessel followed the video presentation. Both the blog and the outreach session were designed to reach girls at the age where research has shown that interest in STEM fields begins to decline. The blog illustrates how ocean acoustics experiments are conducted using examples from the PhilSea10 deployment and recovery cruises. Blog posts cover topics such as hydrophone testing, signal processing, mooring deployment, and long-baseline navigation. Since 2010, the Able Sea Chicks video and blog have been used in other Girl Scout sessions at ASA and in talks for high school and university audiences.
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