What’s your vector, Victor? Understanding math and wind helps get you where you want to go.

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Earth Science Teacher, Dave Rodriguez, shows an activity on how to determine the dew point using easy to locate materials.

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Dr. Tom Van Lent and Rajendra Paudel describe how hydrologic modeling is used to evaluate environmental conditions in the Everglades.

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Meteorologist, Michael Kozar, discusses the limitations to existing hurricane scales and how he is helping to develop an improved scale.

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Lofty ideas about kites helped power a kayak from California to Hawaii.

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Dave Rodriguez demonstrates the use of a sling psychrometer to compare wet and dry-bulb temperatures to determine relative humidity.

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What happens when math models go wrong in forecasting hurricanes?

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Dr. Georges Weatherly describes how ocean circulation and temperature plays a role in local weather around the globe.

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Improve your students' circulation by having them literally walk through ocean currents!

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Candy production requires lots of heat. If you can't stand it, get out of the kitchen so you can watch this video on the couch instead.

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In a fog about weather patterns? This climatologist will demystify the topic for you.

Dr. Melodie Naja describes the link between agricultural pollutants and the bioaccumulation of methylmercury in the fresh surface waters of the Everglades.

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Hurricanes can hit at any time! How do insurance companies use math and weather data to help to restore the community?

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Meteorologist from Risk Management discusses the use of probability in predicting hurricane tracks.

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Dean Grubbs discusses biogeochemical cycles in the oceans and their impact.

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Michael Kozar talks about the influence land and water have on severe weather.

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Mark Powell discusses the models used for hurricane predictions and the limitations that exist.

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Angela Dial talks about using ocean core proxy data to investigate Earth's climate from the past.

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Angela Dial discusses the geologic and scientific evidence related to climate change in the past.

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Mark Powell discusses the impacts that a hurricane can have.

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Jon Ahlquist discusses the various factors in weather predictions and why they are so important to our lives.

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Jon Ahlquist discusses ensemble forecasting and how technology has allowed us to collect important data for the understanding of weather.

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Kent Koptiuch talks about aquifers and the importance of water quality.

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Kent Koptiuch talks about watersheds and water quality.

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Let this researcher explain how studying fossils and isotopes can help us understand ancient climate conditions!

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When your classroom is the open ocean, which is the longest period? The one from the tsunami.

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Hear how mathematics helped shape Dr. James O'Brien's groundbreaking research in ocean modeling of El Niño.

COAPS oceanographer Dmitry Dukhovskoy describes the process used to mathematically model eddy shedding in the Gulf of Mexico.

Listen to a discussion about how moist atmospheric rivers are influencing increased monsoonal events.

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This FSU professor discusses the limitations and need for improvement to models used to forecast hurricanes.

In the Earth's systems, everything is connected! This meteorologist explains the relationship between monsoonal heat columns and polar ice-melt.

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A discussion focusing on the predictions that underestimated the storm surge from Hurricane Dennis on the Florida panhandle.

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To understand atmospheric and oceanic currents, one needs a well-rounded understanding of geometry and the shape of the Earth.

Dissolved oxygen is important to all life in and out of the water! Learn more in this video!

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A climatologist rains down information about how physical factors form regional climates.

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Listen up as a meteorologist explains how weather balloons work and how they collect data for models they can use to make forecasts.

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A discussion describing ocean currents studied by a physical oceanographer and how math is involved. 

COAPS oceanographer Steve Morey describes how math is used to help research hurricanes and strong deep ocean currents that could effect deep water oil rigs.

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A climatologist raises the bar with this classroom-ready 3D fluid dynamics weather demonstration.

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Learn how the ocean pressures the climate into changing.

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Major Paul Homan describes the needs and capabilities of the United States Air Force with regard to global weather prediction and modeling. 

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Glass artist Russel Scaturro explains how fine control of gas flow aids efforts to minimize his carbon footprint toward a larger goal of environmentally-conscious fabrication methodology. 

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In this video, Eugene Domack explains how past Antarctic ice sheet movement rates allow us to understand sea level changes. Video funded by NSF grant #: OCE-1502753.

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Eugene Domack, a geological oceanographer, describes how sediment cores are collected and used to estimate rates of ice sheet movement in Antarctica. Video funded by NSF grant #: OCE-1502753.

In this video, Brad Rosenheim describes how Louisiana sediment cores are used to estimate sea level changes over the last 10,000 years. Video funded by NSF grant #: OCE-1502753.

Watch as Brad Rosenheim, a geological oceanographer, explains how modern technology and sampling methods are used for sea level research. Video funded by NSF grant #: OCE-1502753.

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Watch as Don Chambers explains the role of satellites in measuring the mass of ice sheets and the connections between ice sheet mass changes and sea level. Video funded by NSF grant #: OCE-1502753.

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In this video, Don Chambers explains how satellite technology is essential for assessment of sea level changes. Video funded by NSF grant #: OCE-1502753.

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Angela Dial discusses how she solves systems of equations to determine how the composition of ocean floor sediment has changed over 65 million years to help reveal more information regarding climate change.

Michael Kozar speaks about severe weather and hurricane impacts.

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Sandra Brooke, from FSU Marine Lab, talks about undersea canyon ecosystems.

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Ecologist, Rebecca Means, describes the process of determining remote locations in the USA and developing quantitative questions that are appropriate.

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Want an unforgettable field trip led by a real scientist where your students get hands-on experience with collecting population data? Consider the "" educational program from Remote Footprints.

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Sometimes scientists conduct a census, too! Learn how population sampling can help monitor the progress of an ecological restoration project.

This teacher explains how a 3D-printed quadrat can be used with an M&M sampling lesson to engage students when they explore how to use data from a random sample to draw inferences about a population.

Dr. Bill McShea from the Smithsonian Institution discusses sampling and inference in the study of wildlife populations.

This video was created in collaboration with the Okaloosa County SCIENCE Partnership, including the Smithsonian Institution and Harvard University.

Statistical analysis played an essential role in using microgravity sensors to determine location of caves in Wakulla County.

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The tide is high! How can we statistically prove there is a relationship between the tides on the Gulf Coast and in a fresh water spring 20 miles from each other?

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This ecologist from the Coastal Plains Institute discusses sampling techniques that are used to gather data to make statistical inferences about amphibian populations in the wetlands of the Apalachicola National Forest.

How do scientists collect information from the world? They sample it! Learn how scientists take samples of phytoplankton not only to monitor their populations, but also to make inferences about the rest of the ecosystem!

It's impossible to count every animal in a park, but with statistics and some engineering, biologists can come up with a good estimate.

Deep sea shark researcher, Chip Cotton, discusses the need for a Power Analysis to determine the critical sample size in order to make inferences on how oil spills affect shark populations.

NOAA Scientist Doug Devries discusses the differences between fishery independent surveys and fishery independent surveys.  Discussion includes trap sampling as well as camera sampling. Using graphs to show changes in population of red snapper.

Underwater sampling with cameras has made fishery management more accurate for NOAA scientists.

Fish Ecologist, Dean Grubbs, discusses how using statistical sampling can help determine legal catch rates for fish that may be endangered.

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Hydrogeologist from Nestle Waters discusses the importance of statistical tests in monitoring sustainability and in maintaining consistent water quality in bottled water.

Patrick Milligan shares a teaching idea for collecting insect samples.

In this video, Jim Cox describes a sampling method for estimating the density of dead trees in a forest ecosystem.

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Dr. David McNutt explains how a simple do-it-yourself quadrat and a transect can be used for ecological sampling to estimate population density in a given area.

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Safe water? Safe soil? How can we calibrate our equipment to detect small levels of pollutants and ignore other substances in the sample?

This researcher explains common methods behind randomized studies in the social sciences, specifically in education.

Carbon can take many forms, including foam! Learn more about how geometry and the Monte Carlo Method is important in understanding it.

Should I keep my choice or switch? Learn more about the origins and probability behind the Monty Hall door picking dilemma and how Game Theory and strategy effect the probability.

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Florida State University Counseling Psychologist discusses how he uses confidence intervals to make inferences on college students' experiences on campus based on a sample of students.

Will Ryan describes methods for collecting multiple random samples of anemones in coastal marine environments.

What does it mean to be normally distributed?  What do oceanographers do when the collected data is not normally distributed? 

This marine biologist discusses her use of graphical representations to help determine the most cost-effective management strategies for sea turtle conservation.

This activity will send your measurement lab to new distances.

NOAA Fishery management relies on histograms to show patterns and trends over time of fishery data.

Unlock an effective teaching strategy for teaching median, mode, and range in this Teacher Perspectives Video for educators.

Invasive lionfish are taking a bite out of the ecosystem of Biscayne Bay. Biologists are looking for new ways to remove them, including encouraging recreational divers to bite back!

This education researcher uses measures of center and measures of variability for numerical data from random samples to draw informal comparative inferences about two populations.

Dive in and learn about how statistics can be used to help research sea turtles!

Ecologist Rebecca Means discusses the use of statistical sampling and comparative studies in field biology.

An archaeologist describes how an ancient weapons technology can be used to bring home dinner or generate data for a math lesson.

Graphic designer and artist, Drexston Redway infuses statistics into his artwork to show population distribution and overlap of poverty and ethnicity in Tallahassee, FL.

Jens Foell discusses how statistical noise reduction is used in fMRI brain imaging to be able to determine which specifics parts of the brain are related to certain activities and how this relates to patients that suffer from phantom limb pain.

Florida State researcher Jens Foell discusses the use of fMRI and statistics in chronic pain.

Watching this video will cause your critical thinking skills to improve. You might also have a great day, but that's just correlation.

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Jens Foell discusses the link between correlation and causation in PTSD patients.

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Florida State Researcher, Jens Foell, discusses the importance of understanding correlation versus causation when researching personality traits and criminal behavior.

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