Ocean Commotion

Ocean Commotion
Exhibitors

Ocean Commotion provides students with an educational field trip destination and LSU researchers with a forum to display their research for the local community. Previous Ocean Commotions were covered in The Advocate, The Reveille, LSU Today, and Louisiana Sea Grant's Coast and Sea Magazine. Each year this event brings more than 2,000 students to the LSU campus, many of them for the first time. It is never too soon to encourage children to think about what they want to be when they grow up and where they want to go to college.

Want to bring your hands-on exhibit to Ocean Commotion on November 13, 2008?

The exhibitor registration form is available as a fillable PDF that can be completed online and submitted by e-mail, or you may print to mail or fax to 225-578-6331.. In order to complete the form online you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This program is free and is available by clicking on the Adobe icon.

Download: Exhibitor Invitation (76KB, PDF)

Download: Registration Form (511KB, PDF)

Please register by October 1, 2008

2007 Exhibitors

Guardian of the Sea
USS KIDD Veterans Memorial
www.usskidd.com
Find out about the USS Kidd, a World War II destroyer and learn about life as a U.S. Navy sailor.

LUMCON – Your Coastal Classroom
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium – Marine Education
www.lumcon.edu
Touch live marine animals and learn about the equipment used in water sampling.

UNO Summer High School Earth and Environmental Sciences Coastal Exploration Program
UNO, Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences
www.pies.uno.edu/education
Sample activities, view photo displays, and learn from participating high school students who will showcase the Summer 2007 program.

Marvelous Marine Science
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
www.disl.org
Come explore! Touch, hold and examine a variety of preserved marine life from coastal waters.

Sensory Safari – A Feel Trip
Safari Club International – Louisiana Chapter
www.safariclub.org
See and touch skins, skulls, tusks, jaw bones and marine mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish from the world’s oceans and coastal estuaries, courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Repository in Commerce City, Colo.

Where in the World Is that Sand from?
LSU Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice
http://coastalroots.lsu.edu/
Students will examine sands from around the world using scope on a rope and will locate their source on a world map.

LSU Coastal Roots
LSU Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice
http://coastalroots.lsu.edu/
Plant a seed to save our coast!

Plankton: Ocean Drifters
LSU Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
www.oceanography.lsu.edu
See what fresh and preserved salt- and freshwater plankton look like under a microscope.

Wetland Express
Audubon Zoo
www.auduboninstitute.org
Explore wetland animals and biofacts.

SOAR Sees the Small and Spineless
LSU Department of Biological Sciences
Get close-up views of live marine invertebrates (including barnacles, sea stars and horseshoe crabs) using Scope-On-A-Rope (SOAR).

USCG Boating Safety
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
http://www.uscgaux.com/
Explore boating safety with the U.S. Coast Guard’s boats and helicopter. Bring home a coloring booklet.

Louisiana Wildlife
Office of State Parks, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism
www.crt.state.la.us
See and touch furs, skulls and scat of native wildlife.

Marine Fossils in Louisiana and Beyond
LSU Museum of Natural Sciences
www.museum.lsu.edu/education
Study a variety of marine fossils, from an ancient whale to shark teeth.

Something’s Fishy
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
www.wlf.louisiana.gov
See, smell and feel a wide variety of common fresh- and saltwater fish from the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana’s estuaries and bayous. Look for many different kinds of fish.

Wild about Nature
LSU School of Renewable Natural Resources
www.rnr.lsu.edu
See baby alligators and experience Louisiana’s wetland trees and wildlife through hands-on activities. See our “baby alligators.”

LSU Hurricane Center Kids: Are You a Disaster Awareness Expert?
LSU Hurricane Center
www.hurricane.lsu.edu
Students will answer hurricane questions to receive coordinates and track a hurricane as well as choose appropriate items for a hurricane readiness kit.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Atchafalaya
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System
www.mvn.usace.army.mil/recreation/Recreation_Sites_Atchafalaya.asp
Learn about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ management role in the Atchafalaya Basin and the birds that live in the basin.

Oysters on the Half Shell
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
www.laseagrant.org
View the life cycle of the oyster and see how people in Louisiana earn a living in the oyster industry.

How Old Is that Fish?
LSU Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
www.cfi.lsu.edu
Learn how scientists use fish ear bones (otoliths) to tell how old a fish is.

Explore Our World with Scope-On-A-Rope
LSU Department of Biological Sciences
www.scopeonarope.lsu.edu
Examine a variety of water ecosystems using the Scope-On-A-Rope. Investigate topics such as food webs, ecosystem health and organism diversity.

Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program
Audubon Institute
www.auduboninstitute.org
View a video of dolphin and sea turtle rescues and receive coloring pages and teacher information packets.

Talkin’ Turkey
National Wild Turkey Federation/Wheelin’ Sportsman
Learn how to talk turkey, what turkeys eat and look like, how they sleep and feel and how their populations have been restored in our great outdoors.

Once Upon a Time I Was a Tiny Little Fish
LSU Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
www.oceanography.lsu.edu
Observe early life stages of estuarine fish and see that young and adult fish of a particular species may look quite different from each other.

Water Fit for a Bug
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
www.deq.louisiana.gov
Observe living aquatic macroinvertebrates (baby bugs) to learn how aquatic insects and other organisms can be affected by water pollution and how they can be used to determine water quality in Louisiana.

Walnut Bayou
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
www.deq.louisiana.gov
Observe a dynamic river simulation model and witness the development of meanders, oxbow lakes, deltas, sandbars, levees, marshes and many other river features.

New Orleans in 3-D
LSU Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice
http://coastalroots.lsu.edu
Take a look at the topography of the New Orleans area in 3-D!

Protecting Tomorrow…Today
ExxonMobil Chemical Company
www.exxonmobil.com
Try an interactive coastal erosion experiment. Touch fossils, minerals and rocks and learn about treasures under the sea.

Exploring the Ocean Environment
LSU Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences and
Westdale Heights Academic Magnet
www.ocean.lsu.edu
Engage in hands-on ocean activities to understand landforms, currents and some biological adaptations for living in the sea, such as blubber and bi-coloration. Experience the darkness of the ocean and a video loop of organisms living in the oceans.

Water Cycle Art
St. Joseph’s Academy
www.sjabr.org
Learn about the life of the water cycle by making and wearing your own water cycle bracelet.

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
St. Joseph’s Academy
www.sjabr.org
Learn about erosion and our coast and observe macroinvertebrates under a microscope.

Is Your Water Really Clean?
St. Joseph’s Academy
www.sjabr.org
Understand more about the quality of the water around you through interactive activities illustrating the water quality indices such as pH, turbidity, salinity, nitrates and phosphates.

Conservation Plants Restore Wetlands and Improve Water Quality
Capital Soil and Water Conservation District
See plants developed to control coastal erosion and filter sediment to improve water quality.

Workin’ ‘n the Wetlands
Baton Rouge Community College – Math and Science
www.mybrcc.edu
Students will participate in hands-on activities including water sampling, using pH meters, using microscopes to view water organisms to learn about wetlands.

Crawl Trawl
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program and LSU Agricultural Center
www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu
Experience what it is like to be a sea turtle caught in a shrimp trawl. Travel to the end of the trawl and escape through a turtle excluder device.

Reef Life: An Underwater View of Louisiana’s Oyster Reefs
LSU Department of Biological Sciences
www.biology.lsu.edu/labpages/brownlab/brownlabhome.html
Catch an underwater view of life on Louisiana oyster reefs. Students will be able to see a variety of crabs and fish and learn about their association with oysters.

Washing Away Coastal Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources – Coastal Management Division
www.dnr.louisiana.gov
Find out how wetlands help protect homes and property from hurricanes.

Coral Reef Survivor
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
www.auduboninstitute.org
Play this fun, fast game to see if you can outwit, outplay and outlast the other polyps to become the Reef Survivor.

Wonderful Marine Mammals
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
www.lamer.lsu.edu
Stand with life-size models of a whale and a manatee and learn how baleen whales feed.

Something is Fishy (But Where Are the Fish?)
LSU Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
www.ocean.lsu.edu
Watch a tank simulation of the effects of hypoxia, the “dead zone” that forms each year in the Gulf of Mexico.

Spills SPOIL Our Environment
Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office – Office of the Governor
www.losco.state.la.us
Help us cleanup a mock oil spill. Learn what natural resources can be affected by a spill and why spill prevention is so important.

Power of Plants – Using Plants to Restore Louisiana’s Wetlands
America’s Wetland Conservation Corps – LSU Agricultural Center
www.lsuagcenter.com/AWCC
View live plant demonstrations of three wetland habitats – sand dunes, tidal salt marshes and cypress swamps. Kids will receive seeds and teachers will receive educational CDs and wetland lessons.

Get Fishy!
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
www.wlf.louisiana.gov
Find out about sport fish restoration in Louisiana. Examine samples of sport fish caught in Louisiana, otoliths used to age fish, and learn about our sport fish tagging project.

What Lands in a Wetland?
Student Chapter Society of Wetland Scientists, LSU School of Renewable Natural Resources
What do sponges and wetlands have in common? Come find out with our exciting “Wetlands in a Pan” demonstration!

Ocean Stewardship Pledge
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
www.laseagrant.org
Learn the basics of ocean stewardship and pledge to do your part in ocean conservation. Have your photo taken and posted on Sea Grant’s Education Web site.

The Roots that Bind Our Wetlands Together
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
www.dnr.la.gov
Examine samples of native wetland plants from a marsh nursery. Learn about the habitats where these plants grow and why they are important to our coast and seafood production.

Keeping Our Coast
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
www.saveourlake.org
Find out how we can defend our coast against future storms.

LaBranche Wetland Watchers
Harry Hurst Middle School
http://wetlandwatchers.org
See snakes and alligators up close and learn about basic water quality tests as Harry Hurst students discuss wetland values and challenges and share their nationally recognized wetland service-learning project.

Crude Awakenings
Motiva Enterprises
www.motivanorco.com
Ever wondered where gasoline comes from and what a refinery does? Learn what crude oil looks like when it enters a refinery and what products are made from it.

A Magical Ocean Jeopardy Game for Smart Students
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
www.deq.louisiana.gov
Get your teams together and compete in this Jeopardy-style game.

NOAA: Science, Service and Stewardship
Louisiana Department of Commerce/NOAA/National Weather Service
www.srh.noaa.gov/lix
Learn about the weather with a hands-on tornado simulator and a hurricane toss.

Louisiana Trees
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
www.ldaf.state.la.us/divisions/forestry/
Learn about diversity in native trees.

Gulf Weather: Eddies in the Atmosphere and Ocean
LSU Coastal Studies Earth Scan Lab
www.esl.lsu.edu
Learn about the interaction of atmospheric and oceanic motion on movie loops and how storms are formed over the ocean

CCA Louisiana
CCA Louisiana
www.ccalouisiana.com
Learn about what CCA does to protect marine fisheries.

Get Swamped!
BREC’s Bluebonnet Swamp
www.brec.org
Touch artifacts and live animals from BREC’s Bluebonnet Swamp to learn more about life in the wetlands.

Gyotaku Fish Printing
St. Joseph’s Academy
www.sjabr.org
Roll a rubber fish with tempera paint and press it onto paper to make a picture in this version of gyotaku, the Japanese art of fish printing.

Plant Part Art
Bayou Rebirth Wetlands Education Program
Students will create a plant using straws, pipe cleaners, and sponges; a lesson on wetlands plants and the parts of a plant accompany the craft project.

Interested in exhibiting?
Contact Dianne Lindstedt for information.