STEM 2051 Sea Odyssey
Abstract
Approved for Public ReleaseUndersea biomedical and technological innovation is of critical importance to the Navy. The proposed 3-year project will aim to attract new interest in human undersea exploration by creating an online video docuseries. An 8-part docuseries that focuses on "how humans become aquatic: past, present, future" will be developed as a collaboration between scientists working in undersea medicine and physiology research, and DEEP, an undersea engineering company developing novel technology and training to make humans aquatic . Filming will take place at DEEP facilities and via in-person and video interviews of scientists and engineers and their respective research facilities. In addition to providing an overview of the different forms of diving and human undersea exploration, each episode will teach viewers about the science and engineering required for each discipline by integrating US Navy-funded scientists and engineers into series development and filming. The Divers Alert Network research foundation will lead the outreach and social media engagement portion of the project, and DAN will design a website for hosting each video episode as we stagger their release over the course of a year starting mid-way through year 2 of the project. We will complement the video production and release with engagement activities to target university students, as well as grade-school students. At the university level, we will conduct a design challenge competition to encourage university STEM students to engage with Navy-relevant topics that could influence their possible future career paths. The university-level competition will be announced with the release of the first episode ofthe docuseries. Teams will be encouraged to work with their university educators on a year-long design challenge culminating in thefinal 2 teams being invited to pitch at DEEP as part of the final episode of the series. For grade school engagement, every episodewill be also accompanied by a challenge question or theme for educators and students to explore asynchronously. Throughout years 2-3 of the project, grade school educators will be encouraged to engage with the online community on social media and share teaching plans around the STEM principles involved in each episode. Enduring educational materials will be crowdsourced from submitted entriesfor inclusion on the final website.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- May 15, 2024
- Source ID
- N000142412334
Entities
People
- Virginie Papadopoulou
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill