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The Changing Ocean Program: future science education

The Changing Ocean Program (COP) is an education program that was developed in order to enlighten our students with real-world investigation into the dynamic nature of our planet's ocean.


We utilise  Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) that were developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (N.O.A.A.) and the Smithsonian Institute to collect biological data from a variety of marine environments around the world. The biological data is supplemented by abiotic data collected by loggers during the deployment of the ARMS. 

The long-term monitoring allows for a valuable collection of data for a true evaluation of marine science concepts.

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The Changing Ocean Program - S.T.E.M. Online mini-lecture

Discover the Changing Ocean Program. The why's and the how's!

The Real World Context of The Changing Ocean Program

During fulfillment of the Changing Ocean education program, students establish a deeper understanding of marine science. Participants can investigate the settlement of sessile planktonic organisms in different regions of the Ocean that may display differences in the physical parameters of light intensity, water temperature and water current speed.

The variety of physical parameters can be used to highlight aspects of the changing nature of our Ocean. The Changing Ocean Program booklet is available for download below.

IMSD COP Student Data Collection Handbook 2025 (pdf)

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IMSD COP Student Booklet (pdf)

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New Changing Ocean Program Teacher resource

Front cover of the Changing Ocean Program Teacher's Handbook

New Resource

...providing all you need to know

...with direct links to syllabus

A comprehensive new book that has been developed to support participants in the successful completion of the Changing Ocean Program

Introduction page of the Changing Ocean Program Teacher's Handbook.

...with direct links to syllabus

...providing all you need to know

...with direct links to syllabus

Our first book explains how the Changing Ocean Program links directly to Unit 3 of the Australian Q.C.A.A. Biology Senior Syllabus; Biodiversity and the interconnectedness of life. 

It places Topics 1 & 2 into a marine context and provides participants with the opportunity to complete three mandatory practicals and the student experiment (IA2).

Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure page from the Changing Ocean Program Teacher's Handbook.

...providing all you need to know

...providing all you need to know

...providing all you need to know

A complete step by step 'how to' guide with explanations, links, examples and more...


Further editions planned for the future include:-

QCAA Senior Earth and Environmental Science

QCAA Senior Marine Science


...and other International Syllabus

Download Cop Teacher Resource

The COP Teacher Resource provides an overview of the rationale and guidance for the successful completion of the Changing Ocean Program

Teacher COP Handbook V.1.0 (pdf)

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The Cop Data-Logger Technical Specifications

The data-loggers used for collection of abiotic physical data during the Changing Ocean Program are developed by ONSET HOBO MX2202 temperature/light logger and James Cook University - Marine Geophysics Laboratory water current meter.

The technical specifications for each sensor is outlined in the publications that are available for download below.

HOBO MX2200-Brochure (pdf)

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JCU Marotte Water Current Meter specifications (PNG)

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