McDougle Middle Students Celebrate “Cheerwine”

Dec. 4, 2020

In April 2018, an autonomous yellow float was launched in the Weddell Sea by the Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling Project (SOCCOM). Its name is Cheerwine, thanks to McDougle Middle School (MMS) Science Teacher, Christine Lippy’s students, who participated in an international Adopt-a-Float program.  On December 2, after a two year delay, Dr. Bob Key, one of the lead scientists of the SOCCOM program, paid virtual visits to all three grade levels of MMS students to talk about Cheerwine, climate change and the Southern Ocean, and to answer a wide range of thoughtful and excited questions. [read more]