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Plants, Animals, And Others, Oh My!, Amy Nicholson

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Grades: 1. Subjects: Life Science

Difference between biotic and abiotic ocean life

Reef Restoration Reconnaissance, Emory Wellman

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Grades: 9-12. Subjects: Life Science

Gauge the success or failure of restored oyster reefs by collecting and interpreting ecological data from oyster samples and aerial images.

Fish Detectives: Identifying And Classifying Fishes Using A Dichotomous Key, Kaitlyn Cisz

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Grades: 4-8. Subjects: Life Science | Biology | Oceanography

Understanding how a dichotomous key can be utilized to explore how to identify and a group of fishes based on their physical characteristics.

Chesapeake Bay Life Cycles, Alexandria Marquardt

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Grades: 4. Subjects: Life Science | Biology | Oceanography

Use reading and comprehension to explore animal and plant life cycles Simulate a blue crab population

Do Invasive Hogs Alter Species Relationships In Salt Marshes?, Hallie Fischman

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Grades: 7. Subjects: Life Science

Build a salt marsh relationship web and determine the impacts of invasive hogs

Deeper And Deeper: An Introduction To Seafloor Geology, Amy Nicholson

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Grades: 4. Subjects: Earth Science | Oceanography

Identifying seafloor features and reading bathymetric profiles.

Food Webs - Here, There, And Everywhere!, Elle Gellerson

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Grades: 4. Subjects: Life Science | Biology | Oceanography

Examining how food webs depict the flow of energy and relationships between organisms in the marine environment.

Survival Challenge: Can Marine Animals Adapt To Climate Change?, Kyra Fitz

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Grades: 6-8. Subjects: Life Science | Biology | Environmental Science | Oceanography

Create adaptations that will help a marine animal survive in their new climate-change impacted environments

Trash Talk: How To Tackle Plastic Pollution, Mara Walters

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Grades: 9-12. Subjects: Earth Science | Environmental Science | Oceanography

Students will carry out a cleanup of their school campus, collecting and graphing data about the trash they find and learning about problems associated with plastic pollution along the way. Then, based on their observations from the cleanup, students will have the opportunity to complete an action project by planning and implementing a behavior change campaign to reduce plastic waste at their school.

Sea Turtle Patrol, Anna Poslednik

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Grades: 4. Subjects: Life Science | Environmental Science | Oceanography | Math

Collecting data on nesting sea turtles and graphing data.

We're All Connected, Amanda C. Salmoiraghi

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Grades: 11-12/Advanced High School (AP/IB). Subjects: AP/IB Earth Science | Environmental Science | Oceanography

Students will learn about community and ecosystem structure, trophic levels, species diversity, and food webs by participating in a mock-research activity to investigate the impact of human activity.

A Manager's Dilemma: Defending Salt Marshes Against Rising Seas, Mary Bryan Barksdale

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Grades: 11-12/ Advanced High School (AP/IB). Subjects: AP/IB Earth Science, Environmental Science, Oceanography

With a partner, students will investigate certain features of salt marshes and the effectiveness of salt marsh restorations with sea-level rise, using an online model that simulates a salt marsh’s development over time. Students will interpret results, defend their stance on the best management strategy for their salt marsh, and develop a conservation plan based on their results interpretation.

*This lesson plan is only compatible with Google schools, in which students have Gmail and Google Drive accounts

Killer From The Deep!, Tor Mowatt-Larssen

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Grades: 6-12 Subjects: Life Science | Ecology

Explore the deep-sea environment and biological adaptations to living in the deep sea through murder-mystery investigation and graphing activities.

Shark Sanctuaries: Habitat And Climate Change, Kaitlyn O'Brien

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Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Biology

Utilize data collected from scientific surveys to explore the abiotic niche of multiple coastal shark species, and evaluate suitable habitats under differing climate change conditions.

Find The Bullseye: Targeting Conservation In The Candy Darter, Jemelyn Grace P. Baldisimo

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Grade: 7th grade, ability to scale up to high school Biology Subject: Life Science

Determining a species’ risk of extinction using available data and spreading awareness for conservation of an endemic species.

Selectively Breeding Hard Clams, Leslie Speight Youtsey

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Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Biology | AP Biology

Use knowledge of hard clam genotypes and inheritance patterns to cross parents and predict offspring phenotypes.

Searching For Sea Scallops: The Role Of Science In Fisheries Management, Kaitlyn Clark

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Grades: 6-8 Subjects: Life Science | Biology

Students will collect data on populations of sea scallops and then use those data to provide recommendations for sustainably managing the fishery in the next fishing year

Gelatinous Zooplankton In Biological Systems; Case Study: Salpa Thompsoni In The Western Antarctic Peninsula, Maya Thomas

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Grades: 7th Subjects: Life Science

Teach about the importance of gelatinous zooplankton and examine their role in food webs, the biological pump, and the carbon cycle.

From The Subsurface To The Sky: Tracking Groundwater With Drones, Stephanie Wilson

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Grades: High School Subjects: Earth Science | Physical Science

Determining the inputs of nitrogen to coastal waters from drone based radiometric temperature data.

Topics covered:

• Technology and radiometric imagery
• Drones in science
• Groundwater
• Nutrients / pollutants
• Water cycle/ Watersheds

The Seagrass Is Greener On The Other Side, Lauren Alvaro

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Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Biology

Students will collect data about animals in a seagrass meadow, learn how seagrass density affects species abundance and diversity, and calculate a biodiversity index.

Shifting Sands: Coastal Dunes In Motion, Elizabeth Davis

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Grades: 5+ Subjects: General Science, Geology, Environmental Science

Students will use “before & after” dune profile graphics to determine how the dune has changed and hypothesize why this change occurred.

How Resilient Is It? The Resilience Quotient Zoning Ordinance, Qiong Wang, Yao Wang

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Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Environmental Science, Earth Science, Oceanography

The Resilience Quotient (RQ) system uses zoning ordinance to address coastal resilience development issues in the city of Norfolk, Virginia. This lesson plan goes through key resilience concepts and its strategies that can promote flood risk reduction, stormwater management, and energy resilience. The activity provides several scenarios to help students understand, simulate, visualize, discuss, and practice how the Resilience Quotient works for coastal developments in the city.

Fish Census: Monitoring Finfish Populations In Chesapeake Bay, Rachel Dixon

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Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Life Science | Biology | Oceanography

In this activity, students will utilize data collected from a scientific survey to explore where different fishes live in a coastal estuary, and how their populations change over time.

Migrating To Motherhood: The Story Of Female Blue Crabs In Their Ecosystem, Alex Schnieder

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Grades: 6-12 Subjects: Life Science

This lesson guides students through an investigation of the migratory patterns of blue crabs, their life stages, ecosystem use by life stage, harvest, and human impacts to their population.

Watercolors: Relating Properties Of Light To Organic Matter And Ecosystem Production, Derek Detweiler

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Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Chemistry | Biology | Oceanography | Environmental Science

Using properties of light, students will determine the source and composition of dissolved organic matter in estuaries influenced by different land types its subsequent relationship with ecosystem production.

Etiology In Action: Identifying Aquaculture Disease Threats Through Data Analysis, Malina Loeher

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Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Biology | Environmental Science | Oceanography

How do scientists identify emerging disease threats? In this lesson, students will examine fish health, aquatic disease ecology, and aquaculture practices to answer this question.

Dial C For Collaboration: Finding Unknowns With Your Fellow Scientists, Brianna Stanley

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Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Biology | Chemistry | Mathematics | Oceanography

In the sciences, collaboration is key. This exercise allows students to explore scientific collaboration and how to use "knowns" to measure an unknown using a linear equation.

Growing Up Is Hard: Vertical Accretion In Salt Marshes, Alex Smith

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Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Biology | Environmental Science | Oceanography

In this exercise, students will use graphing to examine the importance of natural environmental feedbacks on marsh survival.

High To Low: Exploring Estuarine Gradients, Cristin Wright

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Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Earth Science | Biology | Oceanography

In this lesson, student scientists will examine nutrients, suspended sediment, and phytoplankton level then plot their results to track estuarine gradients.

Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing: The Search For Antibiotics, Amanpreet Kohli

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Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Life Science | Biology

Examining agar plates, students determining the effectiveness of antibiotics for fish pathogens.