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Bye Bye, Bycatch, Derek Jackson
Bye Bye, Bycatch, Derek Jackson
Lesson Plans
Grade Level: 7th Grade Life Science
Using critical thinking skills to better understand how conservation engineering can improve sustainable fisheries.
Going Fishing In The Classroom!, Will Shoup
Going Fishing In The Classroom!, Will Shoup
Lesson Plans
Grade Level: 4th Grade Life Science and General Science
The student will investigate and understand that organisms, including humans, interact with one another and with nonliving components in the ecosystem. Key ideas include that interrelationships exist in populations, communities, and ecosystems.
The Mystery Of The Oyster: What's In The Bag?, Julia Grenn
The Mystery Of The Oyster: What's In The Bag?, Julia Grenn
Lesson Plans
Grade level: 7th Grade Life Science and Biology
Students will use measurements and graphing to examine and assess how husbandry strategies and business decisions can impact the Eastern Oyster shape.
Hematodinium: A Blue Crab Parasite, Xuqing Chen
Hematodinium: A Blue Crab Parasite, Xuqing Chen
Lesson Plans
Grade Level: High School Biology
Students will use monthly survey data to measure percentage of infection, or "prevalence" of Hematodinium in adult and juvenile blue crabs and determine how prevalence changes through seasons.
The Case Of The Missing Penguins!, Claudia Moncada
The Case Of The Missing Penguins!, Claudia Moncada
Lesson Plans
Grade Level: 7th Grade Life Science
Students will gather and graph data to examine patterns in Adelie penguin populations in the Western Antarctic Peninsula and determine potential drivers for these patterns.
Cereal Killer: Diagnosing Oyster Diseases Using Pcr, Anna Poslednik
Cereal Killer: Diagnosing Oyster Diseases Using Pcr, Anna Poslednik
Lesson Plans
Grade Level: High School Biology
Understand the basis of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) by constructing a model of the technique using cereal and pipe cleaners
Who's That Phytoplankton?, Savannah Mapes
Who's That Phytoplankton?, Savannah Mapes
Lesson Plans
Grade Level: High School Biology
Students will assess harmful algal bloom diagnosis.
Mapping A Terrapin Town, Anna Caputo
Mapping A Terrapin Town, Anna Caputo
Lesson Plans
Grade Level: 7th Grade Life Science and Environmental Science
In small groups, students will explore diamondback terrapin habitat requirements, conservation, and how land use planning can affect their population.
Watching Seagrass Breathe, Alyson Hall
Watching Seagrass Breathe, Alyson Hall
Lesson Plans
Grade Level: 7th Grade / High School Life Science and Biology
Students will investigate how seagrasses act as primary producers in the ocean, why we care about them, and how scientists measure their rates of primary production and respiration.
How Can Communities Be Engaged In Climate Change?, Yao Wang, Qiong Wang
How Can Communities Be Engaged In Climate Change?, Yao Wang, Qiong Wang
Lesson Plans
Grade Level: Advanced High School, AP, IB
Students will use materials to practice how stakeholders engage in climate change adaptation planning to make decisions for Lynnhaven (the second largest watershed) in the City of Virginia Beach. Their Lynnhaven adaptation strategy project will demonstrate that they understand what community engagement for climate change adaptation planning is and how to conduct five phases of community engagement.
Where Land Meets The Sea, Kayla Cahoon
Where Land Meets The Sea, Kayla Cahoon
Lesson Plans
Grade Level: High School Earth Science and Oceanography
Students will use graphs of sediment cores to determine how coast lines change.