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Fish Census: Monitoring Finfish Populations In Chesapeake Bay, Rachel Dixon
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Case Of The Stressed-Out Larva: A Study Of Climate Change Effects On Oyster Cellular Physiology, Annie Schatz
Case Of The Stressed-Out Larva: A Study Of Climate Change Effects On Oyster Cellular Physiology, Annie Schatz
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Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Advanced Biology | Chemistry | Oceanography
Using a jigsaw puzzle approach, students will piece together the results of three molecular measures to understand how warming and acidified waters affect the health of oyster larvae.
Marsh Migration Mania!, Emily Goetz
Marsh Migration Mania!, Emily Goetz
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Grades: 6-12 Subjects: Life Science | Environmental Science
In this lesson, students investigate sea-level rise and migration of saltmarsh invertebrates in a "ghost forest."
Sunny-Side-Up: Temperature & Lobster Egg Development, Abigail Sisti
Sunny-Side-Up: Temperature & Lobster Egg Development, Abigail Sisti
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Grades: 6-12 Subjects: Biology
This lesson allows students to use math and science to characterize the effects of temperature on lobster egg development. Students will measure features of lobster eggs at different time points and plot how they change across development. This development will be compared between lobsters from different environments, and students will be asked to draw conclusions about how these differences may relate to lobster performance and climate change.