CONCEPT - HUMANS AND THE COAST
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Dead Zone Model - COSEE Coastal Trends 
Lesson PlanSummary
Students add fertilizer to pond, river, or estuarine water and compare results to a control treatment with no added fertilizer to simulate how algal blooms and dead zones occur in coastal bodies of water due to nutrient pollution.
Concept: Humans and the coast
Coastal areas and humans are particularly interconnected.
Education Standards
Coastal areas and humans are particularly interconnected.
Education Standards
90+ minsWhat Affects Dead Zones? - COSEE Coastal Trends
Summary
Students explore scenarios in real datasets to investigate how physics and biology interact to produce Dead Zones of various sizes and durations.
Concept: Humans and the coast
Coastal areas and humans are particularly interconnected.
Education Standards
Coastal areas and humans are particularly interconnected.
Education Standards
Why have seagrasses disappeared? - COSEE Coastal Trends
Summary
Students use the internet or printed articles and video clips to research why seagrass numbers have declined.
Concept: Humans and the coast
Coastal areas and humans are particularly interconnected.
Education Standards
Coastal areas and humans are particularly interconnected.
Education Standards
Wacky Watersheds - COSEE Coastal Trends
Summary
Students construct a scaled model of a watershed to demonstrate the effect of various types of land uses on water quality.
Concept: Humans and the coast
Coastal areas and humans are particularly interconnected.
Education Standards
Coastal areas and humans are particularly interconnected.
Education Standards
