ACTIVITY - ROCKY INTERTIDAL MONITORING THE INTERTIDAL WITH LIFE-SIZED PHOTOS
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Rocky intertidal: Monitoring the Intertidal with Life-Sized Photos - Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association 
Lesson PlanSummary
Students use photo quadrats of a real rocky shoreline to investigate the zonation of organisms in the rocky intertidal zone. Note: links to photo quadrats and organism ID guide are listed in the Materials section.
Concept: Coastal ocean life
Coastal ocean systems provide important habitats for organisms.
Coastal ocean systems provide important habitats for organisms.
National Science Education Standards
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K-12 Unifying Concepts and Processes
Systems, order, and organization
Evidence, models, and explanation
Form and Function
9-12 A Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Understandings about scientific inquiry
9-12 C Life Science
Interdependence of organisms
Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
Behavior of organisms
9-12 F Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Natural Resources
Ocean Literacy Essential Principles (PDF booklet): 5. The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems (concepts h, i)
Life on an Ocean Planet text reference (book link): Chapter 16 Marine Ecosystems 16:15-29
(click a standard to show activities that meet it)
K-12 Unifying Concepts and Processes
Systems, order, and organization
Evidence, models, and explanation
Form and Function
9-12 A Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Understandings about scientific inquiry
9-12 C Life Science
Interdependence of organisms
Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
Behavior of organisms
9-12 F Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Natural Resources
Ocean Literacy Essential Principles (PDF booklet): 5. The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems (concepts h, i)
Life on an Ocean Planet text reference (book link): Chapter 16 Marine Ecosystems 16:15-29
75 mins
