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Boat-a-thon building - COSEE Coastal Trends


Lesson Plan 

Summary
Students use a set of materials selected by the instructor to build a boat with a specific task in mind. The steps of Scientific Inquiry are stressed, and the concept of buoyancy is reviewed.





Polar seas: Polar Regions: Arctic Adaptations and Global Impact - National Geographic X-Peditions


Lesson Plan 

Summary
Students conduct research to learn about adaptations of organisms in polar environments.

Concept: Ocean habitats
There are many diverse habitats in the open ocean, which contribute to the diversity of organisms.

Education Standards




The Benthic Drugstore - NOAA Ocean Explorer


Lesson Plan 

Summary
Students identify and investigate the importance of pharmacologically active chemicals found in specific marine invertebrate species.

Concept: Ocean affects humans
The ocean affects human life in many ways. The ocean provides many resources for humans.

Education Standards




Tragedy of Commons Game - COSEE Coastal Trends


Lesson Plan 

Summary
Students play the role of fishermen to demonstrate how overfishing can occur.

Concept: Humans affect the ocean
Humans affect the ocean and therefore must protect it.

Education Standards




Kure Waste Chase - Jean Michel Cousteau Ocean Adventures, PBS


Lesson Plan 

Summary
In this web-based game, students explore various habitats of the ocean, collect harmful marine debris and learn which organisms are affected by the debris.

Concept: Humans affect the ocean
Humans affect the ocean and therefore must protect it.

Education Standards




Dead Zone Model - COSEE Coastal Trends


Lesson Plan 

Summary
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




What Affects Dead Zones? - COSEE Coastal Trends


Lesson Plan 

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.

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Why have seagrasses disappeared? - COSEE Coastal Trends


Lesson Plan 

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




Wacky Watersheds - COSEE Coastal Trends


Lesson Plan 

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




Coral Reefs: Photoquadrats on a Transect - COSEE Coastal Trends and National Park Service


Lesson Plan 

Summary
Students will use pictures of a coral reef transect to graph the percentage of cover for that section of reef.

Concept: Coastal ocean life
Coastal ocean systems provide important habitats for organisms.

Education Standards