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- 9th - 12th
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Students consider whether artificial reefs are good for marine ecosystems. They examine pictures of artificial reefs and read articles describing the pros and cons of these structures. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students use an Internet Web site to locate the scientific information about various marine species. They use the Internet to find the scientific information about marine animals. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students examine life under the sea to discover coral gardens and microhabitats. They demonstrate learning by creating an edible devonian marine ecosystem with a sheet cake, icing, and different candies. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students investigate the different types of Plankton and analyze the importance of plankton in the marine food chain. They research filter feeding and evaluate the basic principles of an experiment. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students answer the question: "How do different organisms living in the same community help each other?" and invent two organisms with attributes that allow them to live together as helpful partners to show their understanding of the question. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students explore marine turtle habitats. Students research one species of marine turtle found in the Gulf of Mexico. They identify plants and animals in the habitat. They create a model or replica using information gathered through their research. Students write a report about their topic. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the concept of bioluminescence. They use dinoflagellates in a lab situation to study photosynthesis. They conduct research into the concept using a variety of resources. Also the class is taken on a field trip to compare two different ecological areas. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students begin by using clay to model fertilization and early development of sea urchins and chordates. They move on to mixing live sea urchin sperm and ova together to observe, diagram and record events occurring in fertilization and development over a 1-2 day period. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students survey and dissect as many fish as possible. They count nematodes, cestodes and crustaceans on the fish, fill out autopsy reports, and transfer data to a chalkboard data table. Students graph the results of the entire class and explore coevolution. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students identify and describe five main groups of the Phylum Chordata. They discover that the Phylum Chordata is the vertebrates. Students identify the main difference between invertebrates and vertebrates. They read passages about the different chordates. Full Review »
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