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- 4th - 12th
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Students perform experiments to examine whether trash can float, blow around, or wash away. The effects of these characteristics on the presence of marine debris in the environment are then discussed. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students delve into diverse marine ecosystems and the problems they face. They discover students the national marine sanctuaries found in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and off the coast of American Samoa. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the national marine sanctuaries found in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and off the coast of American Samoa. They include breeding and feeding grounds of whales, sea lions, sharks, and sea turtles. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify and explore marine protected areas, and examine how they contribute to natural, economic, and cultural resources. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students collect, interpret, and apply data rerlated to the mapping of marine habitats. Working in pairs, they engage in an interactive acrtivity by tracking each other over a pre-defined area. They monitor foraging behavior over candy trails on a spatial scale. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students conduct Internet research of the living organisms in national marine sanctuaries, and the resources protected in the sanctuaries. Students gather information about each of the sanctuaries and make an oral presentation and poster of their findings. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students use the internet to examine the characteristics of reef life. Using those characteristics, they categorize living things. They create a paper sculpture to represent a reef. They share their creations with the class and answer discussion questions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify the accomplishments in oceanography from 17th-19th century, construct a time line with the scientists in chronological order, and discuss the parallels of oceanographic contributions with those in other areas of science or history. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students define Marine Protected Area; identify types of Marine Protected Areas; identify the stakeholders of particular Marine Protected Areas; describe the impacts of establishing Marine Protected Areas from different stakeholder perspectives; and describe ways in which establishing a local protected area would affect their community. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the monitoring efforts in Monterey Bay and Gulf of the Farallones national marine sanctuaries. They develop an ecosystem monitoring plan that explains the rationale for ecosystem monitoring, the methods for monitoring based on research, the people involved in the project, the steps of the monitoring plan, and the benefit of the monitoring project to the area. Full Review »
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