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- 7th - 8th
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Students describe stages in a commercial fishery that eventually becomes severely depleted. They interpret basic data to predict when a fishery stock is beginning to show signs of overexploitation. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research and report on the ocean's problems of disappearing or diminishing species around the world. students examine ecosystems and food chains and present their findings to a mock panel of science experts. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students view examples of songs that have the ocean and its life as their themes. After hearing and reading them, students write their own, having done research on the social and political issues of the ocean's environment. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students write a research paper showing their sensitivity to the environment and reflecting about what they have learned about proper management of fisheries. Full Review »
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- 7th - 11th
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Students discuss why monitoring fish populations is important. They develop a multi-year fisheries management plan and budget. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy as cases in which governments try to correct market failure. They complete a question and answer sheet. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore full spectrum of fish and fishery-related jobs that are important to economies of many First Nations communities, and examine their skills and interests to help them find potential matches with fisheries career. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students prepare a timeline of the major events, figures, issues and developments in the glory days of the cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador from the 1400's to the 1500's. They identify relevant historical evens and place them in sequential order. Full Review »
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- 6th - 11th
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Students are introduced to the aquaculture of British Columbia. As a class, they identify the issue of wild salmon and aquaculture. Using the internet, they research information on a topic related to aquaculture and evalute the websites credibility. They decide on a position by considering agruments raised by various perspectives and write a paper. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students summarize the findings of the Pew Ocean Commission report "America's Living Oceans," contrast it to an opposing viewpoint, and recommend a fisheries policy based on their understanding. It includes a scoresheet that was created for a calibrated peer review assignment. Full Review »

