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- 5th - 12th
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Students study the relationship of form and function in the marine environment. Full Review »
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- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students develop a test tube model of an oil spill in order to experiment with conditions needed for bioremediation. They apply the principals of experimental design by analyzing a research article on the EXXON Valdez bioremediation efforts a Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the technological advances in habitat mapping. They practice reading images and answer questions. They discover how important remote sensing and underwater vehicles are to mapping. 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 examine the current technologies used in mapping resources in the marine environment. They look at remote sensing, sounding, and underwater vehicles. They examine image from the benthic habitat produced by the GIS in order to see the animal life that exists there. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students engage in a lesson which serves as an introduction to the ideas and implications of animal tracking. They monitor animal foraging behavior on a spatial scale. The students break into groups and track each other's movements as they move through a pre-determined course. Students also engage in a creative design activity, focusing on how they would design a tag for a marine animal of their choice. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students discuss marine mammal diving reflex, and measure pulse rate while holding their breath under three conditions: control, warm water, and ice water to determine if humans exhibit marine mammal diving reflex. 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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- 9th - 12th
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Students discover that proteins that are the product of DNA translation are different for different species. They determine that by analyzing their mass and charge they can differentiate between two different species. They use some of the equipment used in the biotechnology lab including the pipette and gel electrophoresis to separate two different proteins. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the concepts that are part of a unit on ocean drifters and the web of life. The unit focuses on the characteristics necessary for maintaining a place in the food web. Students work with multi-media, including the "Puget Sound" CD, the video NOVA: Kingdom of the Seahorse, and related internet and classroom lab activities. Full Review »
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