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Students are taught how to format and enter data into an Excel spreadsheet. They make a graph, and interpret graphed data. Students discuss the possible impacts of zebra mussels on the Hudson river. They graph zebra mussel data.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students explore the proliferation of zebra mussels and their effects on local bodies of water. They go to a boat dock or marina to obtain mussels, then pull them off rocks.
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- 11th Grade
Students examine the effects of the zebra mussel or other non-native species on Ohio's ecosystems. The zebra mussel is a non-native species that has both positive and negative impacts on Ohio's waterways.
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- 6th - 12th Grade
Students brainstorm possible causes of zebra mussel migration and population expansion. They identify the key causes and effects of the disturbance of the Hudson River ecosystem and research causes and effects in the disturbances of different ecosystems. They illustrate the flow of energy in the ecosystems they have studied and present their findings to the class.
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- 9th - 10th Grade
Students, using zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha), elodea and an indicator dye, observe and record the role of light in photosynthesis. They consider plant production of carbon dioxide and the use of live materials in biological research.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
Students examine the effect of foreign species on various habitats. In groups, they identify the population dynamics of the zebra mussel. They calculate averages and graph data from Seneca Lake in New York. They develop hypothesis about how these species effect the food web to end the lesson.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
Students are introduced to invasive species and how they affect the ecosystems they now occur in. They explore the basic life histories of several invasive species that are of regional and or national importance. Pupils investigate how these species are detrimental to the ecosystem by competing with the native species.
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- 8th Grade
Students identify the Great Lakes, and describe the habitat of life of a loon. They are able to point to and explain one of the major river systems that eneters the Great Lakes with a focus on the Clinton River and the food webs that depend on these fresh water systems. Students are able to describe Purple Loosetrife and Zebra Mussels and the inherent problems they are causing.
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- 5th - 8th Grade
Students investigate how to become advocates in an authentic environmental issue, in this case the invasion of the zebra mussel invasion of the Great Lakes. They complete graphic organizers during Internet research, while reading articles, and while listening to guest speakers. They design a service project based on the issue.
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- 9th - 11th Grade
Students explain the significance of the introduction of species, such as zebra mussels, into American waterways. They describe the consequent harm to native species and the environment in general by creating a tri-fold informational pamphlet on an organism.
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