Students discover how tiny microscopic plants can remove nutrients from polluted water. They also learn how to engineer a system to remove pollutants faster and faster by changing the environment for the algae.

This resource over cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) explains what blue-green algae is, what blooms are and how they are harmful to livestock, how people and animals are effected by exposure to this algae, and more.

Read a passage about creating fuel from algae and answer the follow-up questions.

This lesson explains the existence and importance fungi and algae. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Microbes: Fungi and Algae."

Discusses the characteristics of four different types of algae.

What is blue-green algae? Is blue-green algae nutritious? This site answers these questions as well as the use of algae in the treatment of diseases.

Causes for red algae in the aquarium, eliminating red algae, the role of carbon dioxide, and algae eaters.

Habitat, appearance, and classification of red algae. Growth of red algae.

Algae are not uniform in their methods of reproduction. Some reproduce sexually and others asexually. Read a brief overview of algae reproduction in this resource.

Discusses uses of algae in nutrition, products used by humans, pollution control, biodiesel production, Asian medicine, and other ways.

Learn about fungi and how they grow, algae and the different types, and other fun facts.

In this task, students analyze the amount of algae growing on the surface of a lake. The purpose of the task is to introduce students to exponential growth. Instead of giving a starting value and asking for subsequent values, it gives an...

In this lesson pupils learn about how algae is used in the food they eat.

Wikipedia offers the short definition of brown algae, a large group of multicellular algae.

Describes the reproduction of red algae and the structure of red algae.

Defines red algae. Also gives the habitat, reproduction cycle, and lists different species.

Algae is a good thing, but too much is a bad thing. In this environmental science fair project, grow algae in several concentrations of fertilizer and observe its effect on algal growth.

Explore how scientists use satellite data to detect and monitor Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). HABs can be toxic to both humans and marine life. Students will learn how to read and interpret satellite images to better understand HAB events.

A lab activity where pond water samples are collected to observe the requirements for the growth of phototrophic organisms. To observe these requirements samples are separated into different variable groups. One group is incubated in the...

Discusses the history of red algae use by humans, its physical characteristics, their uses in medicine, and their uses in food.

Today, various species of marine algae provide not only food but also extracts used in numerous pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and industrial applications.

Chlorophyta are classified as green algae but may actually be different colors. Its characteristics are described, its significance as a food source for marine organisms, and its positive and negative aspects.

Describes the characteristics of green algae and presents a list of facts about them.

Discusses the characteristics of Phaeophyta or brown algae, where it is found, its classification, some facts about it, and its uses.