Dead Zones Around the World
This lesson plan utilizes Google's My Maps and real data compiled by the World Resources Institute to examine eutrophicatic events around the United States and countries across the world.
Ocean Acidification Experiments from Science Scope
These activities are designed to explore ocean acidifcation in the middle school classroom. As oceans absorb atmospheric CO2, they undergo a series of reactions that cause a reduction in normally stable ocean pH.
Service Learning in Action with Rockway Middle School
Students at Rockway Middle School in Miami, FL, grow corals in their classroom and have learned about the critical ecosystem services that the reefs provide. This classroom is working with university partners to restore habitat by providing healthy corals for transplant to experimental reef sites.
Service Learning in Action with World Learning Inc.
As part of an exchange program through the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and World Learning Inc., Ecuadorian, Colombian, and Peruvian youth worked with South Florida Water Management District scientists to restore a section of the roughly 60,000 acres of Stormwater Treatment Areas. These youth planted emergent and submerged aquatic vegetation to help reduce the phosphorus pollution that enters the STA’s from adjacent agricultural canals.
Video Worksheet: Beyond the Dead Zone, Part 2
This worksheet accompanies Beyond the Dead Zone, Part 2 video. Students should take time for reflection before, during, and after the video while focusing on key vocabulary and themes.
Video Worksheet: Beyond the Dead Zone, Part 1
This worksheet accompanies Beyond the Dead Zone, Part 1 video. Students should take time for reflection before, during, and after the video while focusing on key vocabulary and themes.
