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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Beyond the Dead Zone Part 2
The waters of South Florida’s Biscayne Bay are a sanctuary for abundant species of fish and invertebrates. Join Philippe Cousteau and, USGS Marine Biologist Ilsa Kuffner as they dive below the surface to explore the invisible threats to corals that may impact all marine life in these waters. Examining Dr. Kuffner’s underwater research site reveals that small changes in water quality may have tragic consequences for corals and other shell-forming creatures.
Beyond the Dead Zone Part 1
South Florida is home to some of the world’s most unique aquatic ecosystems such as the Everglades, which provide critical ecosystem services for the people and animals of South Florida. Take off with Philippe Cousteau and EarthEcho Expeditions co-host Josh Carrera, as they explore how Florida’s Everglades are being protected and restored after decades of damage from development and agricultural runoff. Our hosts travel by helicopter and airboat to examine how natural ecosystems can be engineered and adapted to mitigate agricultural pollution.