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Set
of
six
interdisciplinary
lesson
plans
from
the
Smithsonian,
complementing
their
online
"Ocean
Planet"
exhibit.
Topics
include:
ocean
bottom
features
and
seafloor
mapping;
marine
habitats
and
biodiversity;
consumer
goods
from
the
ocean;
oil
spills
impacts
and
solutions;
causes
of
marine
strandings;
ocean-inspired
vocabulary.
Units
contain:
background;
instructions
for
the
teacher;
maps,
data
and
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Teaching activity illustrates how levees on the Mississippi River exacerbated flood damage in St. Louis during the Great Flood of l993. Students build a model of a river system and observe the results of flooding without levees, with wetlands (sponges), and with levees. Part of a teacher's guide accompanying a NOVA special aired on PBS.
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SEACOOS
is
a
collaborative
university
partnership
that
collects,
manages,
and
disseminates
integrated
regional
ocean
observations
and
information
products
for
the
coasts
of
North
Carolina,
South
Carolina,
Georgia,
and
Florida.
The
site
offers
a
multitude
of
classroom
activities,
including
Seamaven,
an
interactive
introduction
to
ocean
observing
systems,
and
COOS
101,
an
ocean
observing
system
primer.
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Four
teaching
units
show
how
NASA
satellites
measure
ocean
productivity.
Topics
cover:
marine
food
web
from
producers
to
consumers
and
decomposers;
phytoplankton
diversity,
classification
and
adaptations;
studying
photosynthesis
with
technology,
from
microscopes
to
satellites;
and
biology
of
algal
blooms.
Units
include:
background,
lesson
plans
using
on-line
data
or
instructions
for
classroom
and
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