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Oceans of Energy

Students describe forms of energy found in the ocean and explain how they are used...
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:13
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Wreck Detectives

Students utilize a grid system to document the location of artifacts recovered from...
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:08
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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I, Robot, Can Do That

Students describe and contrast three types of underwater robots. Students discuss...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 18:59
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Call to Arms

Students describe human arm motion, design/construct mechanical arm model that...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 18:52
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Molecular Explorations

Students will be able to explain and carry out a simple process for separating DNA...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 18:25
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Sharks: Setting the Record Straight

Often mislabeled as man-eaters, sharks prefer to eat creatures in the sea. Students...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 13:17
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Keeping Watch on Coral Reefs

Students learn why coral reefs are important, and what can be done to protect them...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 12:41
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Coral Conservation

Students will learn about the natural and human threats to coral reefs including...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 12:37
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Game of Life

The goal of this game is to illustrate to the students what happens to a fish stock...
Thu, 09/24/2009 - 17:40
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A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.
Article

Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

Top predators along the California coast are having a rough year. Recently starving...
May 2015
Neptune grass (Posidonia oceanica) is a slow-growing and long-lived seagrass native to the Mediterranean.
Article

Bugs and Slugs: The Hidden Secret to Healthy Seagrasses

Slip into the water along a sheltered coast in nearly any part of the world and...
May 2015
This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.
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From Despair to Repair: Protecting Parrotfish Can Help Bring Back Caribbean Coral Reefs

Reef biologists over a certain age are haunted by memories of what glorious places...
July 2014

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