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Modeling the Gulf of Mexico

This middle school science curriculum contains five lesson plans related to ocean...

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Bay Drift: Tracking Ocean Pollution

To introduce students to ocean currents and the transport of marine debris, spilled...

Lesson Plan

Oil, Oil Everywhere

Students will demonstrate the different methods used to clean up after an oil spill...

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Oil Spill Cleanup Challenge

The goal of this activity is to get students thinking about oil in the ocean, and...

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Bamboo Plates Map Currents

These plates were tracked by a drone from above. ...

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Spying a Front

A ship moves through a front, possibly with oil....

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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

Oysters are powerhouses of water filtration. In a single day, one oyster can filter...

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What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures

A 1,000-pound metal instrument—about the size of a two-seat Smart car—drops off...

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REMUS the Robot

The REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is equipped with many sensors,...

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Five Methods for Tracking the Ocean's Motion

From the time of Aristotle until the European Renaissance, a roughly 1,000-year...

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Fish Heart Out of Water

Under the lens of a microscope—in a shallow, glass well—spindly orbs pulse at...

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The Ocean Plastics Lab