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Purse Seine

A purse seine is a huge wall of netting that is set in a circle around a school of...

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Demersal or Bottom Trawl

Bottom trawling is a type of fishing in which a large net is dragged along the...

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Phoenix Islands Protected Area, Kiribati

The Phoenix Islands Protected Area site in Kiribati was inscribed on the World...

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What is El Nino?

This activity explores the potential for climate variability and change to trigger...

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Where Have All the Glaciers Gone?

Students will describe how climate change is affecting sea ice, vegetation, and...

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Global Climate Change and Sea Level Rise

Students will learn via experimentation that ice formations on land will cause a...

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It’s Sedimentary, My Dear Watson

In this introductory activity, students analyze core sample data to identify...

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Frozen Out

Students explain the concepts of indicator species and microhabitats. Students...

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Wreck Detectives

Students utilize a grid system to document the location of artifacts recovered from...

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Let’s Make a Tubeworm

Students will be able to describe the process of chemosynthesis in general terms;...

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Fish and Kids

A package containing lessons, worksheets, and activities to teach young students...

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Game of Life

The goal of this game is to illustrate to the students what happens to a fish stock...