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What a Day for Ocean Microbes

For most of us, the term “marine organism” brings to mind images of fishes,...
Mon, 07/08/2019 - 13:28
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Splash – Monitoring Humpback Whales

Students learn the importance of monitoring endangered marine mammals like humpback...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 11:26
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Collision Course

Students analyze maps of shipping lanes and whale sightings to devise a new...
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 15:10
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Microscopic Hitchhiking

This lesson plan develops concepts on food webs and ecological relationships,...
Mon, 07/08/2019 - 14:00
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Microbes and Climate

This activity is meant to provide students with an understanding of how microbes...
Mon, 07/08/2019 - 13:50
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Microbes and the Marine Food Web

Food webs demonstrate complex feeding relationships among species in an ecosystem...
Mon, 07/08/2019 - 13:22
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WebQuest: Sensory Biology and the Plight of the Right Whales

This lesson introduces high school students (grades 9-12) to the topic of sensory...
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 15:08
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The Best Hope for Northern Right Whales

Students engage in a simulation to see how whales can have trouble avoiding ships....
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 15:05
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Net Results

Students will study and replicate a model of the factors affecting fisheries...
Thu, 09/24/2009 - 17:39
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