KELP Age Group: Ages 9 to 12
Build a Coral Polyp
Learn about the anatomy of coral and the symbiotic relationship between corals and zooxanthellae by building an edible coral polyp.
Plastic Beach
Students carry out a beach transect, learning about the prevalence and sources of plastic pollution in the oceans.
Cloudy Waters
Students create a simple scientific instrument and learn about the role of sediment in their local waters.
What’s Hiding in the Water?
Students learn what plankton are living in their local marine or freshwater habitats by building plankton nets.
A Story of Sand
A hands on activity that illustrates the different sources of sand including biological, geological and man-made.
Dirty Water Challenge
Students learn about the water cycle and the principles of filtering water by building and testing their own filters.
Estuary Salt Front
Students create mini-coastal environments and introduce nutrients to see what happens in the estuaries where fresh and salt water meet.
Flowing Downstream
Students illustrate the effects of the land use in a watershed by simulating development of their own riverfront property.
Biomagnification Game
A tag inspired game that demonstrates how plastics and the chemicals in plastics are biomagnified to reach our dinner plates.
