Ages 12 and up Archives - Sailors for the Sea

Sea Level Rise

Which type of ice causes a rise in sea level when it melts: formations on land, like glaciers, or formations in the water, like icebergs?

Acidic Ocean

Students use thier own exhaled breath and a red cabbage pH indicator to visualize how our oceans are becoming more acidic. 

Carbon Cycle Game

Students cycle as carbon between the living and nonliving parts of the ecosystem.

Who Dirtied the Water?

This interactive narrative illustrates different sources of pollution, historic and modern, to a body of water.

Density Currents

This activity demonstrates Thermohaline Circulation throughout our oceans and the relative densities of cold and warm waters.

Clam Jigsaw

Students create a cutout model of a clam to investigate the anatomy and physiology of these animals.