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Seasonality in the Ocean

Students figure out what season it is based on maps of sea surface temperature and phytoplankton growth. 

Carbon Cycle Game

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

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.

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.