What’s Hiding in the Water?
Students learn what plankton are living in their local marine or freshwater habitats by building plankton nets.
KELP Preparation Needed: Yes
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.
Sustainable Matching Game
A simple matching game for visually identifying fish and gaining an understanding of which can be sustainably harvested.
All that Glitters
An activity that plays with light at different depths of the ocean and discusses adaptations organisms have made for different light conditions.
Hooked on Conservation
A creative game that shows the effects of longline fishing on the health of the ocean ecosystem.
The Deadliest Catch
Using candy, students mimic the effects of advanced fishing methods on the population sizes of fish.
