After completing this investigation, students should be able to: describe the biological and physical processes that make the ocean a carbon sink; describe the role of phytoplankton in maintaining the ocean biological pump- an important biological process; and use systems thinking to predict the causal effects of warmer water on the biological carbon pump

In activity Part A, students will learn how the oceans "absorb" carbon by considering two ocean processes that "pump" carbon dioxide into the oceans: the physical carbon pump and the biological carbon pump. Students will also view a PowerPoint that will show what happens to carbon once it becomes part of the ocean's biological pump.

In activity Part B, students will explore the role of phytoplankton in ocean uptake of carbon in greater depth by analyzing conditions and locations for its growth. Additionally, students will watch a NASA movie and read an accompanying NASA article about the importance of phytoplankton in the carbon cycle. Students will also view seasonal and decadal changes in phytoplankton populations using a visualization from the NASA SeaWIFS satellite program.

In this investigation, students will learn the basics of the Ecosytem-Based Management (EBM) approach to fisheries management and watch a short animation showing an example of one of the many types of EBM tools that can be used to aid fisheries management. Students will also play a game in which they make decisions about how to successfully manage different types of fisheries.

In this investigation, students will learn the basics of the Ecosytem-Based Management (EBM) approach to fisheries management and watch a short animation showing an example of one of the many types of EBM tools that can be used to aid fisheries management. Students will also play a game in which they make decisions about how to successfully manage different types of fisheries.

In this investigation, students will learn the basics of the Ecosytem-Based Management (EBM) approach to fisheries management and watch a short animation showing an example of one of the many types of EBM tools that can be used to aid fisheries management. Students will also play a game in which they make decisions about how to successfully manage different types of fisheries.

In this activity, students will brainstorm and observe how humans use their hands. They will then conduct a short experiment to determine the importance of the opposable thumb to humans. This experiment involves students taping their thumb to render it useless while they proceed to do an everyday activity. In the end students will have the opportunity to reflect on why the opposable thumb is an adaptation important to humans.

In this activity, students work collaboratively to create orienteering directions in distance and direction to a minimum of 6 checkpoints around the school property. They exchange directions with another group and try to correctly follow the path. They finish the activity by drawing a scale map of the vectors, and finding the straight-line distance and direction from start to finish as an introduction to the idea of a resultant.

In this lesson, students will observe what kinds of living things live in their own backyard. They will use their senses to obsesrve and record data each season to learn what the physical properties are of plants, animals and other living things, and how these things change throughout the seasons.

In this earth science field investigation, students will make detailed observations of a local outcrop and record them in their science journals. Students will discover basic geologic principles and apply them to their observations to hypothesize what our environment would be like in the past. Students will be asked to justify their hypotheses with observational evidence and describe how they might be tested.

This activity consists of a single problem given to students to solve. The students are asked to find the profit-maximizing level of output for a perfectly competitive firm, and check the shut-down condition for two different prices.

This activity will set up a series of experiments that will help students identify and find physical properties of water. A discussion of what the students know (or believe they know about water) will start this activity. Once the properties are discussed, methods of testing these properties will be discussed by the instructor, leading the students into the students' development of these labs.

In this activity, students use Direct Measurement Videos to learn science concepts. Students are assigned a specific video and are asked to develop a question that can be answered using the information they can glean from the video. Students try to develop a particularly difficult and interesting question that they can solve, and challenge other students to be able to solve it as well.

In this lesson, students will observe and discuss motion in learning stations or in demonstration. They will observe and discuss how a push or pull affects motion.

Students select a marble from a bowl of many of different sizes. This represents model Earth. Students are to use this model and planet information of size and distance to tabulate and record model size and distance of the solar system. Students will create cutout models of planets to display in class, and the ellipses of the planets on city and county maps with the sun located at the site of the school. Questions for further study will develop when the students see their solar system model spread out over the county.

In this lesson, students compare and contrast a variety of flower, friut, and tree seeds. They will plant three flower seeds and observe changes by keeping a log book to note these changes as it grows over a period of 8-10 weeks.

In the first part of the investigation, students will watch a short National Geographic slideshow presentation that will introduce you to some of the impacts that declining fish populations are having on humans around the world.

In this activity students will watch a short National Geographic slideshow presentation that will introduce students to some of the impacts that declining fish populations are having on humans around the world.