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From the Top of the World...to the Bottom of the Food Web part of SERC Web Resource Collection

www.bigelow.org/foodweb

This resource, by the Bigelow Laboratory, is designed to help teachers and students discover linkages among marine ecology, phytoplankton, the behavior of light at the ocean surface, and ...

Virtual Vacationland part of SERC Web Resource Collection

www.bigelow.org/virtual

This resource, by the Bigelow Laboratory, is designed to help teachers and students find and use web-based Earth Sciences data and information. Content is arranged by topic: land topography, ...

Toxic and Harmful Algal Blooms – Educational Activities part of SERC Web Resource Collection

www.bigelow.org/edhab

This Bigelow Laboratory site is designed to helps students and teachers discover information about toxic and harmful algal blooms (HABs). Five online standards, based educational activities, explore ...

The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.smm.org/deadzone/

This Science Museum of Minnesota interactive site is designed to teach elementary school kids about the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. It addresses the questions what is a dead zone, what causes it, and ...

Winogradsky Column Unit: Chemical and Physical Change part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.westminstercollege.edu/education_gslp/Yevgeny...

This two-part activity leads Physical Science students, grades 8-12, to explore chemical change using Winogradsky Columns. Part 1 constructs student concepts concerning chemical and physical changes. ...

Life in Extreme Environments: Who is on Top in the Food Chain and How Much do They Eat? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://armadaproject.org/tea/activity/tea_activity_foodc...

This lab activity encourages students to design experiments in order to gain some understanding of the feeding rates of Rotifers and/or Tardigrades. Students will use organisms collected locally or ...

NASA Astrobiology Institute part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://nai.nasa.gov/

This site provides information on NAI research, a library of publications, sections for teachers and students, and an Ask An Expert section. The student section features Astro-Venture, where students ...

Dissection Guide for the Clam part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.glinche.com/aquatic_biology/Marine/clamdissec...

This brief 2-page dissection guide (PDF) explores the anatomy of the clam Venus mercenaria. The exercise includes a dissection procedure and related questions for assessment, which are broken into ...

Dive and Discover: Expeditions to the Seafloor part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/index.html

Dive and Discover is an interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. Dive and Discover brings you right on board ...

Harmful Algal Blooms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/hab/

This website contains lesson plans and activities to teach students about harmful algal blooms (HABs). The lesson is developed for grades 9-12, but may be adapted to middle school or undergraduate ...