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What Affects Dead Zones? - COSEE Coastal Trends 
Lesson PlanSummary
Students explore scenarios in real datasets to investigate how physics and biology interact to produce Dead Zones of various sizes and durations.
Concept: Humans and the coast
Coastal areas and humans are particularly interconnected.
Education Standards
Coastal areas and humans are particularly interconnected.
Education Standards
45 minsWhy have seagrasses disappeared? - COSEE Coastal Trends
Summary
Students use the internet or printed articles and video clips to research why seagrass numbers have declined.
Concept: Humans and the coast
Coastal areas and humans are particularly interconnected.
Education Standards
Coastal areas and humans are particularly interconnected.
Education Standards
Pilbara to Mars: Are We Alone? - NASA and Macquarie University
Lesson PlanSummary
Using data collected from Pilbara, Australia, students study the age of the fossilized stromalites of the region.
Wacky Watersheds - COSEE Coastal Trends
Summary
Students construct a scaled model of a watershed to demonstrate the effect of various types of land uses on water quality.
Concept: Humans and the coast
Coastal areas and humans are particularly interconnected.
Education Standards
Coastal areas and humans are particularly interconnected.
Education Standards
Coral Reefs: Photoquadrats on a Transect - COSEE Coastal Trends and National Park Service
Summary
Students will use pictures of a coral reef transect to graph the percentage of cover for that section of reef.
Concept: Coastal ocean life
Coastal ocean systems provide important habitats for organisms.
Education Standards
Coastal ocean systems provide important habitats for organisms.
Education Standards
