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Dead Zones: Why Are the Waters Dying?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the effects of pollution on marine ecosystems. They read and discuss an article, identify the effects of pollution on marine life, conduct research on local nutrient pollution, and conduct local water quality studies.
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Marine Ecosystems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Be at the top of the food chain when it comes to understanding marine ecosystems. The 21st installment of a 23-part NOAA Enrichment in Marine sciences and Oceanography (NEMO) program investigates marine ecosystems, ocean zones, and food...
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"Dead-Zones" and Coastal Eutrophication: Case-Study of Chesapeake Bay

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Take an in-depth look at nutrient loading, eutrophication, and hypoxia using data on The Chesapeake Bay as an example. This comprehensive presentation includes detailed graphs, photos, and details about the changes in marine organism...
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Every Day Edit - Time Zones

For Students 3rd - 8th
Make half the number of copies you need, and cut this document in two! Here's a great daily activity to hone the editing skills of your learners. For this short assignment, they learn about time zones and how they were established. 
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How to Work With Time Zones

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners solve time zone problems. In this time zone lesson, students view a time zone map and learn about the 24 time zones. Learners are given a worksheet where they compute the time in different areas.
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Time Zones and Migration Patterns of the Leatherback Sea Turtle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners identify the different time zones by plotting the migration patterns of the leatherback sea turtles. They discover that traveling around the worlds includes passage through different time zones.
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Ocean Zones

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a mural showing ocean zones and the diversity of ocean life. They use reference books to create a list of plants and animals that would live in each zone.
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Time Zones in the United States

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore how to use the time zones in the United States and internationally. They use elapsed time to solve problems. Students calculate the time in various places in the United States. They discuss the 6 time zones in the...
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Time Zone Problems

For Students 5th - 8th
For this time zones worksheet, students use a formula along with information found on Google Earth to calculate time zones around the world. Students complete 12 word problems.
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Time Zones

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders have a greater understanding of time zones, explain the basic history and purpose in the creation of time zones, and use time zone maps to calculate the time/day in a certain area.
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Time Zones: Enrichment

For Students 4th - 5th
In this time zones learning exercise, learners review the chart with the United States' time zones. Students use the time zone clocks to find the correct times in each problem.
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Ocean Life Zones

For Students 7th - 10th
In this ocean zones worksheet, students determine the factors that influence life in the different zones. Students list and explain the major ocean life zones. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions.
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Time Around the World

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the characteristics of a time zone map. They read and interpret time zone maps. Students compare the time in various time zones. Students solve time zone problems.
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Right on Time

For Teachers 4th - 6th
The hour is nigh for your class to practice equivalency problems in the form of time-zone conversions. They write equations to describe elapsed time and apply problem solving strategies, including writing a plan, to solve the problems.
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Marine Fisheries Management

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Almost 200 slides make this a vast collection! It is a quirky collection, titled "Marine Fisheries Management," but having little to do with that occupation. What you will find are two-toned blue backgrounds with no pictures, but a few...
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Climatic Zones

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders recognize and locate Frigid, Temperate, and Torrid climatic zones on the word map or globe. They explain that plants, animals, and human societies display adaptations to the climates they live in .
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Exploring Hawaiian Mountain Zones

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders watch a video that describes the climate and vegetation zones of Hawaii. They describe the different physical conditions that create vegetation zones from the sea to the mountains. In groups, they create an illustrated...
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A Look at Tidal Wetlands

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here is a comprehensive and lengthy presentation on tidal wetlands. Many photos of grasses and the animals that live among them are included, making this a virtual field trip. The progression of the presentation is as if you would walk...
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Globe Lesson 10 - Latitude Zones - Grade 6+

For Students 6th - 8th
In this latitude zones worksheet, middle schoolers read a 1-page review of latitude zones and respond to 7 short answer questions regarding the low, middle, and high latitude zones.
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How climate enters our world

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize the different climatic zones. They describe what aspects differentiate the climatic zones. Students offer explanations as to what climate is and the role that it plays on creating regions. They rationalize why the...
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The East Fork Project

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students identify possible sources of health risks, types of exposures, routes of exposure, and populations that could be affected after discussing water pollution and environmental health hazards. After discussion, students conduct a...
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Why Do We Have Weather?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Convection is offered as the reason behind our weather phenomena. This presentation assumes that viewers are familiar with the methods of heat transfer, and is therefore more geared toward middle-school meteorologists. The focus is on...
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Zones of the Rocky Intertidal Zones

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders predict intertidal zones for organisms. In this intertidal zones lesson, 6th graders analyze an illustration of an organism and a class diagram of the intertidal zones. Students research to locate the zone the organism is...
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Ocean Life Zones Notes

For Students 9th - 12th
For this ocean zones worksheet, students label the ocean diagram with the different zones. Then students write in animals that live in each of the zones and research basic information about those animals. This worksheet has 6 fill in the...

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