Carbon Cycle and Ocean Acidification
Making a personal, achievable commitment to reduce one’s carbon output and indirectly impact ocean acidification.
Ocean Acidification: Chemical Reactions
Hands-on molecular modeling of the chemical reaction between CO2 and H2O along with tangible evidence will enhance students' understanding of chemical reactions and carbonic acid’s effects on shelled organisms.
Ocean Chemical Reactions
Students explore how CO₂ affects water chemistry and marine life, analyze their own carbon footprint, and make actionable commitments to reduce CO₂ emissions in their community.
Makey Makey Ocean Acidification
Human influences, explanations, and possible solutions to ocean acidification’s impact on coral reefs are explored and presented through an interactive poster where students program their tangible posters with a microcontroller/Scratch.
How Important are Oysters?
Students investigate how ocean acidification impacts oyster populations and marine ecosystems through hands-on experiments, data analysis, and research into NOAA-related careers in marine and ecological sciences.
Human Impact on Ocean Biodiversity
Expanding on the current scope of “Ecosystem Biodiversity” students will focus on human impacts on ocean biodiversity, centering on ocean acidification and how the change in pH level impacts the health of the lower level of the food web.
Ocean Acidification Awareness
Students will explore various hands-on activities aimed at understanding the process of ocean acidification. Then, they will research an environmental impact related to ocean acidification.
pH, Organisms, and Ecosystems
To introduce students to ocean acidification students will engage in a two part lesson to explore the pH scale and see how lowering pH levels affect both individual organisms and entire ecosystems. This lesson will be part of my climate change unit.
CO2 in Seawater Simulation
Students explore ocean acidification through a hands-on experiment, calculating rates and using linear equations to model how changing pH levels impact marine life, connecting math concepts to NOAA’s mission of understanding ocean health.