How Can Growing Seaweed Help Mussels?

Duration: 90 minutes

Grade Levels: 6-8

Ocean acidification is occurring because our ocean is absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, leading to lower pH and greater acidity. This is causing a fundamental change in the chemistry of the ocean from pole to pole.
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Grade Levels: 6-8

Duration: 90 minutes

Objectives:

  • Develop and use a model to explain how the process of photosynthesis can be used as a possible solution to the problem of ocean acidification in this aquatic system.

Climate Standards Connections

Next Generation Science Standards
Grade Performance Expectation Description
6-8 MS-LS1-6 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.a
Climate Change Connections ecosystems
Clarification Statement & Assessment Boundary Emphasis is on tracing movement of matter and flow of energy. Assessment does not include the biochemical mechanisms of photosynthesis

Teaching About Climate Change

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