Search Results


Showing results 1 to 9 of 9

Add to list Details
In this activity, learners discuss the different salinities of oceans, rivers and estuaries.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - adult 1 to 7 days
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners are introduced to robotic submarines called gliders. Learners make “gliders” from plastic syringes and compare these to Cartesian bottles and plastic bubbles.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners are challenged to design a planktonic organism that will neither float like a cork nor sink like a stone.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
This activity has learners interacting with live crayfish, but could be adapted for a variety of similar hardy and interesting organisms.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners cut out and assemble wheels to explore how variations in fish body structures (mouth shape/position/teeth, body shape, tail shape, and coloration patterns) allow fish to sur

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this experiment, learners will explore whether increased carbon dioxide makes our oceans more basic or more acidic.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
This is a guide for facilitating interaction at a touch tank with marine animals. The instructions are for setting up a display in an informal science center, but could work anywhere.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners interact with a 3-D model of a watershed to better understand the interconnectedness of terrestrial and aquatic environments.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners use plastic water bottles, wood, and water to build an inexpensive and portable tool to demonstrate one atmosphere of pressure at sea level.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes