Bigelow Laboratory: Building a Bloom
In this lab activity from Bigelow Laboratory, students manipulate light and nutrient amounts to analyze the impact on phytoplankton growth.
Read MoreSEATOR: Safe Shellfish
This film, produced by SEATOR walks students through how toxins that cause Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning get into your food and how the Sitka Tribe of Alaska has created a program to monitor HABs and toxins throughout Southeast Alaska. The film shows how to properly take care of shellfish you’d like to get tested, and how…
Read MoreBigelow Laboratory: A Community In Crisis
Students participate in a community meeting based on the scenario of a fictional town impacted by a Harmful Algal Bloom.
Read MoreNCCOS: Phytoplankton Monitoring Network – New Volunteers
Students are trained to collect plankton samples to monitor for Harmful Algal Blooms in their community.
Read MoreBigelow Laboratory: Help, It’s An HAB
Students research different responses to Harmful Algal Blooms, presenting the benefits and drawbacks of solutions designed to detect, prevent, or remediate HABs.
Read MoreKBNERR Plankton Coloring Book
Coloring book from Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve featuring the plankton of Kachemak Bay.
Read MorePlankton Chronicles: Plankton
2 minute video explaining what plankton are and their role in the ecosystem. Mesmerizing photos and video clips.
Read MorePlankton Chronicles: Protists
3 minute video that shows the diversity of planktonic life that are protists and introduces key types of protists and their natural history.
Read MorePlankton Chronicles: Diatoms
5 minute video that utilizes beautiful microscopy photographs and video clips to explain what diatoms are, their evolutionary history, how they photosynthesize, and their role in marine ecosystems.
Read MorePlankton Chronicles: Ceratium
2 minute video focused on ceratium as an example of dinoflagellates. Introduces amazing adaptations of this photosynthetic organism.
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