Kachemak Bay CoastWalk
A community-based program in Kachemak Bay that can be adapted for other coastal communities or for RiverWalks. Students join or organize other citizen volunteers to adopt a section of a shoreline and walk it annually, surveying changes, collecting data on marine life and human impacts, and cleaning up beach litter and marine debris. The beach…
Read MoreStations – Effects of Marine Debris on Ecosystems
A series of 6 engaging station activities that introduce students to the ecosystem impacts of marine debris through hands-on demonstrations, games, and art activities. Each of the stations is designed to be set up by the teacher and then explored independently by student groups, but teachers could also facilitate each activity in turn. Any one…
Read MoreUpcycle Marine Debris Hats
Lesson plan for a graphing activity that can be used after students conduct a marine debris clean up.
Read MoreMarine Debris Masks – Cardboard or Plaster (CACS CoastWatch Curriculum
Lesson plans for marine debris art activities where students use trash/marine debris they or others have collected to create a plaster or cardboard mask and reflect on ways humans impact and depend upon the marine environment.
Read MoreMarine Debris Sorting Relay (CACS CoastWatch Curriculum)
Lesson plan for a high-energy activity that can be used after students conduct a marine debris clean up to help them understand the origins of marine debris.
Read MoreOcean Full of Debris (CACS CoastWatch Curriculum)
Fun game to introduce and reinforce different sources of marine debris.
Read MoreGraphing Marine Debris (CACS CoastWatch Curriculum)
Lesson plan for a graphing activity that can be used after students conduct a marine debris clean up.
Read MoreArt Exhibition (CACS CoastWatch Curriculum)
Lesson plan for an activity culminating exploration of marine debris and creation of art. This activity uses small-scale marine debris sculptures made during the Ecosystem Effects Station Rotation lesson to create an interactive sculpture that people can walk through to experience the perspective of animals trying to evade entanglement and find prey in a sea…
Read MoreCACS: Bioaccumulation Tag
Lesson plan for a fun, high-energy activity that demonstrates how toxins or plastic particles from marine debris can bioaccumulate through the food web.
Read MoreCoastWatch Beach Survey (CACS CoastWatch Curriculum)
Lesson plan for a field trip activity for beach monitoring focused on marine debris clean up and biodiversity surveys.
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