Harmful Algal Blooms
Coastal hazard education resources
Some algae produce toxins and can reproduce rapidly to high concentrations. When filter feeders such as clams eat these algae, they accumulate toxins, which pass up the food chain to other animals, including humans, causing illness and sometimes death.
Selected curriculum
| Topic | Grades | Type | Title |
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Plankton exist – and are drifters
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K-2, 3-5
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Activity, Student Book | |
| Video | |||
| Video | |||
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3-5, MS, HS
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Activity, Field Trip | ||
| Article, Reference book | |||
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Phytoplankton photosynthesize & need to be in the photic zone
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3-5 | Activity | |
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MS, HS
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Lab | ||
| Video | |||
| Video | |||
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Plankton are crucial to ocean food webs
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3-5, MS | Activity, Lab | |
| 3-5, MS, HS | Activity | ||
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Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) can occur and may negatively impact ocean organisms and humans
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K-2, 3-5, MS | Activity | |
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MS
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Activity | ||
| Activity | |||
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Science can help humans monitor and potentially predict or prevent HABs
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MS | Activity | |
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MS, HS
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Citizen Science, Data Sheet/Protocol, Tools, Webinar | ||
| Video |
Thanks to these education partners, who collaborated to develop curriculum relevant to this coastal hazard: Alaska SeaLife Center, Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, UAF Alaska Sea Grant, Prince William Sound Regional Citizen Advisory Council, Prince William Sound Science Center