Ocean Acidification Curriculum Collection

Created: 8/04/2015 - Updated: 7/02/2018

Overview

This website is a searchable collection of links to existing lesson plans, units, and supplemental materials on ocean acidification. Our mission is to help educators prepare youth to address the challenges of the rapidly changing environment by facilitating incorporation of ocean acidification as subject matter for their K-12 classrooms. The principal team members have science and resource management backgrounds. That is reflected in our overall approach: the collection is analogous to a literature review. We turned it into an online searchable database to enable the broad community of education experts to review the materials, make recommendations to improve them, add additional materials and identify gaps.

Audience

It can be used by teachers as a starting point to find materials and lessons specific to OA. It is also a place where teachers and their students can ask OA and climate change scientists to answer questions and to help with specific labs they are trying out.

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Washington Sea Grant

Established in 1968, Washington Sea Grant (WSG) began as a federal experiment in local investment, building on the University of Washington’s academic strengths in marine science, engineering and policy. In 1971, it became one of the first four programs designated nationally as a Sea Grant College. Today, WSG is part of a national network of 30 Sea Grant colleges administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The Environmental Protection Agency has ten Regional offices, each of which is responsible for the execution of the Agency's programs within several states and territories.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the premier government agency dedicated to the conservation, protection, and enhancement of fish, wildlife and plants, and their habitats. It is the only agency in the federal government whose primary responsibility is management of these important natural resources for the American public. The Service also helps ensure a healthy environment for people through its work benefiting wildlife, and by providing opportunities for Americans to enjoy the outdoors and our shared natural heritage.