Lessons & Resources for Educators
Download This Full Lesson: Breads Around the World
Lesson Description: Students learn the cultural and nutritional significance of bread throughout the world by working in groups to solve a logic-matrix activity.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Banking on Seeds
Lesson Description: The critical role that seeds play in the world is explored through creating a seed bank and comparing uses of seeds.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Seasons Through the Year
Lesson Description: To build awareness of seasonal change, students use their own birth dates, a com- parison of seasons in different settings, and self-made books.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Ocean Zones
Lesson Description: Become familiar with common ocean organisms… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Creature Features
Lesson Description: This activity serves as an introduction to some basic marine life, especially for youth who have never visited the ocean or who have not yet been introduced to the organisms that live in the marine environment. A key is included for your reference.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: MH Lesson 2 Ocean Chemistry
Lesson Description:
Kelp aquaculture is a new and growing industry in Maine. Because kelp is a macroalgae, it requires different growing conditions than shellfish or finfish. Many kelp aquaculturists start growing kelp in a laboratory setting and set out the seeds in the fall. Over the winter, the kelp grows and is ready to harvest in early spring. Kelp is unique in that it absorbs nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and carbon dioxide (CO2), all of which are harmful to the environment in excess amounts. Once the kelp is … view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Aquaculture Oceanography 101
Lesson Description: Oceanography is a broad field focused on the interconnections between geology, geography, geophysics, physics, chemistry, geochemistry, mathematics, meteorology, botany, and zoology. Because the field is so large, it has been broken down into a number of sub-disciplines. Through this lesson, students will gain a better understanding of the physical structure of the Gulf of Maine (GoM) including the unique semi-enclosed shape of the Gulf, freshwater input, currents, tidal action, and water temperature.
The final product of this lesson will be a diagram modeling the many elements that make the GoM … view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Aquaculture Equipment
Lesson Description: This activity utilizes a game to identify what is needed to grow seaweed. Students will design an aquaculture rig and compare to actual rigs used in kelp farming. Students will make diorama models or work together to make a rig that will be placed in the water. Students will also begin their Seaweed Journal.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Investigating Potatoes
Lesson Description: Students will work in small groups and with Maine maps, find the areas of the state where potatoes are grown on a large scale. They will research the nutritional and health benefits of potatoes as well as the economic importance of potatoes to Maine. Students will interview a local farmer about his potato crop, challenges faced by potato farmers and write a news article about potatoes.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Lets Grow Potatoes
Lesson Description: Students will work in small groups to research the life cycle of potatoes and learn about the growing process from a local farmer. They will plant, care for, measure growth of plants and chart the growth of the classroom potatoes.… view full description & alignments
