Lessons & Resources for Educators
Download This Full Lesson: Fish printing
Activity Description: This activity introduces the concept of identifiable characteristics and provides experience using a dichotomous key. Students also engage in the art of Japanese fish printing (goyutaku).… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Activity: Reflection and Opinion Activity
Brief Description: Students are encouraged to reflect on their Kelp ME ASAP experience by reviewing their journal entries, drawings and pictures. Thoughts will be shared, then students will be asked to respond to a short survey about Kelp ME ASAP.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Activity: Games and Physical Activities
Brief Description: The games and activities can be used as formal parts of lessons, to supplement on a day when you sped through your planned activities, or as a move around break. Some have already been included in other lessons.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Activity: Cooking with Seaweed
Brief Description: Students will experience aquaculture in a new way, through the lens of cooking and eating farmed seaweed products. You can make a snack during every session or have one session focused solely on cooking. We cooked the day of our culminating event so that parents, siblings, and community members could partake of our seaweed treats as well. Please keep in mind your time constraints and the availability of adult supervision when choosing the number and difficulty of recipes you attempt.… view full description & alignments
Download Activity: Aquaculture Game
Activity Description: Class will read through Aquaculture for ME book together and discuss questions. General knowledge of aquaculture will be reviewed through a Jeopardy style game.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Water Quality Monitoring
Activity Description: Water tests are identified and conducted over time to note changes that may occur. Trends may be identified and results graphed.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Identification and Taxonomy of Seaweed
Lesson Description: Students will hone their identification skills by examining and identifying common types of seaweed found along the Maine coast. Review may be in the form of a competitive game.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Kelp Anatomy
Lesson Description: Through a variety of activities, students will learn the structure and function of kelp anatomy. Comparisons to plankton are made and buoyancy, density and surface area are explored.… 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: Introduction to Aquaculture
Lesson Description: Through class discussion, examination of resources, a game and YouTube video, students will explore aquaculture and identify areas that they would like to study in depth. Estimated time: 30 minutes… view full description & alignments
