De-Glooming Doom: Fun Ways to Teach About Human Impacts in the Marine Environment

• Main Author: Redman, Ali
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2011
• Subjects: Education; Life Sciences; Curriculum development; lesson plan development; science education; science communication; science outreach; ocean acidification; marine debris; noise pollution; overfishing; fisheries bycatch; water pollution; Gloom; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3nx2b78t

The goal of this capstone project was to develop lesson plans that introduce five of the major anthropogenic impacts on the oceans. The tone is to remain educational, positive and inspiring, rather than doom and gloom. The target audience is seventh to eighth grade, but can be easily modified to sui...