Ecosystem-Based Lesson Plans from the Web
Introduction
The web contains many excellent striped bass related lesson plans. For example, the Plum Island Ecosystem LTER (Long Term Ecological Research) administered by The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA provides a rich curriculum utilizing the striped bass. This curriculum provides “PowerPoint presentations, inquiry lessons based on databases, field studies, and online videos. We are proud to present these lesson plans and resources which are based on Massachusetts Science Curriculum Frameworks.”
In addition the Cool Classroom developed by Rutgers University provides a number of striped bass lesson plans.
To aid in the incorporation of material into the classroom setting, the categories and subcategories in the Table of Contents that follow are similar to those present in the 2016 Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Standards. A subcategory in yellow has a lesson plan link(s) available. Please check the Table of Contents frequently to determine when new links are added. If you have a specific need for your class or you know of a link that can be added to this site, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Table of Contents
Science Functioning of Organisms
Heredity: Inheritance, Variation in Traits (LS)
Interrelationships: Organisms,Populations Environment (LS,PS,ESS) — Seasonal Patterns of Change
Interrelationships: Organisms,Populations Environment (LS,PS,ESS) — Biotic and abiotic factors affecting biodiversity and ecosystem health
Engineering/Technology Science (ETS, PS)
Links
Science Functioning of Organisms
Anatomy and Classification
https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/administration_pdf/ifnygofishlp.pdf
https://seaworld.org/en/animal-info/animal-infobooks/bony-fish/
https://wildlifeforever.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/State-Fish-Art-Program-Lesson-Plan-and-Illustrated-State-Fish-ID.pdf
Behavior
Life Cycles
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/lifecycle
Neuroscience
Physiology
Sensory Systems
Interrelationships: Organisms, Populations, Environment: Seasonal Patterns of Change
Food Webs
Diversity
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/fieldguide
Habitat Use
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Ye85uqL_g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=006UkC9M9MY
Marine Microbes
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/bacteria-brunch
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/microbe-importance
Plankton
https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07philippines/background/edu/media/drifter.pdf
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/phyto
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/secchi-conversion
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/space
Habitat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Ye85uqL_g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=006UkC9M9MY
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/map-algebra
Migration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKfVafifPQk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K2M1nTQbRs
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/winter
Predator-Prey Interrelationships
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/sites/default/files/6._Seine_Surveys.pdf
Salinity and the Distribution of Organisms
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/sites/default/files/Where_in_the_Bay_Lesson_v02.pdf
Salinity and Striper Prey
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/sites/default/files/Striper_Prey_and_Salinity_v02.pdf
Spawning
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/sites/default/files/Searching_for_striper_spawn.pdf
http://teachoceanscience.net/teaching_resources/education_modules/fish_and_physics/get_started/
Interrelationships: Organisms, Populations, Environment: Biotic and abiotic factors affecting biodiversity and ecosystem health
Factors that affect ecosystem carrying capacity
Biotic
Feeding Relationships
Symbiosis
https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hawaii/background/education/media/nwhi_oddcouple.pdf
Competition
Disease
http://www.aces.edu/dept/fisheries/education/documents/SpeciesModuleStripedBassComplete.pdf
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/weeklynews/dec09/stripedbass.html
Human Impacts
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/pollution-solution
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/dead-zones
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/nj-dead-zone
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/land
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/watersheds
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/measuring
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/pollution
http://www.caryinstitute.org/educators/teaching-materials/hudson-river-ecology/pcbs-hudson-river-fish/exploring-hudson-river-pcb
Abiotic
Availability of Resources
Climate & Climate Change
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/sites/default/files/Investigate_Climate_Change_Striped_Bass.pdf
Water Conditions
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/water
Weather Conditions
Maximum Sustainable Yield and Aquaculture
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/sites/default/files/Sustainable_fishing_Scales_and_Tails_Activity.pdf
https://teacheratsea.noaa.gov/2011/LessonPlans/Mortimer/LessonPlanforTAS-fisheriesandaquacultureMortimer.pdf
http://www.aces.edu/dept/fisheries/education/documents/SpeciesModuleStripedBassComplete.pdf
https://teacheratsea.noaa.gov/2011/LessonPlans/Mortimer/LessonPlanforTAS-fisheriesandaquacultureMortimer.pdf
Engineering/Technology Science
Underwater ROV engineering
ROV design and physics principles
https://nmsmonitor.blob.core.windows.net/monitor-prod/media/archive/publications/education/rov_lesson.pdf
Basic electrical theory and DC motors
Controller design/writing computer code
Robotic Fish
Buoyancy
https://www.thetech.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Design-Challenge-Learning-Lessons/Exploring_Buoyancy.pdf
Tagging Data
http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/fishdata
Tagging Technology
PIT Tags
Acoustic Tags
http://www.floytag.com/uploads/floycatalog.pdf
GPS Tagging
http://www.osprey-watch.org/osprey/follow-osprey-migration-with-satellite-tracking-projects/