Describe factors that cause changes to Earth s surface over time. Examples: weathering, erosion, water flow, hurricanes.

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1 Educational Standards met on Marine Science Adventures Field Trip 4 th Grade Describe the interdependence of plants and animals. Describe behaviors and body structures that help animals survive in aquatic habitats. Trace the flow of energy through a food chain. Identify characteristics of organisms, including growth and development, reproduction, acquisition and use of energy, and response to the environment. (4 th grade: science- content standard 5) Describe geological features of earth, including bodies of water, beaches, ocean ridges, continental shelves and sand dunes. (4 th grade: science- content standard 7) 6 th Grade Identify global patterns of atmospheric movement, including El Nino, the Gulf Stream, the jet stream, the Coriolis effect, and global winds that influence local weather. (6 th grade: science- content standard 1) Describe factors that cause changes to Earth s surface over time. Examples: weathering, erosion, water flow, hurricanes. Comparing constructive and destructive natural processes and their effects on land formations. Examples: destructive-erosion by wind and water. (6 th grade: science- content standard 2) Describe layers of the oceanic hydrosphere, including the pelagic zone, benthic zone, abyssal zone, and intertidal zone. (6 th grade: science- content standard 5)

2 Describe regions of the oceanic lithosphere, including the continental shelf, continental slope, and abyssal plain. (6 th grade: science- content standard 6) Identify the moon s phases Relating effects of the moon s positions on oceanic tides. (6 th grade: science- content standard 9) 7 th grade Describe characteristics common to living things, including growth and development, reproduction, cellular organization, use of energy, exchange of gases, and response to the environment. Predicting how an organism s behavior impacts the environment. Identifying unicellular organisms by their methods of locomotion, reproduction, ingestion, excretion, and effects on other organisms. (7 th grade: science- content standard 1) Describe organisms in the six-kingdom classification by their characteristics. (7 th grade: science- content standard 4) Describe major differences between plants and animals, including internal structures, external structures, methods of locomotion, methods of reproduction, and stages of development. (7 th grade: science- content standard 5) Describe evidence of species variation due to climate, changing landforms, interspecies interaction, and genetic mutation. (7 th grade: science- content standard 6)

3 Describe biotic and abiotic factors in the environment. Arranging the sequence of energy flow in an ecosystem through food webs, food chains, and energy pyramids. (7 th grade: science- content standard 7) 9 th -12 th grade Explain natural phenomena that shape the surface of the earth, including erosion and deposition, weathering, hurricanes, and tides. (9 th -12 th grade: Geology elective- content standard 3) Describe the topography of the sea floor and the continents. (9 th -12 th grade: Geology elective- content standard 3) (9 th -12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 3) Describe the movement and storage of water in terms of watersheds, rainfall, surface runoff, aquifers, and surface water reservoirs. (9th-12 th grade: Geology elective- content standard 9) Explain the interaction of the continuous processes of waves, tides, and winds with the coastal environment. Identify the impact of weather on coastal regions. Example: hurricanes destroying sand dunes. Identifying the positive and negative impacts of humans on coastal regions. Examples: Positive- shoreline protection Negative- buildings replacing protective dunes (9 th -12 th grade: Geology elective- content standard 14) Identify the influence of human population, technology, and cultural and industrial changes on the environment.

4 (9 th -12 th grade: Environmental elective- content standard 1) Evaluate fossil fuels for their effectiveness as energy resources. Identify by-products of the combustion of fossil fuels like mercury. Identifying effects of fossil fuel by-products on the environment. (9 th -12 th grade: Environmental elective- content standard 2) Describe properties of water that make it a universal solvent. (9 th -12 th grade: Environmental elective- content standard 5) Identify reasons coastal waters serve as an important resource Examples: economic stability, biodiversity, recreation Classifying biota of estuaries, marshes, tidal pools, wetlands, beaches, and inlets. (9 th -12 th grade: Environmental elective- content standard 7) Describe agents of erosion, including moving water, gravity, and wind. Describe methods of preventing soil erosion. Example: constructing and providing barriers. (9 th -12 th grade: Environmental elective- content standard 11) Identify positive and negative effects of human activities on biodiversity. Identifying endangered and extinct species. Identify causes for species extinctions (9 th -12 th grade: Environmental elective- content standard 12) (9-12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 11) Differentiate among freshwater, brackish water, and saltwater ecosystems. Identifying chemical, geological, and physical features of aquatic systems. (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 1) (9 th -12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 2)

5 Relate geological and hydrological phenomena to aquatic systems. (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 2) Explain the importance of biogeochemical cycles in an aquatic environment. (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience electice- content standard 3) Determine important properties and content of water as related to aquaculture. Examples: turbidity, ph, pollutants, dissolved oxygen, density, temperature. Describe the influence of water on aquaculture. Examples: aquatic plant control, water quality mgmt., ph control (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 4) Identify the genotype and phenotype for specific characteristics in aquatic animals resulting from selective breeding. Explaining the importance of anatomy and physiology in aquaculture. (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 5) Describe adaptations that allow organisms to exist in specific aquatic environments. (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 6) Describe processes and environmental characteristics that affect growth rates of aquatic animals. Examples: reproductive habits, feeding habits, interdependence of organisms, seasonal changes. (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 7) Determine the effects of the fishing industry on the aquatic environment.

6 Examples; overfishing (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 8) Describe the control of disease and pests in aquatic environments. Examples: parasites, predators, trash fish (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 10) Select appropriate equipment for scientific field investigations in marine environments. Identify patterns and relationships from collected data. (9 th -12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 1) Recognize interactions between the atmosphere and the ocean. Describe how waves, ocean currents, and tides are generated. (9-12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 4) Discuss physical and chemical properties of saltwater. Examples: Physical- turbidity, temperature, density Chemical- salinity, ph, dissolved gases (9-12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 5) Describe components of major marine ecosystems, including estuaries and open-ocean communities. (9-12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 6) Identify patterns and interrelationships among producers, consumers, scavengers, and decomposers in a marine ecosystem. (9-12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 7) Describe characteristics of marine plant and algae divisions. (9-12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 8)

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