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UNIT 8: INTERTIDAL,
(13 DAYS)
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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. What factors affect the survival of organisms on the rocky shores?
2. What factors influence the distribution of organisms on the sandy shores?
3. What marine communities would you find in an estuary?
4. Why are estuaries so important to offshore fisheries?
5. How do corals obtain their food energy?
6. Are there different types of coral reefs?
7. Why are coral reefs important to humans?
1. What factors affect the survival of organisms on the rocky shores?
2. What factors influence the distribution of organisms on the sandy shores?
3. What marine communities would you find in an estuary?
4. Why are estuaries so important to offshore fisheries?
5. How do corals obtain their food energy?
6. Are there different types of coral reefs?
7. Why are coral reefs important to humans?
INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES
(CHAPTER 13)
(CHAPTER 13)
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DAY 1: Intro to Intertidal Communities
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DAY 2: Rocky Shores
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DAY 3: Sandy Shores
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ESTUARIES
(CHAPTER 14)
(CHAPTER 14)
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DAY 4: Physical Characteristics of Estuaries
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DAY 5: Life in an Estuary
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DAY 6: Wetlands
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CORAL REEF COMMUNITIES
(CHAPTER 15)
(CHAPTER 15)
DAY 7: Corals & Reef Formation
| ch_15_ppt_coralreefs.pptx |
DAY 8: Reef Structure
DAY 9: Coral Reef Locations
| locating_coral_reefs.docx |
DAY 10: Coral Reef Ecology
DAY 11: Threats to Coral Reefs
| reef_threats_natural_or_human.docx |
DAY 12: REVIEW
| ch13_review_1.docx |
| ch_14_review_estuaries.doc |
| ch_15_review_coral_reefs.doc |
DAY 13: UNIT TEST
LABS
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Estuary Keeper
Tides of Time Lab Fiddle Facts Activity |
Red Drum Activity
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