Category: Pedagogical Practice

This post includes the documents that support the Marine Biology intertidal field trip. Students start by doing brief research on an assignment type of organism common to intertidal zones. Below is the data sheet that students use at the beach, along with several field guides to help with their species identification. Here is one version…

The lesson starts with some context-setting, with a news story about a woman who died from drinking too much water in an attempt to win a Nintendo Wii. An article about this is linked here. Below are the lab handout, PowerPoint, and YouTube video that are used to help teach this concept.