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- Break students into teams of 3 or 4. We recommend that you decide between random or assigned teams. You may want to put students into teams that balance their skills, interests, and abilities to work together, therefore encouraging positive team dynamics.
- Pose to teams the Engagement question: “Will the oyster farmers still be in business in 5 years?”
- Allow students to discuss in teams and then report their team consensus back to the entire class. An effective engagement question is an open-ended either/or question that stimulates further discussion and questions about the topic.
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Discuss and write student evidence to the engagement question on the board.
Going Deeper:
To make sure that everyone understands the process and chemistry of ocean acidification, you will want to either give a lecture outlining the information, or show an explanatory video (link provided in Materials) and then answer questions.
- Explain the process of CO2 dissolving into the ocean
For homework: research 10 bullets on the effects of ocean acidification and possible solutions
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- Start list of causes, effects and solutions of Ocean Acidification
- Journal check-in Spend a few minutes answering reflection questions in journals.
- “What did you learn today?
- Who does ocean acidification impact?
- What questions do you still have about the process of ocean acidification?
Have students complete the effects and solutions worksheet for homework
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