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Lab sheet & activites

Class Movie

Watch Class Movie

Class Movie

Teacher Prep Movie

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Lab Materials Needed

Blockey Koa Crate

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from Kea STEMCrate

- 1 Springy Spring Scale per student

Student Lab Sheet

El Nino Ocean Temperature

 "This is why science is fun."

 

Student - 5th grade.

Your class will learn of the dramatic changes that come to our ocean temperatures because of El Nino.  An in-class movie showing a mass migration of Tuna Crabs washing up on the shores of California's coastline. Your students will get to experiment mixing warm and cold water to duplicate the dynamic wind and ocean current conditions that cause this cyclic weather phenomenon. Your class will gain an understanding of the mechanics of how El Nino actually works after getting their hands on this memorable lab activity. 

NGSS aligned.

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Tuna Crabs in California

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Explore how the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact to form the El Nino weather events. (Earth Science 5-ESS2-1) Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. 

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teacher Prep

Watch Class Movie

Lab sheet & activites

Class Movie #1

Class Movie #2

El Nino plankton.png

Teacher Prep Movie

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Teacher Edition Lab Sheet

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Student Lab Sheet

Lab Materials Needed

blue food coloring - in microscopy supplies Koa

some ice

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from Kea STEMCrate

- 1 Tedros Test Tube per student

- 1 Pippi Pipette per student

- 1 Container tap water per group

-  1 Container ice water per group

     (Dyed Blue)

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In class Movie

In-class Movie

In-class Movie

In-class Movie #2

In-class Movie #2

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Teacher Prep Movie

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Teacher Prep Movie

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