Acid test for the seas
Activities
LearnNet (Royal Society of Chemistry, UK)
Carbon cycle: Exchanging carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and ocean – students learn about the nature of carbon and the carbon cycle.
Learn: Atmospheric science explorers (The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, USA)
What is the carbon cycle? – students explore the carbon cycle and identify carbon sources, sinks, and release agents.
Rising tides (Goddard Space Flight Center, USA)
Carbon cycle activity – students investigate the exchange of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the ocean’s surface.
Ecosystems at risk (Sydney Aquarium, Australia)
Case study: The Great Barrier Reef – students learn about the risks posed to the Great Barrier Reef.
SeaWorld Adventure Parks (USA)
Growing coral – students get to grow crystals that form in a similar way to how coral polyps create their calcium carbonate cups.
The iron story (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, USA)
The biological pump – students learn about the processes involved in the biological pump, and how the availability of nutrients affect the amount of carbon dioxide that will be sequestered in the deep oceans.
Science upd8 (UK)
Sea tubes to solve climate crisis? – students explore the benefits and drawbacks to a plan to install pipes in the ocean.
Page updated February 2009.