Marine debris, especially plastics, are transported through the watershed via wind and water currents. Eventually, they end up in the ocean where they have a direct negative impact on marine life and an indirect negative impact on human life. In this lesson, students will collect debris on their school grounds,“x” number of miles from the […]
Aurasma, available on a variety of mobile devices, is a free web-based app that is used to create augmented reality (AR) experiences on a computer as well as a mobile device. Augmented reality differs from virtual reality in that it does not seek to simulate reality. Instead, the goal of augmented reality is to add […]
Marine debris is defined as any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandoned into the marine environment or the Great Lakes. This activity will serve as a catalyst for students to derive connections between their actions and the impact on the environment. Students […]
How does marine debris from a tsunami affect the ocean and shorelines? Scientists are actively studying the affects of the earthquake that hit Japan in March 2011 and marine debris is continuing to wash ashore on the Pacific Coast of North America and Hawai`i. Students will be exploring the affects of a tsunami with marine […]
The earthquake off the coast of Japan in March, 2011, and the subsequent tsunami, deposited nearly 5 million tons of debris (known as JTMD) into the ocean. This created a unique opportunity to study the dispersal of floating debris, and the organisms attached to it, by the surface ocean currents. In Lesson 1 students will […]
Research programs at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) encompass the entire ocean, from the surface waters to the deep seafloor, and from the coastal zone to the open sea. The need to understand the ocean in all its complexity and variability drives MBARI's research and development efforts.