Marine Biology » Thinking Critically http://blogs.cordovasd.org/marinebio Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:32:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Bottom Trawling and Sponges & Corals in Alaska http://blogs.cordovasd.org/marinebio/2012/01/23/bottom-trawling-and-sponges-corals-in-alaska/ http://blogs.cordovasd.org/marinebio/2012/01/23/bottom-trawling-and-sponges-corals-in-alaska/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:44:15 +0000 admin http://blogs.cordovasd.org/marinebio/?p=358 We have learned that there is a great diversity of amazing coral & sponge species living here in Alaska. Your task is to read this article carefully.  Next, write a minimum 2 paragraph COMMENT in complete sentences with correct spelling and grammar, that answers the following:

  • Summarize what the article was about in your own words, include a few specific facts/statistics that stood out to you .
  • Do you think this article is important/significant? Explain why or why not.  Be sure to support your answer!
]]> http://blogs.cordovasd.org/marinebio/2012/01/23/bottom-trawling-and-sponges-corals-in-alaska/feed/ 15 Reflecting on Acid Oceans http://blogs.cordovasd.org/marinebio/2011/10/03/reflecting-on-acid-oceans/ http://blogs.cordovasd.org/marinebio/2011/10/03/reflecting-on-acid-oceans/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:47:38 +0000 cheitz http://blogs.cordovasd.org/marinebio/?p=1747 After completing the Acid Oceans tutorial and lab and then hearing about the Oyster Crash in the news recently, write a detailed and well written COMMENT here that answers the following questions in complete sentences:  Be sure to check your spelling & grammar (that means capitalize those i’s!).

1. What did you learn about Carbon Dioxide and ocean life (like sea urchins)?

2. Did anything you learn surprise you?  Explain why or why not

3. Why should we care about these small animals being affected (the calcifiers, like sea urchins) when the acid really isn’t strong enough to impact us?

4. What do you think could &/or should be done to help protect ocean creatures from ocean acidification?

]]> http://blogs.cordovasd.org/marinebio/2011/10/03/reflecting-on-acid-oceans/feed/ 17