Oregon Coast STEM Hub

Forams as Storytellers

Lesson Plan: Forams as Storytellers (pdf)

Links to the materials included in the lesson plan

• Introducing The Blob
  • Video: NBC local weather clip [3:36]
  • Video: NBC The return of 'The Blob' [1:35]
  • Video: CNN Pacific ocean blob [1:26]
• Exploring SSTa Maps
  • Presentation (ppt)(pdf)
  • Student worksheet #1 (pdf)(doc)
  • Student SSTa map set (pdf)
• Vocabulary and Definitions
  • Key Vocabulary (pdf)(doc)
• Forams as Storytellers
  • Presentation (ppt)(pdf)
  • Video: Foraminifera [7:57]
  • Video: Foram researcher clip [1:25]
  • Video: How do we collect plankton? [0:40]
  • Student worksheet #2 (pdf)(doc)
  • Student Relative Abundance graph (pdf)
• Bioprovince Table Station
  • Studying Climate of the Past packet (pdf)
  • 3D printed foram models (pdf)
  • Foraminarium website
• Career Connections
  • Researcher Bio: Kelsey Lane (pdf)
• Data from the Newport Hydrographic Line
  • Presentation (ppt)(pdf)
  • SSTa maps (pdf)
  • Relative Abundance graphs (pdf)
  • Group final analysis (pdf)(doc)
  • Class Predication table (pdf)(doc)
  • Video: How I learned to love The Blob [13:16]
  • Individual student worksheet (pdf)(doc)
• Make a Sediment Core
  • Presentation (ppt)(pdf)
  • Storymap: What's a Core For?
  • Student worksheet (pdf)(doc)
• Evaluating Derivatives Using Contour Lines
  • Presentation (pdf)
  • Teacher Notes (pdf)
• Student Reflection
  • Rubric (pdf)

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