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Sea Lion Feeding Frenzy

Lesson Plan: Sea Lion Feeding Frenzy

Links to the materials included in the lesson plan

• Sea Lions Eating Salmon
  • ODFW Photos of California sea lions
• Presentations
  • Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification (pdf)(ppt)
  • Sentinel Species (pdf)(ppt)
• Bioaccumulation Activities
  • Activity #1: Mercury Bioaccumulation Tag from EPA
  • Activity #2: Mercury in Fish (doc) from OSU
  • Video: What Are You Toxin About?
• Sea Lion Data Analysis
  • Student Data Analysis Worksheet (pdf)(doc)
  • Teacher Key for Worksheet (pdf)
  • Student Data Analysis Spreadsheet (xls)
  • Teacher Key for Spreadsheet (xls)
• Fish Advisory Resources
  • Advisories and Guidelines from Oregon Health Authority
  • Columbia River Health Advisories from EPA
• One Health Paradigm
  • Sea Lions and the One Health Paradigm (pdf)(doc)
  • Teacher Copy for One Health Paradigm (pdf)
• Career Connections
  • Researcher Bio: Samantha Rae (pdf)
  • Career Connection Activities (pdf)(doc)
• Food Chains & Biomagnification
  • Student Food Chain Worksheet (pdf)(doc)
  • Teacher Key for Worksheet (pdf)
• Research Project
  • Sentinel Species Research (pdf)(doc)

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