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Lesson Plan
Nature Works Everywhere

Fishing for a Future

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Teaching a man to fish has an environmental impact. Through a series of four lessons, learners study the science of fishery management. Their study involves analyzing data to develop a management strategy for specific fish and common...
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Curated OER

Management of Commercial Fisheries, Part 3

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils search the Internet and write a research paper on the environment.  In this investigative lesson students develop a paper on fisheries and management of them. 
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Curated OER

Boom and Bust

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate commercial fishery. In this fishery lesson, students describe stages in commercial fishery, interpret data and predict when a fisher stock is showing signs of overexploitation.
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Curated OER

Management of Commercial Fisheries

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars examine the differences between renewable and nonrenewable resources and study about past fisheries.  In this fishery lesson students explore the complexity of a fishery and its management.
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Curated OER

Management of Commercial Fisheries, Part 2

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the differences between the past vs. the present fishing and the uses of fisheries.  In this investigative lesson plan students complete a worksheet and learn to think critically in order to protect our environment. 
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Curated OER

Fisheries in the Open Ocean

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore fisheries in the open ocean. In this ocean environment lesson plan, students study the impact fisheries have on the ocean habitat. Students complete a WebQuest and summary project regarding fisheries.
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Curated OER

Fisheries Management in the Open Ocean

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore biology by researching fishing equipment. In this oceanography lesson, students discuss the impact of human technology on the fish population. Students utilize marbles as a visual aide and complete fish population...
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NOAA

Sustaining Our Ocean Resources

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Lead young scientists on an investigation of fishery practices with the final installment of this four-part unit. Using a PowerPoint presentation and hands-on simulation, this lesson plan engages children in learning how fish populations...
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Curated OER

Salmon Smolt: Stella PC and Mac

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the Stella Smolts Migration Model and its use in previous simulation models to help managers deal with the many factors contributing smolts decline. They participate in an interactive exercise in the role of fishery...
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Curated OER

Seafood: For the Love of Fish

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students role play a scenario specific to decision making in seafood management and conservation. In this marine science lesson plan, students estimate seafood consumption in their state. They recommend new regulations for better fishery...
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Curated OER

Fisheries Project

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore biology by completing a fishing worksheet. For this commercial fishery lesson, students identify the process of taking mass fish from the ocean and delivering them to eateries while discussing the negative aspects....
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Curated OER

Fishing For The Future

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students participate in a simulation using M&M's that highlights Garrett Hardin's concept of the "tragedy of the commons." They use the activities to study sustainability issues in the fishing industry.
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Curated OER

Fishing Game: Stella PC and Mac

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students play The Fishing Game as a manager in the national fish and wildlife service charged with the responsibility of making policy suggestions regarding the management of a fishery surrounding national borders.
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Curated OER

Fish Now or Later

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students describe the effects of over-harvest on a salmon population. They explain the importance of salmon to many communities in Alaska. They manage harvest levels to maintain a sustainable population.
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Curated OER

Sustainable Marine Fisheries

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Through a fishing simulation, environmentalists discover consequences of over fishing. Afterward, they discuss how the activity relates to the impact of real-life commercial fishing. They also consider sustainability in the fishing...
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Curated OER

Blue Crabs - The Blue Crab's Chesapeake Journey

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A plethora of information about the blue crabs of Chesapeake Bay will amaze and delight your marine biologists. They learn, through direct instruction, about the characteristics and life cycle of this fascinating arthropod. A highlight...
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NOAA

Marine Policy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Save the oceans! The 22nd installment of a 23-part NOAA Enrichment in Marine sciences and Oceanography (NEMO) program focuses on laws and marine policy. Pupils take part in an activity investigating fisheries stock data.
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Curated OER

Who Eats Whom in the Open Ocean?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students examine how organisms interact with one another in the ocean. In this science lesson plan, students discuss predators and prey in the ocean. Students discuss food webs and how organisms interact with each other.
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Curated OER

Bycatch

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Bycatch is the unwanted and discarded marine life caught during commercial fishing. Young marine scientists review bycatch litigation and analyze graphs of bycatch data and answer questions about it. This raises awareness while...
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Curated OER

Tale of a Tuna

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Junior marine biologists access the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' data on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna catches. As they analyze the data, they answer three questions. Background information and links to...
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Michigan Sea Grant

Fish Habitat and Humans

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Strict habitat requirements are needed for the survival of fish populations and fish variety in the Great Lakes. Young scientists become experts in the basic needs of fish and understand how survival necessities can vary with different...
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Curated OER

Journey of the Salmon

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders predict salmon migration routes and explore how dams affect the salmon migration. They explore the cultural significance of salmon to the Nez Perce people and design technology to aid salmon migration.