In the previous lesson, students learned about the issue of bycatching by fisheries and how it affects marine habitats. Dolphins are one of the main species affected by bycatching. While dolphins can use echolocation to identify the location of many objects, they have difficulty identifying nets, and thus can be caught in them by accident. Students will learn how echolocation works, why certain animals use it to determine the size, shape, and distance of objects, and how humans can potentially take advantage of dolphins' echolocation ability when developing bycatch avoidance methods. In this activity the students will experience a simulation of echolocation and use it to walk along a path while blindfolded.

Concepts

echolocation, engineering, stem

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Additional Tags

bycatch, bycatch avoidance, fishing nets, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, materials engineering

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)