1.Students learn how wind, temperature, salinity, and density set water into motion. They model how pollution dumped in one location can spread throughout the ocean and predict and analyze routes taken by shipwrecked sailors and the 1990 Nike shoe spill. In “Message in a Bottle,” students create stories to show what they’ve learned
2.Students design and create “Artificial Floating Islands” (AFIs). Many countries including the US use these structures supporting aquatic vegetation as a tool for pollution reduction and habitat restoration. Students will learn about pollution remediation, measurement and data analysis and design and test prototype AFIs for cleaning a polluted lake.
