Project

Homegrown Mangroves

Intro

Grow mangroves and transplant them in a location with an ecosystem devastated by a hurricane

Science Domains: Earth & Space Sciences

NGSS Standards: SC.6.E.6.1, SC.6.E.7.4, SC.6.N.1.1, SC.6.N.6.3.4, SC.7.E.6.6

Project Poster

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Learning Objectives

Students will define a problem from the sixth grade curriculum, use appropriate reference materials to support scientific understanding, plan and carry out scientific investigation of various types, such as systematic observations or experiments, identify variables, collect and organize data, interpret data in charts, tables, and graphics, analyze information, make predictions, and defend conclusions. Students will identify the role of models in the context of the sixth grade science benchmarks. Students will ifferentiate and show interactions among the geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. Students will describe and give examples of ways in which Earth’s surface is built up and torn down by physical and chemical weathering, erosion, and deposition. Students will identify the impact that humans have had on Earth, such as deforestation, urbanization, desertification, erosion, air and water quality, and changing the flow of water.

Project Materials

Materials needed:

  • 4-6 salinity probes
  • 4-6 pH probes
  • Pots to keep plants in( different sizes)
  • Soil
  • Marine salt
  • 4-6 nitrate and phosphate sensors (to be able to test some scenarios of algal blooms)
  • 4 IPADS so that students may travel to different areas of campus to check on mangrove growth, record data and take photos (collect qualitative & quantitative data)
  • Glassware like beakers, graduated cylinders
  • Transportation from school to beaches to collect propagules and plant our mangroves