ORSEA: Teeming with Fish

Fish swimming underwater

Lesson Overview

How many rockfish can we catch and still have a sustainable fishery?
Students look at data and video footage collected in nearshore rocky habitats off the Oregon Coast, and investigate how such data could be used to inform fishery management decisions. (Gr 6-8)

Lesson Materials Media
Program Name and Website
Oregon Marine Scientist and Educator Alliance
Grade Level
Middle School
Year
2021
Topic
Fish
Author
Heidi Wacker, Driftwood School
Jessica Bailey, Taft Elementary School
Greg Krutzikowsky, Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife

Lesson Standards

Next Generation Science Standards

  • LS2.C – Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience

  • LS4.D – Biodiversity and Humans

  • ESS3.C – Human Impacts on Earth Systems

  • ETS.1B – Developing Possible Solutions

Oregon Math Standards

  • 6.SP.A.1
  • 6.SP.A.2
  • 6.SP.A.3
  • 6.SP.B.4
  • 6.SP.B.5

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