ORSEA: Coastal Hypoxia

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crab pots

Lesson Overview

How do environmental and ecological factors affect ocean deoxygenation off the Oregon Coast?
Students explore the causes and effects of hypoxia in the coastal ocean through a case study based on real-world events. (Gr 6-7)

Lesson Materials Media
Grade Level
Middle School
Year
2022
Topic
OAH
Author
Laura Norman, Warrenton Middle School
Amber Horn, Sauvie Island Middle School
Sarah Wolf, Oregon State University

Lesson Standards

Next Generation Science Standards

  • LS2.A – Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
  • LS2.C – Ecosystem Dynamics,Functioning, and Resilience
  • LS1.C – Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms

Oregon 2021 Math Standard

  • 6.DR.D.4

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