Over 4–5 days, students prepare for and complete a field trip to apply skills from the sea otter mystery. Activities may include ecosystem mapping, a stream walk, or a coast survey. Back in class, they analyze and share their findings.
In this 4-5 day investigation, students explore hypotheses on sea otter decline, play a food web game, predict experiment outcomes, and evaluate evidence. They diagram the food web and predict ecosystem changes based on findings.
In this 3-4 day investigation, students explore the sea otter mystery, simulate scientific methods like observation and sampling, and reflect on data collection through discussions and posed questions.
Over 4–5 days, students read a mystery about Aleutian sea otters and study a population graph. They research ecological relationships using videos, websites, and readings, then share findings and create murals of the sea otter/kelp bed ecosystem.