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Storm Drain Water Testing
Chemistry Unit Challenge for Integrated Coordinated Science I (high school)

A hands-on exercise that

  • uses the “5 E’s Learning Cycle: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate”
  • is correlated to California Science Content Standards, California Environmental Education Principles and Ocean Literacy Standards

Click here (PDF, 1.59 MB) here to download the Teacher’s Handbook.
Click here (PDF, 1.31 MB) here to download the Student’s Handbook.

Conceived and written by Gary Serbeniuk,
Designed and illustrated by Meredith Morgan

Ocean Observing Systems (OOS) Summer Teacher Institute – August 11-15, 2008
This Institute was offered by COSEE-West to middle and high school classroom teachers to show them the cutting edge technology of and data collected by ocean observing systems. Ocean researchers and COSEE-West staff provided content information about OOS and phenomena recorded by OOS instruments through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on activities to help them gain a better understanding of the science concepts, the way data are recorded, and how to access and use these data. Some of the OOS instruments discussed include satellites, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), and moorings and buoys.

The following lessons were developed by middle and high school teachers who participated in this week-long workshop. Each teacher chose a topic that interested them during the workshop and developed a lesson plan to teach that topic to their students.

The teachers will test the lesson plans in their classrooms during the 2008-2009 academic year, so the files below may be updated after the classroom trial runs!

  • SCCOOS Lesson Plans for 6th Grade: (PDF, 146 KB) The Earth’s Temperature Zones, The Ocean Is All Around Us, Local Weather and the Ocean, The Earth’s Hydrosphere, Surface Circulation of the North Atlantic: A Model, Exploring Ocean Currents, Temperature Range Investigation, Horizontal Water Movement,

COSEE-West will offer another OOS Workshop in August 2009. We will post more information about this on the COSEE-West "Teacher Workshops" webpage soon.

Introduction to Marine Science Workshop - June 23-27, 2008

This Workshop was offered by COSEE-West and hosted by the new Marine Science Academy at Marina del Rey Middle School. Staff from UCLA and USC provided science content information through lectures and related hands-on, integrative activities. Presentations were geared toward grades 6, 7, and 8. However, they can be modified for use in elementary and high school classes. Broad topics presented: Plate Tectonics and Earth’s Structure, Shaping Earth’s Surface, Earth’s Oceans and Atmosphere, Marine Ecology, Earth and Life History.

The following lessons were developed by (mostly) middle school teachers of various subjects who participated in this week-long workshop. Each teacher chose a topic that interested them during the workshop and developed a lesson plan to teach that topic to their students.

The teachers will test the lesson plans in their classrooms during the 2008-2009 academic year, so the files below may be updated after the classroom trial runs!

COSEE-West will offer another Marine Science Workshop in June 2009. The next workshop will focus on 7th grade science content topics. We will post more information about this on the COSEE-West Teacher Workshops.