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Curriculum

At USC Sea Grant, we provide educators with up-to-date content, lesson plans and resources to facilitate teaching ocean sciences and to increase communication between educators and ocean researchers. Below is the list of curriculum resources we have developed as well links to other curricula resources for the region.

Curriculum

• What's the Catch? Curriculum Guide
• Aquatic Invasive Species: A New Home for an Old Friend
  • Book (PDF)
  • Curriculum (PDF)
• Aquatic Invasive Species: Fish Invaders at Gypsy Point
  • Book (PDF)
  • Curriculum
    • Globe Toss (PDF)
    • Understanding Fish Invaders at Gypsy Point (PDF)
    • Staying Alive or Adapted to Thrive (PDF)
    • Location, Location, Location (PDF)
    • Cast of Characters (PDF)
• Aquatic Invasive Species: Invaders from Around the World (MOV)
  • Guiding Questions (PDF)
• Aquatic Invasive Species: Invaders from Around the World (En español) (MOV)
• Island Explorers Curriculum
• Parent-Child Education Curriculum

Other Curriculum Resources

• COSEE West Resources provide resources linked to Southern California presentations: http://www.usc.edu/org/cosee-west/resources.html
• The Bridge Ocean Education Resource Center provides a clearinghouse of teacher approved marine education resources and links:
  http://www.marine-ed.org/bridge/
• California Kelp Forest Restoration - Science and Activity Guide for Teachers (PDF) - Dawn Navarro
• Help With Kelp (online activity)
• Garibaldi Territory (online activity)
• Between A Rock and A Hard Place - An introduction to tidepools. This video is designed as a teacher resource to be used in classrooms preparing for field trips to the coast. The goal is to educate students, tourists and locals so that they can enjoy the precious resources found in these delicate ecosystems while respecting their fragility.

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