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Rings of Life

Overview

Rings of life is a comparative lesson allowing students to investigate growth rings in walleye Pollock from the Bering Sea and Ponderosa Pine trees.

Objectives

Students will be able to compare and contrast growth rings on fish and trees, showing just one of the tools scientists use to monitor the health of different ecosystems. Students will also be able

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Arctic
Less than a week
Elementary and Up
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What Can We Learn from Sediments?

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In this activity students learn about varves, annual sediment layers found in lakes. Students will analyze authentic varve data from New England in order to correlate data from three different geographic locations .

Objective

Students will analyze authentic varve sediment data and create a graph of varve thickness. Students will use their results to make inferences about

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Arctic
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High school and Up
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