Lesson Plans

Part of the Ecology Disrupted Curriculum Collection.

The lessons are organized in six parts and are designed to occur over four forty-minute class periods. 

Introduction: Dead Zones in the Chesapeake Bay Why are there dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay? Use a short slideshow to engage students with the Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake Bay Food Web Before Large Scale Harvesting and European Settlers This worksheet prepares students to compare this historic food web of the Chesapeake Bay to the food web of the present day. The Chesapeake Bay Today With Large-scale Fishing Students analyze the food web of today’s Chesapeake Bay with large-scale fishing. Graphing Analysis of Algae and Oysters: Comparing Historic to Modern Day Levels Students graph the oyster and floating algae to sea floor algae ratio levels, and analyze their results on a worksheet. Summary of Activity Worksheet Students summarize what they learned from analyzing historic and present day food webs and data on historic and present day oyster... Videos and Seafood Consumption Choices Students watch two videos about ocean ecosystems, and discuss seafood choices.