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MIddle Schoolers visit Labs at Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Thank you to parent Flip McCarthy for making this field trip possible! Scripps Institute of Oceanography hosted seventh and eighth grade students to two different research labs to learn about how scientists are using the ocean to study climate change. … Continue reading
Field Trip to Scripps Birch Aquarium
Second and Third Graders completed their Oceans Unit with a field trip to Stephen Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institute of Oceanography. With a focus on the different zones and habitats within the ocean, students visited the tide pools, or “intertidal … Continue reading
Do the WAVE — learning about waves
Students in grades 4 – 8 learned about waves — energy moving through water — through reading, a National Geographic video, and an experiment. Waves can be produced by wind or movement of the earth’s crust — earthquakes. But when … Continue reading
Ocean Currents — Message in a Bottle
Middle Schoolers watched a 25 mintue portion of a National Geographic film on Ocean Currents. They learned how ocean-going “garbologists” study currents by watching where garbage ends up in the ocean. Then students mapped ocean currents on a large classroom … Continue reading
Science Lab Smells like the Ocean! Meet the Squid!!
TCPS students of all ages had a chance to examine a Humboldt Squid. Students watched as Mrs. Elliott cut the mantle of the squid to reveal the squid’s gills, digestive tract, eyes, siphon and ink sac. They looked at the … Continue reading
Ocean Pollution: Middle Schoolers Test Creek Water
Tecolote Creek empties into Mission Bay, which flows into the Ocean. Middle Schoolers tested water collected from two different sites in Tecolote Canyon and compared the contents and conditions to tap water. Water from a side-creek that flows into the … Continue reading
