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How Do You Know If That Fish Is Toxic?
Category: For Educators
Resource Type: Multimedia
Date Posted: 07/30/2012
Fish Is Toxic





How Do You Know If That Fish Is Toxic?






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Benchmarks:

  • SC.8.N.2.2: Discuss what characterizes science and its methods.

Guiding Questions

  • At the beginning of the video, what question is the narrator trying to answer?
  • How did she plan to answer this question?
  • Why is it important that she find the answer to this question?
  • What were the steps she took to answer this question? Explain how these steps were different/creative from how “you” would imagine science being done.
  • What were the results of her research project? What were some of the questions that came out of her results?
  • Are science results always definite? Explain why or why not.
  • How would you help to reduce pollution in your community?
  • List and explain two ways you could help others understand the harmful effects of pollution.

Resources (Guiding questions, benchmarks, vocabulary definitions) (PDF, 54 KB)

Additional Resources
Ocean Research & Conservation Association
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