Curriculum Resources on:

The Gulf of Maine

GOM

Complied by

Dawn Czaja

with
Associate Professor J. Michael Williamson

Wheelock College, Boston, Massachusetts

General Unit Goal:
Students of the Gulf of Maine area will be introduced to the wealth of resources right off their shoreline.

Grades:
While the standards this unit addresses are for grades 3-6, this unit is includes modifications for use with younger students.

Program Overview and Lesson Plans

  • Lesson 1 : "Introduction to the Gulf of Maine: New England's Own Ocean"

  • Lesson 2: "Plankton"

  • Lesson 3: "Fish in the Gulf of Maine"

  • Lesson 4: "Lobsters"

  • Lesson 5: "Mammals in the Gulf of Maine"

  • Lesson 6: "Plastic can Pollute"

  • References-Teacher Resources

    Related WhaleNet Gulf of Maine Units and Links:

  • Deer Island Project (Boston sewage treatment and the Gulf of Maine)

  • "Our Connection to the Sea" (major watersheds of the USA)
    Merrimak River (Gulf of Maine Watershed River)

  • Right Whales Sightings in the Gulf of Maine (1997 to present)

  • Satellite Tagged Marine Mammals in the Gulf of Maine and western North Atlantic Ocean.

  • Long Term Current and Sediment Transport Observations, USGS

  • Massachusetts Bay Circulation and Effluent Modeling, USGS

  • Sewage System, MWRA

  • Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay (MWRA water quality)

    The Gulf of Maine Unit was spondored with funding from

    The Massachusetts Environmental Trust.

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    Gulf of Maine Curriculum Resources

    Table of Contents

    links:

  • Lesson 1 : "Introduction to the Gulf of Maine: New England's Own Ocean", Pages 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

  • Lesson 2: "Plankton", Pages 1 / 2

  • Lesson 3: "Fish in the Gulf of Maine", Pages 1 / 2

  • Lesson 4: "Lobsters", Pages 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

  • Lesson 5: "Mammals in the Gulf of Maine", Pages 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7

  • Lesson 6: "Plastic can Pollute", Pages 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

  • References-Teacher Resources

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