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Cape Farewell
Life in the Water
This collection of resources was developed for GCSE courses by Cape Farewell in partnership with the Nuffield Curriculum Programme. The Cape Farewell expedition has carried out a series of voyages of discovery in a sailing schooner to Svalbard in the Norwegian Arctic. In one voyage scientists and teachers collaborated with a film maker to create these resources aimed at enhancing the teaching about aspects of climate change and its implications. Life in the Water examines the crucial place of plankton as part of the Arctic food chain, and as indicators of global warming. The video clips tell a story about a group of scientists as they collect plankton in the Arctic and return to the laboratory in Southampton where they record and analyse the data. The scientists discuss their work with teachers. The videos not only explore the biology and the topic of climate change but also illustrate how scientist collect and interpret data with a view to testing an hypothesis.
Video clips originally supplied on a DVD
- Clip 1: The voyages
- Clip 2: Life in the water
- Clip 3: The hypothesis
- Clip 4: Measuring the oceans
- Clip 5: Analysis
- Clip 6: Recording plankton data
- Clip 7: Plankton and global warming
- Clip 8: Science – the Big Questions
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Measuring the Oceans
This Cape Farewell video clip explains that scientists use satellite images and optical measurements to detect phytoplankton in the oceans and that they use various methods to capture their samples. Scientists are shown looking at some of the plankton samples they have captured.
...Analysis
This Cape Farewell video clip shows scientists back at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, analysing the samples of phytoplankton and zooplankton taken in the Arctic, identifying species and counting their abundance.
Activity G - Plankton analysis is...
Recording Plankton Data
This Cape Farewell video clip shows how plankton data is recorded and used as evidence in scientific research.
Activity H - Plankton data is based on a spreadsheet which students used to answer questions and look...
Plankton and Global Warming *suitable for home teaching*
This Cape Farewell video clip features a discussion about the three important carbon cycles at work in the oceans and their place in global warming.
In Activity I - Carbon cycle, students use the video to build up...
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| Subject(s) | Science, Biology, Working scientifically, Earth science, Chemistry |
|---|---|
| Age | 11-14, 14-16 |
| Published | 2010 to 2019 |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cx5j6 |
