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Add ocean acidification to your existing lessons

Add ocean acidification to your existing lessons
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Summary
This resource provides an overview of ways to discuss ocean acidification with high school students (14-16 years), including connecting increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere with absorption by the oceans and the resulting increase in ocean pH. Topics include understanding pH as a logarithmic scale, the nature of acids (strong vs. weak), and connecting these topics to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goal #14. The article includes links to a student worksheet (with teacher notes and answers) and links to additional resources.

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Object Type
Activities/Technology (e.g., in-class activities, online games, hands-on activities/manipulatives, outreach, virtual tools, etc.)
Lesson summaries
Small resource sets
Audience
High School (Secondary School)
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Green Chemistry Principles
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U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Life Below Water
Learning Goals/Student Objectives
Understand the basics of acids and bases, changes in pH, and the connection between increases in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and changes in the pH of the oceans.

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