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| The study of marine science includes all aspects of the sea, including its biology, chemistry, geology and physics. The field is often subdivided into two fields. Marine biology (Life Science) is the study of the living organisms in the sea. Oceanography (Earth Science) is the study of all the physical aspects of the ocean while taking into account the fauna and flora that live there. |
| This section contains the files and lessons that fit under the broadest definition of marine science. They were developed by the MBB staff to work as a series that addresses a scientific hypothesis: As a non-native marine
mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) spreads northward along the California coast it hybridizes with AND displaces
the native marine mussel (Mytilus trossulus). |
| The listed activities on the next few pages takes the participant through the entire process of collecting mussels, using biotechnology and bioinformatics, and identifying hidden invaders. This section contains the first steps of that series. A suggested order for using the activities on this page are: |
Working through the activities listed here will take students through the scientific process of understanding the background for a scientific study, formulating a hypothesis, designing the experiments to address the hypothesis, and collecting samples to begin the study. Stopping after this page provides a valuable exercise in the scientific method, organismal biology, and ecology. Also, any of these activities can be altered to serve the needs of the instructor and possible be used as stand-alone exercises. |
| Title | File Type |
| Using Biotechnology and Bioinformatics to Track a Marine Invader is a presentation that sets the stage for lab and field activities to track the invasion by a non-native species of mussel (includes embedded assessment questions). | PowerPoint |
| Using Biotechnology and Bioinformatics to Track a Marine Invader is a shortened version of the introductory presentation (includes embedded assessment questions). |
| Title | File Type |
| Field Safety is document outlining the steps for working safely in the field. | |
| Collecting and Dissecting Mussels presents the background materials and instructions for getting specimens and harvesting tissues (includes embedded assessment questions and CA State and National Science Standards). | PowerPoint |
| Mussel Collection Field Exercise is a lesson plan for a collecting activity. | |
| Mussel Collection Worksheet is to be used in conjunction with the Mussel Collection Field Exercise | Word |
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| Laboratory Safety is a document outlining the steps for working safely in the laboratory. | Word |
| Dissection of a Marine Mussel is a lesson plan for a lab activity. | Word |
| Mussel Dissection Protocol is a step-by-step guide. | Word |
| Dissection Worksheet can be used by students during the activity. | Word |
| Title | File Type |
| Ecological Gradients and Mussels | |
| Invasive Species Transport | |
| Museum Mussel Genetics | |
| Mussel Distribution | |
| Mussel Hybrid Zones | |
| SF Invasive Species |
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| Know Your Mussel is a supplemental presentation introducing mussels from a phylogenetic perspective. | PowerPoint |
| Transport of Marine Invaders provides additional background how marine invaders can be introduced. | PowerPoint |
| Meet the Molecules provides additional background in the DNA regions that will be used in our study. | PowerPoint |
| Title | File Type |
| Mussel Ecology | |
| Why are the shorebirds dying? | |
| Mussel Dissection and Nucleotide Differences | |
| Which mussels live in the salt marsh estuary of Jamaica Bay? | |
| Species Determination Using a Virtual Field Study & Virtual Biotech Lab (Overview) | |
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| Podcast on Intertidal Organisms | |
| Invasive Species Webquest | |
| Investigating Invertebrates via a "Digital Notebook" | |
| Physiological Adaptations and Molecular Ecology | |
| Comparison of Protein Sequencing - Introduction to Biotechnology Lab | |
| Scientists Write | |
| Life in the Ocean |
