Bath Middle School's  Expeditionary Learning
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  • 8th Grade
    • Always to Remember
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    • Keeping Maine Current: Our Electricity Future
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    • Stop Idling!
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    • Water is Life
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  • 7th Grade
    • Environmental Stewardship: Why Should We Care?
    • Genetically Modified Food - Safe or Harmful?
    • Guidebook to Local Eating Near Bath, Maine
    • Healthy Choices
    • Healthy Eating Around the World
    • Hero
    • Junkyard Olympics
    • Lifeline / Code Red
    • Maine Community Heritage Project
    • Malaga Island - Maine's Embarrassing Legacy
    • Mission Wellness
    • Peace Through Understanding
    • Save Our Stories - Malaga Island
    • See the Sea - A Look at Our Oceans
    • The Black House Goes Green
    • The Road to Independence
  • 6th Grade
    • Chivalry
    • Highlights of Ancient Egyptian Culture
    • Life in the Middle Ages
    • Recycling Work & Recycling Strategies For Citizens of Bath
    • Simple Machines Technology - Then & Now
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See the Sea - A Look at Our Oceans

The coast of Maine is our home and integral to our lives. During the “See the Sea: A Look at Our Oceans” expedition, students will learn about this important resource and its role on many families in our community. They will start their investigations with a case study about invasive species, the European green crab, Carcinus maenas. Students will survey for this species and enter their findings on the state-wide data base, Vital Signs, which is supported through the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. We will also examine how an invasive species alters the dynamics of an ecosystem. As a final project, students will host a symposium to highlight their ideas on a value-added product for these green crabs. For a more state-wide view, students will attend Ferry Beach Ecology School for three days and two nights to examine coastal ecosystems in southern Maine. For a more global view, students in literacy class will read and discuss the book, A World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky. In math, students will analyze catch data to discuss possible actions that can help restore fishing stocks. Finally, through interviews, students will gather stories on how fishing or industries dependent on fishing have changed through generations. These stories will be turned into a book that highlights how the ocean impacts our human communities as well.



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