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Resource: Grocery shopping for whales
Description
Media (4 min): Sail with Ocean School youth host Anisha to find out more about the three vital links in the Bay of Fundy’s food chain: phytoplankton, copepods, and whales. Key Concepts: ecosystems, food web
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Activity (30 mins): Food chain challenge - Students are asked to imagine what food they would eat if had to eat the same thing everyday. They are then challenged to create a food chain from source to table for that food and compare the food chain with that of a right whale.
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This is a free educational resource from the Canadian Government about the ocean, through the Ocean Frontier Institute at Dalhousie University and the National Film Board of Canada. Ocean School provides media-rich, ocean-based resources in multiple subjects for students in grades 5–12. Created by educators, scientists and storytellers, these interactive learning materials help students understand our influence on the ocean and the ocean’s influence on us. Ocean School is ad-free and requires no login for teacher or student.
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