YOUNG OCEAN EXPLORERS - SEDIMENTATION
A DigitalNZ Story by National Library Services to Schools
Resources for the Young Ocean Explorers 21 Day Challenge.
SEDIMENTATION
Students will:
- understand what sedimentation is
- explore the affects of sedimentation on marine environments.
How do you clean a dirty ocean?
Young Ocean Explorers
RESOURCES FROM THE LESSON PLAN
Hakai Magazine - Māori Mussel Memory
Auckland City Council - Hauraki Gulf Marine Park catchment and boundaries
Science Learning Hub - Mussels are filter feeders
New Zealand Herald - Farmers acting to help Hauraki Gulf
The Structure and function of Green-lipped Mussels activity
Life cycle of a green-lipped mussel diagram
SUPPORTING RESOURCES
Kūtai - Mussels
Young Ocean Explorers
Clean and dirty water
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Land-based pollution
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Mussels filtering water
Science Learning Hub
Frustrations grow over state of Hauraki Gulf
Radio New Zealand
Restoring the Hauraki Gulf with mussels
Radio New Zealand
Mussel beds on the move to help clean up water
Radio New Zealand
Science Learning Hub
Te Ara - Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Underwater sediment build-up
Radio New Zealand - Farming and forestry smother parts of Pelorus Sound in sediment
National Geographic - Sediment
Lets Talk Science - Using mussels to monitor the environment
This story was curated and compiled by Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa | National Library of New Zealand, Services to Schools staff, 2020.