{"id":611,"date":"2016-03-10T10:59:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T10:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efolio.soton.ac.uk\/blog\/discoveroceanography\/?page_id=611"},"modified":"2016-03-10T10:59:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T10:59:32","slug":"lesson-e-plankton-police","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoveroceanography\/for-teachers\/scheme-of-work\/lesson-e-plankton-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson E: Plankton Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A body has been washed ashore. How can the police decide if the victim\u00a0was drowned or if the body was dumped in the sea after death?\u00a0In this lesson students investigate the difference between <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips23'>Zooplankton<\/span> and <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips12'>Phytoplankton<\/span> and the role they play in the ecosystem. Samples from Southampton Water can be provided or collected during a Discover <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips20'>Oceanography<\/span> boat trip and used for identification purposes.<\/p>\n<p>You will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lesson plan<\/li>\n<li>Lesson Presentation (main or higher)<\/li>\n<li>Equipment for identification practical\n<ul>\n<li>Petri dishes<\/li>\n<li>10ml <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips41'>sample<\/span> of Southampton Water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Identification keys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All of the presentations and files can be downloaded <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edshare.soton.ac.uk\/16686\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>. The student <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips74'>Area<\/span> of this website contains\u00a0information about independent study activities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips0','The variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment to test the effects on\u00a0the dependent variable.'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips12','Plankton consisting of microscopic plants.'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips20','The branch of science that deals with the physical and biological properties and phenomena of the sea.'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips23','Plankton consisting of small animals and the immature stages of larger animals.'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips41','Taking a sample or samples of (something) for analysis.'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips71','A very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips74','The amount of space inside the boundaries of a 2D or 3D object.'); <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A body has been washed ashore. How can the police decide if the victim\u00a0was drowned or if the body was dumped in the sea after death?\u00a0In this lesson students investigate the difference between Zooplankton and Phytoplankton and the role they play in the ecosystem. Samples from Southampton Water can be &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3738,"featured_media":198,"parent":573,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-611","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoveroceanography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoveroceanography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoveroceanography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoveroceanography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3738"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoveroceanography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoveroceanography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/611\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoveroceanography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoveroceanography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoveroceanography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}