Marine Aquatic Food Project
You will be constructing marine food webs to demonstrate your knowledge of relationships between organisms in ecosystems. You may focus on one species and construct a food web with that species, or you may choose to focus on a specific ecosystem. You may choose from these ecosystems: ocean ecosystems, arctic or Antarctic, coral reefs of all types, shores, beaches, mouth of the Chesapeake – salty or marine environments of any kind.
You will create a bibliography in NoodleTools with a minimum of three different sources. You will share your bibliography with your teacher electronically.
Databases
Marine Ecosystems & Food Chain Websites
Fitting Algae into the Food Web-General info about marine food webs and activities.
National Geographic: Marine Food Chain-Explains the four steps of the marine food chain.
Marine Bio: Biotic Structure-This article talks about marine food chains and food webs.
University of California Museum of Paleontology: The World's Biomes-Information about the world's biomes and food chains within them.
Marine Animal Websites
MarineBio Species Database - Use the search box to find information about many marine animals.
Seal Conservation Society: Seal Information – Information about many species of seals.
Alaska Fisheries Science Center – Click on the “Species” button on the navigation bar and find your animal under its category.
Center for Whale Research – Look here for information about Orca whales.
Whale Watch Dolphin Fleet of Provincetown, MA - Click here to read about whale behaviors. Click here to hear whale sounds.
International Whaling Commission – Information about whales.
Animal Diversity Web from the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology - This contains thousands of photos, descriptions, sound recordings, and other information about individual animal species.
Arctic Wildlife Center – Look for six sea mammals here.
Zip Code Zoo – Use the search box to search for your species.
Windows to the Universe: The Ocean Biome – Use the Related Links to find information to help you.