Curriculum

We have developed virtual teaching modules related to kelp forests, intertidal rocky shores, and the process of science. The central and long-term philosophy in our approach is to create a unified repository of field images and videos that will form the basis for the collection of raw data by students in virtual courses, conceivably far-removed from the coast. 

All of the resources below are in development and should not be considered final, polished products. However, instructors may still benefit from these materials, some of which have been tested in the classroom. All of the materials below are released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). If you do use any of these materials in the classroom, please let us know - we would appreciate your feedback. 

Introduction to kelp forest ecosystems

• Authors: Kylla Benes, Fred Hochstaedter, Deidre Sullivan

Rocky intertidal ecosystem lab

• Author: Kevin Raskoff

Historical ecology and rocky shore zonation at Hopkins Marine Station

• Author: Robin Elahi

Data wrangling and processing: temporal trends of giant kelp at Hopkins Marine Station

• Author: Mikaela Provost

Scientific method

• Authors: Allison Haupt, Jamie McDevitt-Irwin, Melissa Palmisciano, Julie Schram

Virtual field trips

• Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Peninsula, California, USA

  • Author: Robin Elahi

• Counting kelp and urchins in the forest at Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Peninsula, California, USA

  • Author: Robin Elahi

• Rocky intertidal at Point Pinos, Monterey Peninsula, California, USA

• Author: Robin Elahi

• Rocky intertidal at Carmel Point, Monterey Peninsula, California, USA

• Author: Robin Elahi