MIT Coastal Climate Change Toolkit
A Scientific Framework with Hands-On Experiments
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Environmental Explainers:
Harmful algal blooms (HABs)
What is it? How is it changing? Why does it matter?
Start here:
What are Algal Blooms?
Center for Environmental Studies at Florida Atlantic University | US Geological Survey
Educational video (6 min) created by Florida Atlantic University's Center for Environmental Studies. Concludes with a summary.
Recommend for middle school and up.
What Impacts and Examples of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
Center for Environmental Studies at Florida Atlantic University | US Geological Survey
Educational video (4 min) created by Florida Atlantic University's Center for Environmental Studies. Concludes with a summary.
Recommend for middle school and up.
Learn more:
What are Algae?
Center for Environmental Studies at Florida Atlantic University | US Geological Survey
Educational video (5 min) created by Florida Atlantic University's Center for Environmental Studies. Concludes with a summary.
Recommend for middle school and up.
How Algae Live and Grow
Center for Environmental Studies at Florida Atlantic University | US Geological Survey
Educational video (4.5 min) created by Florida Atlantic University's Center for Environmental Studies. Concludes with a summary.
Recommend for middle school and up.
Study Clearly Identifies Nutrients as a Driver of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Recommend for High School and up.
We’d love to hear how you used this tool in your community, how the students responded, and your suggestions to improve the experiments and other resources. Contact us at ccsae@mit.edu.
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