Algae and brine shrimp
Brainy Briny's
A living food web your class can measure.
Brainy Briny's puts algae and brine shrimp together in a clear bag or beaker. The algae grow on light. The brine shrimp eat the algae. Students watch a real producer and consumer share an ecosystem, and they measure what happens instead of reading about it. The same kit runs lessons from kindergarten through college.
ProducerAlgae
Makes food from light
ConsumerBrine shrimp
Grazes on the algae
GradesK to College
One kit, every grade band
The kit
What Brainy Briny's does in a classroom
In class
What students see
Green water getting greener as the algae grow, and brine shrimp swimming, eating and growing in the same container.
Data
What students measure
Algae density, brine shrimp counts and how the two change together over days.
Science
What it teaches
Photosynthesis, food webs, energy flow, carrying capacity and how ecosystems respond to change.
Brainy Briny's kits and refills
Vendor:Algae Research Supply
$ 78.00
