High School, grades 9 to 12
Living Earth (California)
The sealed algae and brine shrimp system from Segment 2, ready to grow.
California's Living Earth course anchors Segment 2 on a sealed sphere of algae and brine shrimp. The Brainy Briny Beaker Bag is that system. Students grow it, measure it and use it to explain how photosynthesis and respiration shaped Earth's atmosphere.
Where it fits
How our labs fit this course
Instructional Segment 2
Where it fits: Instructional Segment 2 History of Earth's Atmosphere: Photosynthesis and Respiration. Its anchoring phenomenon is a sealed sphere of algae and brine shrimp.
What the kit does: The Brainy Briny Beaker Bag is that sealed system. Students grow it and measure the balance between photosynthesis and respiration.
Instructional Segment 1
Where it fits: Instructional Segment 1 Ecosystem Interactions and Energy.
What the kit does: Algae feed brine shrimp, so students can track energy and population change between producers and consumers.
Instructional Segment 6
Where it fits: Instructional Segment 6 Ecosystem Stability and the Response to Climate Change.
What the kit does: Students change conditions like nutrients or temperature and measure how the algae and shrimp system responds.
Lessons for this course
Our Lesson Plans
Photosynthesis and Respiration in a Closed System
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Carrying Capacity and Population Dynamics
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Trophic Energy Transfer and Biomass
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Eutrophication and Nutrient Pollution
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Nutrient Cycling: Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Water
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Microplastics and Bioaccumulation
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Algae and Climate Change
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Kits for these lessons
Algae Beads: Make Your Own FULL KIT