| Alignment with the California State Science
Standards: Marine Biology B |
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Investsigation
& Experimentation |
Biology/ Life
Science |
Earth Sciences |
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| Introduction to Ecology |
m |
6b |
6a-6c |
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| Lab: Global Ecological Systems |
m |
6b |
6a-6c |
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| Lab: Agents of Environmental Change |
m |
6b |
6a-6c |
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| Reading: Introduction to Ecology |
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6a-6f |
7a-7c |
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| WS: Introduction to Ecology |
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6a-6f |
7a-7c |
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| Film: Introducing Biology—Introduction to
Ecology |
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6a-6f |
7a-7c |
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| Quiz: Introduction to Ecology |
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6a-6f |
7a-7c |
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| Lab: Global Energy Budget |
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6a-6f |
5a-5d |
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| Study Guide: Introduction to Ecology |
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6a-6f |
5a-5d |
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| Unit Exam |
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6a-6f |
5a-5d |
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| Human Influence on the Ocean |
m |
6a-6f |
5,6,7 |
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| Reading: Resources for People |
m |
6a-6f |
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| Questions: “Resources for People” Reading |
m |
6a-6f |
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| Film: Planet Earth—Minerals |
m |
6a-6f |
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| Issue: Can Scientists Work
In The Ocean Without Disturbing Their Neighbors? |
m |
6a-6f |
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| Reading: Changing the Ocean |
m |
6a-6f |
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| Questions: “Changing the Ocean” Reading |
m |
6a-6f |
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| Film: Scientist and the Alaskan Oil Spill |
m |
6a-6f |
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| Lab: Oil Spill Clean Up |
m |
6a-6f |
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| Article: Studies tie rise in ocean heat to
air emissions |
m |
6a-6f |
4a-4d |
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| Reading: Air Pollution and the Ocean |
m |
6a-6f |
4a-4d |
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| Questions: “Air Pollution and the Ocean”
Reading |
m |
6a-6f |
4a-4d |
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| Film:
The Search for Clean Air |
m |
6a-6f |
4a-4d |
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| Film: Planet Earth—Human Influence on the
Environment |
m |
6a-6f |
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| Study Guide 1: Human Influence on the Ocean |
m |
6a-6f |
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| Study Guide 2: Human Influence on the Ocean |
m |
6a-6f |
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| Study Guide 3: Human Influence on the Ocean |
m |
6a-6f |
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| Unit Exam |
m |
6a-6f |
4a-4d |
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| Overview Of Aquatic Ecosystems |
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6a-6f |
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| Word Search: Aquatic Ecosystems |
|
6a-6f |
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| Color
Set: Aquatic Ecosystems |
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6a-6f |
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| Vocabulary: Aquatic Ecosystems |
|
6a-6f |
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| Questions from the Aquatic Ecosystem Color
Set |
|
6a-6f |
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| WS: Physical Properties of the Ocean Life
Zones |
|
6a-6f |
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| Reading: Density, Pressure, and Temperature
in the Oceans |
|
6a-6f |
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| WS: Temperature Effects and Surface Waves |
|
6a-6f |
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| WS: Profile of a Tropical Ocean (Salinity) |
|
6a-6f |
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| Lab: Salinity—Making a Hydrometer |
|
6a-6f |
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| Reading: Pressure |
|
6a-6f |
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| WS: Characteristics of Ocean Waves |
|
6a-6f |
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| Film: Blue Planet, Part 1-- Mega tsunamis |
|
6a-6f |
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| Reading: Tsunamis |
|
6a-6f |
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| Lab: An Aquatic Ecosystem |
|
6a-6f |
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| Project: Aquatic Ecosystem Organism Survey |
|
6a-6f |
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| Alternative Assessment: Come Back to the
Biome |
|
6a-6f |
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| Rocky Shores and Sandy Beaches |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Reading: Rocky Shores |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Questions from the Rocky Shores Reading |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Reading: Tides |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Activity: Tide Graph |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Word search: Sand |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Vocabulary: Sand |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Reading: Sand |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Color: Characterization—Sandy Beach |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Reading: Sand Dune Habitat |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Crossword Puzzle: Sand Dunes |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Reading: Beach Habitat |
|
6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Study Guide: Rocky Shores and Sandy Beaches |
|
6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Unit Exam |
|
6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Kelp Beds & Estuaries |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Color: Characterization—Coastal Wetlands |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Reading: Kelps |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Questions from the Reading: “Kelps” from Kelp
Forests |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Vocabulary: Kelp Forests |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Film: Seasons in the Sea (Kelp Forest) |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Quiz: The Kelp Forest |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Reading: Protected Marine
Environments—Bays and Estuaries, Salt Marshes, and Wharves and Pilings |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Reading: Slough Beginnings |
|
6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Reading: Elkhorn
Slough—Slough Beginnings |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Internet Project: Changing
Trophic Structure in Estuaries Affected by Human Activities |
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6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Study Guide: Kelp Forests and Estuaries |
|
6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Unit Exam |
|
6a-6f |
9a-9c |
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| Open Ocean & the Deep Sea |
|
6a-6f |
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| Word
Search: Pelagic Zone |
|
6a-6f |
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| Color: Characterization—Pelagic Zone |
|
6a-6f |
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| Vocabulary: Pelagic Zone |
|
6a-6f |
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| Film: Blue Planet, Part 4—Open Ocean |
|
6a-6f |
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| Reading: Coastal Waters—Beyond The Intertidal
Zone |
|
6a-6f |
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| Reading: California’s Nearshore Waters and
Open Ocean |
|
6a-6f |
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| Color: Characterization—Fringing Reef, Coral
Reef Fishes |
|
6a-6f |
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| Film: Assignment Discovery—Coral Reefs |
|
6a-6f |
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| Issues: Should Legislation Protecting Coral
Reefs be Strengthened? |
|
6a-6f |
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| Reading: Into The Abyss—Living At Extremes |
|
6a-6f |
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| Film: Blue Planet, Part 5—Deep Seas |
|
6a-6f |
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| Internet Project: Deep-Sea Bestiary |
|
6a-6f |
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| Activity: Mysteries Of The Deep |
|
6a-6f |
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| Film: Realm of the Abyss |
|
6a-6f |
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| Study Guide 1: Open Ocean, Coral Reefs, And
The Abyss |
|
6a-6f |
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| Study Guide 2: Open Ocean Coral Reefs And The
Abyss |
|
6a-6f |
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| Introduction To Ichthyology |
|
10a-10e |
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| Word Search-Fishes |
|
10a-10e |
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| WS: Using Classification Keys |
|
10a-10e |
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| Color: Elasmobranch Fish |
|
10a-10e |
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| Questions: “Elasmobranch Fish Diversity”
Color Set |
|
10a-10e |
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| Article: Sharks On Migratory Route Bite 7 |
|
10a-10e |
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| Color: Bony Fish Diversity |
|
10a-10e |
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| Questions: “ Bony Fish Diversity” Color Set |
|
10a-10e |
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| Film: Shark! |
|
10a-10e |
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| Lab: Dichotomous Key To Bony Fish |
|
10a-10e |
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| Film: Nova—Kingdom of the Seahorses |
|
10a-10e |
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| Lab: External Structures Of Fish |
|
10a-10e |
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| Ws: Vocabulary—Fishes |
|
10a-10e |
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| Lab: What Can You Find Out
About A Fish By Observing Its Scales? |
|
10a-10e |
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| Reading: Jawless And
Cartilaginous Fish |
|
10a-10e |
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| Reading: Bony Fishes |
|
10a-10e |
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| Ws: Fishes—Water Balance In Fish |
|
10a-10e |
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| Lab: External Anatomy Of The Shark |
|
10a-10e |
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| Lab: Dissecting The Perch |
|
10a-10e |
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| WS: Review |
|
10a-10e |
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| Study Guide: Introduction to Ichthyology |
|
10a-10e |
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| Unit Exam |
|
10a-10e |
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| Marine Mammals |
|
10a-10e |
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| Reading: Mammals |
|
10a-10e |
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| WS: Mammals—Vocabulary |
|
10a-10e |
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| WS: Mammals: Ancient Mammals |
|
10a-10e |
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| Article: It’s Prime Time for Pups (Sea
Otters) |
|
10a-10e |
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| Film: The Sea Otter at Play |
|
10a-10e |
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| Reading: The California Sea Otter |
|
10a-10e |
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| Article: Ins and outs of the Grays (Gray
Whale Viewing Tips) |
|
10a-10e |
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| Film: The Friendly Gray Whales |
|
10a-10e |
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| Article: Whale Death Mystify Scientists |
|
10a-10e |
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| Reading: The Gray Whale |
|
10a-10e |
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| Reading: The Manatee Conservation Project |
|
10a-10e |
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| Film: Saving the Manatee |
|
10a-10e |
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| Reading: Echolocation in Dolphins |
|
10a-10e |
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| Film: Dolphins with Robin Williams |
|
10a-10e |
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| Reading: Social Interactions of the Orca in
Puget Sound |
|
10a-10e |
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| Film: Killer Whales: Savage or Social? |
|
10a-10e |
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| Study Guide: Marine Mammals |
|
10a-10e |
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| Unit Exam |
|
10a-10e |
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| Culminating Semester Project |
m |
6,9,10 |
4-7,9 |
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| Final Examination |
m |
6,9,10 |
4-7,9 |
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