Kelp Forest Engineering Challenge
Contributed By
Monterey Bay Aquarium - Resource Provider
California Common Core State Standards - English Language Arts
Next Generation Science Standards
- 3-LS4-4 Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
- 4-PS3-2 Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
- MS-LS2-5 Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Kelp Forest Engineering Challenge
Students engineer a prototype of a device that creates a consistent wave with minimal human effort. This device might be used to help keep kelp alive and healthy in an aquarium exhibit.