Course curriculum

Marine Biologist in Training is an 5-lesson course that is chalked full of educational videos, interactive games, and fun activities to keep students engaged and learning. Students in this program will learn about marine ecology, scientific research, and careers in marine sciences.

    1. Welcome to MBIT online!

    2. Download and Print Handbook

    3. Welcome

    4. What is your prior knowledge?

    5. Know/Wonder/Question Activity

    6. Visualization Activity

    7. So you want to be a marine biologist podcast

    8. What type of marine scientist do you want to be?

    9. Marine Scientist Spotlight: Dr. Elaine Leung, Sea Smart's Founder

    10. Two Truths and a Lie

    11. Marine Scientist Spotlight: Lian Kwong

    12. Marine Biologists and the Scientific Method

    13. What is the scientific method?

    14. Research Methods

    15. Fair Test Game

    16. The Scientific Method Questions

    17. A review of the scientific method

    18. Choose a research project

    19. Finding your research question

    20. What will be the focus of your research project?

    21. Research project ideas

    22. Starting your observations

    23. Your research project

    24. Extension Challenge: Conduct a Neighborhood Cleanup!

    25. Optional Content: Whale Scat Sniffing Dog (From 2 truths and a lie)

    26. Demographic Form - please complete before proceeding

    1. The Intertidal Zone

    2. What is the intertidal zone?

    3. Review of the intertidal zone

    4. Who lives in the intertidal zone?

    5. Match the name with the picture

    6. Intertidal Animal Match

    7. Marine Scientist Spotlight: Dr. Heidi Gartner

    8. Scientific Sketching

    9. What does a scientific sketch look like?

    10. How to make a scientific sketch

    11. Make a Scientific Sketch

    12. Do you enjoy making scientific sketches?

    13. Research Project observations

    14. Research Project

    15. How to Make a Quadrat

    16. Using Quadrats

    17. Extension Activity: Intertidal Survey!

    18. Optional Content: Marine Scientist Spotlight: Ruby Banwait, Aquarium Biologist

    19. Optional Content: Marine Scientist Spotlight: Ariadne Reynolds, Marine Biologist

    20. Optional Challenge: Do a Sea Star Survey

    21. Optional Challenge: SIMRS Sea Star Worksheet

    1. What is a watershed?

    2. Review: What is a watershed?

    3. Mapping

    4. Mapping activity

    5. Important Map Elements

    6. Salmon Lifecycle

    7. Salmon Lifecycle Video

    8. Importance of Pacific Salmon

    9. Why are Pacific Salmon important?

    10. Pacific Salmon Review Questions

    11. Research Project: Observations

    12. Threats to Salmon and How We Can Help!

    13. Sustainable Seafood

    14. Extension Activity: Sustainable Seafood Challenge

    15. Optional Content: Autumn Peltier, Youth Water Advocate

    16. Optional Content: Marine Scientist Spotlight: Ayana Johnson, Marine Biologist

    17. Optional Content: Pacific Salmon Video

    1. What are Marine Mammals?

    2. Marine Mammals Evolution

    3. How Whales Evolved from a Land to a Marine Mammal

    4. Marine Mammal Evolution Questions

    5. How Marine Mammals Survive Underwater

    6. How Marine Mammals Survive Underwater (Review)

    7. Why are Marine Mammals So Big?

    8. Why are Marine Mammals so Big? (Review)

    9. How to Tell the Difference Between Seals and Sea Lions

    10. Marine Mammal Identification

    11. Marine Mammal Identification

    12. Noise Pollution: A Threat to Marine Mammals

    13. Extension Activity: Calculating Ocean Noise and Fuel Consumption During Transportation of Items

    14. Research Project: What type of graph to use?

    15. Research Project: Graphing your results

    16. Research Project: Creating your graph/chart

    17. Marine Scientist Spotlight: Dr. Sylvia Earle

    18. Marine Mammals: True or False?

    19. Marine Mammals: True or False?

    20. Optional Content: Marine Scientist Spotlight: Asha de Vos, Marine Biologist and National Geographic Explorer

    21. Optional Content: Tedx talk on Ocean Noise by Kristin Westdal, Arctic Marine Mammal Biologist

    22. Optional Content: Remember The Sea by ©Janey McLeod-White Positive Poetry.2019

    23. Optional Challenge: Conservation Art

    1. Marine Scientist Spotlight: Dr. Nicole Cann from Parks Canada

    2. Importance of the ocean T or F

    3. How long to break down?

    4. How We Can Keep Plastic Out of our Oceans

    5. How can we keep plastics out of our oceans? (Review)

    6. Threat: Overfishing

    7. Threat: Overfishing (Review)

    8. Research Project Presentation

    9. Research Project Presentation

    10. Ocean Awareness Poem by TaNia: Can We?

    11. Youth Activist: Beth Scrutton

    12. Extension Activity: Ocean Awareness Project

    13. Reflection on Learning

    14. Feedback Survey

    15. Congratulations!

    16. How to Download Certificate of Completion

    17. Certificate of Completion

About this course

  • $50.00
  • 104 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content