Name of Assignment: Final Paper/Presentation Subject: Marine Science Facilitator/Teacher: Mr. Adam
Description of Work/Assignment:
We wrote a final paper about what we had learned in class. We learned about Ocean Acidification and how it affects marine animals. How it is caused and how we can stop it.
Which 21st Century Skill do you feel this assignment addresses, and why?
This project addresses the Global Awareness 21st century skill because it covered a global problem. The ocean absorbs 50% of the CO2 released into the atmosphere. Overtime CO2 in the ocean decreases the pH level and it affects marine animals that rely on calcium carbonate. These animals are mostly echinoderms which are animals that you can find in tide pools and/or shallow waters. Sea urchins, sea stars, sea cucumbers, etc.
What are you most proud of from this assignment, and why?
I am most proud of the research that I found and how much I learned. I learned so much about what we can do to stop ocean acidification like stopping the power plants for energy and start using like wave power and having maui sustain itself using the land it has.
How did you develop and/or improve upon your 21st Century Skill with this assignment?
I improved my information 21st century skill by learning about ocean acidification and how it affects earth. I also researched ways Maui can help prevent ocean acidification from getting worse.
What was most difficult about completing this task?
Something difficult was finding good resources that were reliable and had what I wanted to say in my paper. Also I had trouble having the same solutions for Maui with my partner. As we did more research we got different solutions so we added some to the slide show that we presented.
How could you improve this work? If you could start over, what would you do differently?
I could improve the work by fully proof reading my paper. I could have got it proof read by more people, but also we only made one draft and that was the final. I could have better rehearsed my slideshow presentation.
How does this relate to what you have learned in the past?
This project relates to things that I have done a lot of my science classes They related to mostly climate change, not ocean acidification. But it is pretty much the same because ocean acidification is climate change.
How can you apply this to future learning?
I can apply this to future learning by knowing a little more about climate change and solutions specifically for maui. I got great numbers on the energy resources that we have on maui. The power plants cover 94% of Maui's energy, 80% at Māʻalaea and 14% at Kahului.