Off Base

Lesson Plan Overview

Students define terms pH and buffer. Students explain in general terms the carbonate buffer system of seawater. Students explain Le Chatelier’s Principle and predict how the carbonate buffer system of seawater will respond to a change in concentration of hydrogen ions.

Source: NOAA Ocean Explorer
Subjects: Biology Chemistry Geology
Grades: 9-12
Tags: NOAA

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Off Base Lesson Plan

Literacy Principles:

OLP#5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.

OLP#6: The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.

OLP#7: The ocean is largely unexplored.

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