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Bring a few
items to class produced with farmed products (feather pillow with cotton case,
bag of potato chips, a pint of milk, a houseplant, etc.). Toss a few around
the classroom to get the ball rolling.
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Show students a
globe and discuss how much of the earth is covered with water (70% of earth is
covered with water—98% of that water is in the oceans).
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Experiment with
salinity by instructing students to add table salt to cups of water, then
sample with a spoon. Seawater is about 3% salt—1/2 ounce of salt in one pint
of tap water. Have students sample freshwater, 1% salt and 3% salt.
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Set up a
tropical fish aquarium in your classroom.
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Take a field
trip to an aquarium store or a local aquaculture farm. Find out what it takes
to care for the fish.
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