STEM Learning to Solve Ocean Acidification and Acid Rain
Help me give my students additional pH meters, 5 mL micropipettes, and micropipette accessories for lab projects that aim to get students thinking about ways to slow or reverse acid rain and ocean acidification.
FULLY FUNDED! Dr. McCoy's classroom raised $996
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
My students are Honors and Advanced Placement students who are extremely hard-working and absolutely love science. They are curious about the impact of science on day to day life and using the concepts we have learned in the classroom to understand the impact we have on our environment.
When truly inspired by something, they tenaciously pursue knowledge related to it.
I have students who are very much natural born leaders. They amaze me every day with their enthusiasm for science and love of chemistry.
My Project
Over the last 200 years, the pH of the ocean has decreased from 8.2 to 8.1, which is a 25-30% increase in acid levels! These changes have occurred due to the increased levels of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide in our atmosphere and undergo chemical reactions that cause acid rain. If these effects are not reversed, our waterways may one day be unlivable for aquatic animals.
I want to challenge my students to think beyond the walls of our classroom and to start thinking about how they can use their STEM skills to solve real problems.
My students are going to collect rain water as well as water from local rivers and the ocean. These samples will be tested for pH to test their proposed hypothesis that our local rivers and streams should have a higher pH (greater alkalinity) due to the higher levels of minerals dissolved in water flowing over rocks compared to ocean water and especially, rain water.
My students will also learn about the reactions which convert carbon dioxide to carbonic acid, the nitrogen oxides into nitric acid and sulfur dioxide into sulfuric acid in our atmosphere. They will be challenged to come up with small scale plans to change our local environment which could also be applied on a larger scale. I look forward to seeing what my talented students can come up with!
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
AccuBioTech SurePette Multi-volume Adjustable Micro Pipette 1000-5000ul
• Amazon Business
$35.08
6
$210.48
Lab Linear Pipettor Stand Rack, Hold Up 6 Micropipettes, Premium Engineering Plastic Polymer, Excellent Chemical Reagent Corrosion Resistance
• Amazon Business
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