Introduction
Although jubilee events may occur in other areas of the world, Mobile Bay is probably the only body of water on Earth where this phenomenon occurs regularly each summer and where jubilees are fairly predictable. Students will investigate what causes a jubilee event and how it affects animals that live in the bay.
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Objectives
Students should understand that:
- Examine estuaries as being part of important biological, chemical, and physical cycles such as food webs, nutrient cycles, and hydrologic cycles.
- Explore how estuarine ecosystems are affected by changes in global systems and cycles such as climate and weather cycles.
- Lesson is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and California state standards (see page 5.)
