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Plans into Action
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Primary: Field Assignment
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Operation
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Resilient Planet
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Mission:
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Mission 5: The Rescue
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Print Page
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106,107
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Subjects
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Science | Personal and social issues | Humans and the environment | Conservation | Science as inquiry | Science process skills | Analyzing data | Asking questions | Communicating
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5 | 6 | 7 | 8
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Keywords
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plan, action, biodiversity, community, involvement, repair, safeguard, ecosystem, Dr. Leila Hatch, communicate, shipping, lane, whale, species, list, organism, ecology, affect, impact, video, documentary, abiotic, biotic, component, environmental, impact, protect, restore, analyze, benefit, benefit-risk analysis, public, service, announcement, NOAA, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, effectiveness
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Duration
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02:30:00 (HH:MM:SS)
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Teachers | Elementary Grades | Junior High
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Created On
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4/21/2008
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Copyright
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Peter Haydock, The JASON Project
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From: Resilient Planet Mission 5: The Rescue (pp: 106,107) |
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Plans into Action In this field assignment, students will produce a public service announcement that can be used to inspire community support for repairing or safeguarding a local ecosystem. |
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Recall that your mission is to defend the Earth's biodiversity through personal action and community involvement. Now that you have been fully briefed, your task is to produce a public service announcement that can be used to inspire community support for repairing or safeguarding a local ecosystem. You will work as part of a production team to communicate to the public a plan for protecting or restoring an ecosystem. Dr. Leila Hatch knows how important it is for scientists to share what they learn. When communicated, scientific understanding often becomes the foundation for making change in public policy. For example, when officials learned more about the threat of shipping lanes to whales, they decided to relocate these routes away from concentrated whale sightings. To begin this assignment, you will first need to identify a local ecosystem. You will study this ecosystem and create a species list of all the organisms you encounter. You will then use all the resources and tools you have learned throughout the operation to assess its health. Using this knowledge and your understanding of ecology, you will propose a plan and communicate your plan to individuals, groups, and government officials who can put your plan into action. Don't forget, you may need to revisit your plan in order to consider the impact it may have on others. 
| Mission 5 Argonaut Field Assignment Video
Join the National Argonauts as they join a research expedition to study underwater sounds with Dr. Leila Hatch. |
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You must have the landowner's permission to access any land in your study. Even if your ecosystem is on public land, inform the proper authorities of your intent. Obtain permission before conducting tests at your study site. Never travel alone. Take a responsible adult with you to the study site. Always use proper safety protocol while using tools. |
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| Field Preparation |
- Using all the tools, techniques, and knowledge gained in Operation: Resilient Planet, identify a local ecosystem that your community would benefit from restoring or protecting. This can either be a location you have studied in a previous mission and created a plan for, or a new location.
- Investigate the laws and public policy in your community that govern ecosystem use, management, and protection. Identify the various stakeholders that may have an interest in
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- If you are choosing a new study site, go in the field to assess the abiotic and biotic factors of the location. If you are choosing a previous study site, gather all data. Based on new tools, skills, and information you may need to go back in the field to gather additional data.
- Analyze the data you collected in the field. Determine which parts of your study would be most effective in a public service announcement.
- Based upon what you have learned, develop or refine a previous plan for protecting this ecosystem.
- Analyze your plan by considering questions like: How much will it cost? Who will benefit from this action? Who might be negatively affected by your plan? Create a benefit-risk analysis to understand the action you wish to take and the impact it will have on the local community.
- Discuss your plans with stakeholders identified in step 2 of the Field Preparation. Revise your plan based on the input of the stakeholders.
- Discuss how you can use your data analysis in a public service announcement video.
- Discuss how you can use your video to produce an effective public service announcement. What will you communicate with this video? How can the video work with the research to produce an effective message? How much time will you spend presenting your protection plan? What role will your data analysis play in the final production?
- Produce your public service announcement video and share it with the greater public.
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| Mission Debrief |
- Detail the revisions you made to your plan based on the input of all stakeholders.
- Was your public service announcement video able to change the position of any viewer? Describe your evidence and the outcome.
- What additional data could you have collected to make the message in your video stronger?
- It took NOAA several years of working with many different stakeholders to put their plan for Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary into action. How will you track the progress of your plan over time?
- How will you measure the effectiveness of your plan?
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Journal Question
Research the difference between preservation and conservation in ecosystem management. Describe and evaluate the strengths and limitations of each method. |
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