MangroveWatch - Identifying Variables

In this flipped classroom lesson, students will research secondary sources to describe measurable causes and effects of changes to the health of mangroves. This research is designed to inspire questions, predictions and hypotheses. Students will brainstorm the events that might cause variations to abiotic factors that influence the health and distribution of mangroves. These considerations may include: climate change, and the increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events; alterations to mangrove habitats for other purposes; and the runoff carrying sediments and chemicals. Finally, students will consider a range of questions that could be investigated scientifically that MangroveWatch researchers should be asking.