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3-7
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504
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Grow Your Own Algae

Science
Students get to discover how tiny microscopic plants can remove nutrients from polluted water. They will then engineer a system to remove pollutants faster by changing the environment for the algae.

Concepts at a Glance

  • Explain how the amount of light that passes through a sample can be used to determine the growth of microbes.
  • Demonstrate that algae consume nutrients dissolved in water.

Curriculum Connections

Grade 3 Science:

Biodiversity in the local environment 

Grade 4 Science:

Big Ideas: All living things sense and respond to their environment.

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