Oceans 11, a new curriculum that will be available in Nova Scotia this fall, will help make science meaningful to eleventh graders, say developers of the project. The project has since drawn in numerous other partners, including universities, museums, private industry, and provincial and federal government departments, according to Tim Hall of DFO's Oceans Act Coordination Office. Oceans 11 will replace eleventh-grade oceanography as an elective science class in Nova Scotia schools choosing to offer it.
Teachers can choose the elective element most relevant to their class.
Kevin Veinot, a science teacher at Central Kings Rural High School in Cambridge Station, wrote the aquaculture module of the curriculum, and taught it last school year as part of a pilot program. When Digby students examine issues of resource management they may do so in the context of the scallop fishery.