The Great Ocean Rescue is a stimulating way to incorporate Type I and Type II enrichment opportunities into your classroom. Students are exposed to the specific knowledge and vocabulary of their particular field as they role-play the practicing professional within their team. Students are involved in Type II training as they learn to use essential critical thinking skills, to analyze scientific information, and to conduct a series of scientific tests. Students become familiar with the scientific methods in each of the fields as they learn how to build and support a hypothesis, several conduct tests, and make decisions based on the results. One of the four missions that expert teams solve is based on a true story in which an ocean going vessel illegally dumped trash and toxic materials into the ocean.
Students take a close look at the many types of pollutants that are dumped into our planet's oceans.
They investigate the source and effect of a variety of pollutants as they work to determine what was dumped into the Red Sea. In addition to these exciting missions, the videodisc contains a library of over 85 short movies and stills. The Great Ocean Rescue is also available in CD-ROM version and is available for both Mac and PC users.