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The following extract is the contents page from the BES Publication, "Brine Shrimp Ecology"

Contents Page

Section 1. Introduction to the brine shrimp model ecosystem

Introduction

Section 2. Practical activities. Student activity sheets and teacher's notes

Student activity sheets
Handling and observing brine shrimps
1. Shrimp world - looking at the brine shrimp environment
2. Variation in brine shrimps
3. The hatching of brine shrimps - investigating physical factors
4. The first food - filter feeding for beginners
5. Testing the algal food hypothesis
6. Shrimps galore - setting up your own bottle ecosystem
7. Exploding populations
8. Predatory shrimping
9. Are shrimps vertical commuters?
10. Speedy shrimps - fleeing and finding a mate
11. Altering the balance - pollution studies
12. The sun-seekers - let there be light
13. Now go ponding - investigating the biology of 'water-fleas'

Teacher's notes for student activities 1-13
Activity 1: Shrimp world - looking at the brine shrimp environmment
Activity 2: Variation in brine shrimps
Activity 3: The hatching of brine shrimps - investigating physical factors
Activity 4: The first food - filter feeding for beginners
Activity 5: Testing the algal food hypothesis
Activity 6: Shrimps galore - setting up your own bottle ecosystem
Activity 7: Exploding populations
Activity 8: Predatory shrimping
Activity 9: Are shrimps vertical commuters?
Activity 10: Speedy shrimps - fleeing and finding a mate
Activity 11: Altering the balance - pollution studies
Activity 12: The sun-seekers - let there be light
Activity 13: Now go ponding - investigating the biology of 'water-fleas'

Teacher's guide

Student data exercises
1. Brine shrimps all around the world
2. Salt and survival - the cost of living in a very salty place
3. Temperature effects - too hot, too cold
4. The daily cycle of chemical change
5. The brine shrimp sex balance
6. Copper contamination and pollution
7. Brine shrimps in space - Apollo 16
Answers to data exercises

Section 4. Illustrations for photocopying

Drawings of brine shrimps

Section 5. The practical brine shrimp guide

How to set up a brine shrimp culture
Brine shrimp life history - background information
Handling brine shrimps in the classroom - practical tips and ethical issues
The laboratory technician's guide
Sources of supply for teaching materials

Section 6. Additional notes in support of teaching and assessment

Brine shrimps and Science 1 investigations
Ecology notes for science teachers
1. Introducing ecosystems
2. The brine shrimp ecosystem
3. Energy flow, nutrient cycles and nutrient sinks
4. Population ecology boom and bust
5. Pollution - water pollutants and harm to ecological systems
Bibliography
General references on ecology
Selected references to research papers and publications on the ecology of the brine shrimp, Artemia
References to World Wide Web sites

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