Interactive & Multimedia

Interactive “OA Seafood Buffet,” summarizing how OA might affect several commercially or ecologically important marine species: crabs, lobster, oyster, fish, seagrass, urchin, corals, plankton, jellyfish. Click on each of the 12 species to find out each might be affected by OA.

An interactive tool that provides an overview of how CO₂ in the air and pH in the ocean are connected, and how these can affect the cycle of marine life. Includes a pH of liquids drag-n-drop, an interactive OA model, and tools to learn about calcifying & non-calcifying marine life as well as the sea urchin life cycle.

Interactive experiments from the Virtual Urchin/Inquiry-to-Insight projects (Stanford University & University of Gothenburg)

Enter a virtual lab bench and set up a simulation of a real OA experiment. Students go through all of the key steps, acidifying water, adding and examining larvae in replicate sets, measuring pH changes, changing the water and food for the larvae, and preparing the slides of larvae for the microscope measurements and data analysis.

Interactive experiments from the Virtual Urchin/Inquiry-to-Insight projects (Stanford University & University of Gothenburg)

An engaging "virtual experiment" on sea urchin larvae, using real experimental micrographs. Students measure calcified arms in 6-day old sea urchin larvae from two samples grown at different pH, aggregate data and make inferences on the effect of OA and ocean pH on sea urchin larva survivorship (Adobe Flash file).

Interactive experiments from the Virtual Urchin/Inquiry-to-Insight projects (Stanford University & University of Gothenburg)