Study guides

bsmap2The Baltic Sea - Lessons to learn about eutrophication (Baltic Sea Media Project)

The Baltic Sea is facing an uncertain future. The dangers are many, but all exacerbated by something as simple as how we produce our food around the sea. Lots of pork, chicken and livestock farms supply the fields around the inland sea with manure, too much manure. The film Dirty Waters is documenting how, through a more intensive and industrialized meat production the Baltic Sea is driven to the choked, bottom dead sea we have today.

The study guide raises questions within the following topics:

  • Politics (national and EU)
  • Ecosystem
  • Environment
  • Geography

The study guide that is stored on a DVD disc includes questions, discussions, math problems, interactive tasks linked to the website and the film Dirty Waters. The study guide is for students from twelve years of age and upwards. The DVD also contains the first film in the series For cod’s sake and the related study guide The Baltic Sea – Lessons to learn about fishery. Visit www.utbudet.se to order the DVD free of charge (to Sweden only). Read more about the Baltic Sea Media Project here. Also visit the project website for more information: www.saveourbalticsea.com

 

The Baltic Sea - Lessons to learn about fisheries (Baltic Sea Media Project)bsmap_fish2

Cod is the main predator in the Baltic marine ecosystem. When too much cod has been taken from the sea, the relationships between species in the food chain are changed. When the cod has been fished out, sprats increased which leads to a decrease of zooplankton, which contributes to an increase in phytoplankton.
The study guide raises questions within the following topics:

  • Politics in Europe
  • Management of Natural Resources
  • Baltic Sea fauna
  • Geography

The study guide includes questions, discussions, crossword and a word search. The guide is for students from twelve years of age and upwards. This guide may not be ordered separately but are included in the "The Baltic Sea - Lessons to learn about eutrophication".

 

bsp_students2 Cod fishing in the Baltic Sea - a textbook example of (un) sustainable development

A web-based study guide that is built around eight themes and study inputs, each one highlights an organic, biological, research-oriented, historical, social, political, economic, and ethical approach to the Baltic Sea cod fishery. The study guide comes from the work of the Baltic Sea Project, which is the joint project between approximately 200 high schools in countries around the Baltic Sea. The teacher, Rolf Eriksson at Nacka Gymnasium is managing the study guide.

Groups of students, from the same class from the same school, from various schools in the same country or from schools in different countries around the Baltic Sea, can work in parallel with these themes and then present their results to each other. Students should comment on and discuss what they’ve learned and the summaries and conclusions will be presented in a concluding discussion or document. Read more about the project here. Visit www.b-s-p.org for more information on the Baltic Sea Project.