STEM Brine Shrimp Lab- Introduction and Research

After Keystone testing is over, we will do our final project of the year, Brine Shrimp.

You may have seen brine shrimp marketed as "Sea Monkeys" or even had some when you were a kid!

Today you will need to do some background research with brine shrimp so that you have a depth of understanding necessary to do your lab work.

Title this section of your composition notebook, "Brine Shrimp Lab."

Underneath the this, title the first section, "Background."   Then visit the following links to learn more about brine shrimp.  Write a 10-sentence paragraph summarizing what you learned about brine shrimp.

Brine Shrimp from Learn Genetics

Brine Shrimp from the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Project

Brine Shrimp in the Great Salt Lake of Utah

Brine Shrimp from Wikipedia


After you are done with your research, think about who you would like to work with in your group (groups of 3 to 4 are good), and in what area your might like to conduct your research.  You might research one of the following areas (or come up with your own area) that affect the hatching rate of brine shrimp eggs:
     - Temperature
     - Salinity (salt content) of the water
     - Size of container
     - Type of container
     - Ratio of eggs to water

After the Keystones you will come together in your group, formulate a hypothesis, and design and complete an experiment to test your hypothesis.