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Students will work as a class to make sure their Evidence Wall (created in Idea Fishbowl) contains all the evidence they have collected throughout their investigations (Lobster Farming, Predator vs. Prey, and Through the Eyes) to understand why there are so many lobsters in the Gulf of Maine. If students have participated in GMRI’s LabVenture! …

For generations, lobstering has been embedded into Maine’s culture and is one of the most valuable fisheries in the United States. Today there are approximately 6,000 commercial harvesters in the state contributing about 75% of all lobsters landed in the US. The first recorded lobster catch in Maine was in 1605, and although lobsters were …

Even though lobstering efforts are at an all time high, so is the lobster population in the Gulf of Maine. Scientists have considered the potential positive impacts that lobstering may have on the lobster population. Students will examine scientific evidence as they consider the question, “Are we farming lobsters?” Evidence that students collect will be …

Students will work as a class to define a hypothesis and parameters for forming a “good” hypothesis. Each student will form a hypothesis about the question, “Why are there so many lobsters in the Gulf of Maine?” If students have participated in GMRI’s LabVenture! Lobster: Untold Tales program, they will use that experience to inform …