The science behind the lagoon — chemistry, biology, and energy
Why salt and fresh water mixing matters for the lagoon.
How acidic or basic the water is — and why it matters.
Why fish need oxygen in the water to survive.
How the moon moves the ocean and the lagoon.
How all the water in a region flows to one place.
Who eats whom in the lagoon ecosystem.
How plants and algae turn sunlight into food.
Why the lagoon has more species than any other estuary.
Collect water samples and map how salty each one is.
Test soil from three spots and learn what pH means for plants and the lagoon.
Visit tide pools at low tide and count the creatures you find.
See how warm and cold water layer — just like in a real lake or ocean.
Try to clean up a mini oil spill and learn why prevention matters.
Watch leaf disks float as they produce oxygen through photosynthesis.
Why the lagoon glows at night.
Tiny bubbles that could help clean the lagoon.
How ocean currents move heat and life around the planet.
How a warming planet affects the lagoon.
How more CO₂ makes the ocean more acidic — and what it does to shells.
How UAVs and underwater robots are transforming marine research and citizen science in Florida.
Nitrogen & phosphorus cycling, transformations, internal loading, and TMDLs — college-level.
Satellite chlorophyll-a & turbidity retrieval, atmospheric correction, and validation — college-level.
eDNA sampling, metabarcoding, bioinformatics, and detection probability — college-level.