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Aquaculture school projects
ISBN : 978-1-86283-103-2
Published Date : 01 January 2010
Product Code : W101
Format : 120 page mono, 16 pages colour, perfect bound A4 workbook
Price: $49.00 (Approx : $45.68 USD)
On Sale: $0.00 (Approx : $0.00 USD)
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Written for the Aquaculture NSW and Qld syllabus topics
This workbook has 120 pages of projects and worksheets that teachers can use to introduce practical work into a school aquaculture unit.
Projects are constructed from simple, inexpensive materials available in any hardware store
There are 16 pages in full colour which show the projects and 104 pages of details in black and white.
Sample pages
Teachers Information
Project book using simple inexpensive equipment
Based on the legendary work of Mick O'Connor Ballina SHS
Contents
Section 1 Making project equipment
Project 1.1 Using poly pipe and fittings
Project 1.2 Making an air filter for algal cultures
Project 1.3 Making an algal growth container
Project 1.4 Making a light cupboard
Project 1.5 Making a small glass aquarium
Project 1.6 Making a plastic tub aquarium
Project 1.7 Making a crayfish tank
Project 1.8 Making a flow through crayfish tank
Project 1.9 Making an artemia hatchery
Project 1.10 Making a larger grow out tank
Section 2 Maintaining water quality
Project 2.1 Making a turbidity tube
Project 2.2 Testing water for turbidity
Project 2.3 Making a Secchi Disc
Project 2.4 Testing water for total dissolved solids
Project 2.5 Making a salinity hydrometer
Project 2.6 Testing water for Nitrates
Project 2.7 Testing water for Nitrites
Project 2.8 Testing water for Ammonia
Project 2.9 Testing water for Dissolved oxygen
Project 2.10 Testing water for pH
Project 2.11 Making a biofilter
Project 2.12 Making a sponge filter
Project 2.13 Making an undergravel filter
Project 2.14 Making an algal scrubber
Project 2.15 Making a water sampler
Project 2.16 Making a syphon
Section 3 Livestock biology
Project 3.1 What’s inside daphnia
Project 3.2 What’s inside rotifers
Project 3.3 What’s inside artemia
Project 3.4 External features of a fish
Project 3.5 Sea mullet dissection
Project 3.6 External features of a crayfish
Project 3.7 Making a fish measurer
Project 3.8 Making a crayfish restrainer
Project 3.9 Making a crayfish measurer
Project 3.10 Squid dissection
Project 3.11 Prawn dissection
Section 4 Growing food for Aquaculture
Project 4.1 Growing algae
Project 4.2 Growing artemia
Project 4.3 Growing rotifers
Project 4.4 Growing daphnia
Project 4.5 Growing worms
Section 5 Breeding and feeding stock
Project 5.1 Determining the sex of Artemia
Project 5.2 Decapsulating artemia
Project 5.3 Hatching artemia
Project 5.4 Taking digital photographs
Project 5.5 Determining the sex of crayfish
Project 5.6 Breeding crayfish
Project 5.7 Hatching crayfish and caring for young
Project 5.8 Feeding algae to artemia
Project 5.9 Feeding Daphnia to livestock
Project 5.10 Feeding rotifers to livestock
Project 5.11 Feeding and health check tables
Project 5.12 Water quality monitoring tables
Syllabus information (NSW)
Syllabus information (Qld)
