Bioaccumulation: An Example of the Human Impact on Biodiversity

• In parts A and B of the activity students will model bioaccumulation of mercury in an aquatic food chain, and the bioaccumulation of tetra-ethyl lead within fat cells. The modeling will demonstrate how bioaccumulation can occur at the environmental and organismal levels. In part C, students will research and design a solution to mitigate the bioaccumulation of a substance of their choice at the environmental and organismal levels.

Items included in this lab are listed below.

Plastic Beads, Plastic pipettes, Very small vial, Small vial, Medium vial, Medium Large vial, Large vial, Various stickers.