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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the reasons for bioluminescence by conducting a simulation and viewing pictures of bioluminescent marine animals on the Web. They conclude by pretending to be deep sea divers and writing journal entries. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students explore the physical location of deep water habitats along the Hudson Shelf Valley and in Hudson Canyon. They study the basic characteristics of the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones with regard to depth, temperature, pres Full Review »
Students will design an invertebrate capable of living near deep-sea hydrothermal vents, and in doing so, will learn about the unique adaptations that organisms must have in order to survive in the extreme environments of the deep sea. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify the characteristics of an extreme environment in the deep ocean and consider what organisms need to survive in these elements. They research sampling and data collection methods in this environment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students classify deep-sea fish, identify at least three characteristics that are essential to deep sea fish and their survival, name at least two constraints that deep-sea fish must deal with on a daily basis, and create their own deep-sea fish based upon what they have learned and observed. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students compare and contrast deep sea and shallow water coral reefs. They describe the three types of coral in deep sea coral reefs. They discover why there is a need to protect the coral reefs for the future. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students conduct experiments to simulate Deep Sea Pressure as well as Deep Sea Light. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 10th
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Students use adding machine tape to plaot increasing ocean depths and deep sea historical events. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students read the book, "Deep Sea Creatures," silently and aloud with the class. They engage in a writing activity that includes writing one fact from each page on the fact sheet at the end of the booklet. Full Review »
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- 10th - 11th
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Students are told that ocean exploration is a relatively new science. They are asked: What may have kept scientist from exploring the deep sea prior to the mid-to late 1800s? They write in their journals on the topic: You have been invited to join scientists who will explore the ocean floor. They will spend time aboard a small submarine. Will you join the team? Explain why or why not? Full Review »
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