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Fossils

For Students 7th - 12th
In this fossils worksheet, students review the different types of fossils including index and trace fossils. This worksheet has 6 matching and 9 true or false questions.
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Let's Make a Tubeworm!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discuss deep-sea chemosynthetic communities then create a poster of a three-dimensional tubeworm.  In this creative lesson students create their own tubeworm and write a written report on it. 
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Keep it Complex

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider the importance of biodiversity in the ocean layers. For this oceanography lesson, students use the Shannon-Weaver diversity index to analyze data.  Students analyze the information collected and write a report offering...
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Easy as Pi

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars examine structural features.  In this life science lesson students complete an activity and quantify the impact of various modifications. 
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Feeding in the Flow

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine current flow and describe ways in which it may effect food of reef building corals.  In this coral lesson students identify two environmental factors that may affect the morphology.
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How Diverse is That?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars study the concepts of "variety" and "relative abundance" as they relate to biological diversity.  In this life science lesson students calculate numbers that describe the biological diversity in certain communities. 
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Cool Corals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore corals and polyps.  In this coral reef activity students divide into groups and prepare a written report. 
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Monsters of the Deep

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students describe major features of cold seep communities and list the organisms that are typical in these communities. In this deep sea environment lesson students work in groups and research their given cold seep group. 
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One Tough Worm

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars explain the process of chemosynthesis and its relevance to biological communities. In this investigative lesson students discuss chemosynthetic communities, then in groups they are assigned a species and are to calculate...
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Rivers Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this rivers crossword puzzle learning exercise, students use the 21 clues to identify the correct river-related words that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Water: Naturally Cleaned

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use stream trays covered in different types of rocks or soil to investigate infiltrates and runoff. In this water pollution lesson, students work in groups with stream trays that have different substrates. They write a paragraph...
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Water Quality Assessment

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students evaluate water quality of different sources.  In this water assessment lesson students chemical testing, identify biological factors in the stream, and write a paper on their position of the stream's quality. 
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Ocean Vocabulary

For Students 4th - 5th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match words related to the ocean to their definitions. Worksheet is labeled as a quiz, but may be used as review/practice.
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Let's Take a Rock Apart

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars take a crushed rock and sort the remains of the rock minerals into different categories based on the different properties. In this sorting lesson plan, students learn what makes up a rock and how to sort something into...
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Shake, Rattle and Roll

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners compare the weathering of materials. in this weathering activity, students experiment with the chemical and physical weathering of different materials. Learners use salt and water as an example of how weathering occurs.
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Pangaea Puzzle

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Learners explore plate tectonics and the formations of the Earth's surface and why maps are distorted.  For this Earth's surface lesson students complete a lab and answer questions. 
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Planetary Surface Evolution and Resurfacing

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study the concepts of planetary surface terrains and resurfacing.  For this surface lesson students simulate the history of a planet's surface and devise ways to remove craters from their models. 
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Rocks and Minerals

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars identify how weathering and erosion effect the Earth's surface. In this weathering and rocks lesson, students study various types of rocks in water and brainstorm ways the Earth's surface changes. Young scholars view an...
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Get to the Point!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write out sources of pollution and identify contaminants are most likely found in urban runoff.  In this pollution lesson students compare toxicity tests and chemical analysis of potential contaminants. 
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Adaptations-What a Concept

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study the pink river dolphin and how it has adapted to its environment.  In this adaptations lesson students construct a map that represents certain relationships. 
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What's in that Cake?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discover the methods scientists use to investigate Oceanic habitats.  In this oceanography lesson, students utilize the Internet to identify deep sea submersibles and how they help scientists study the Charleston Bump.  Students...
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Giants of the Protozoa

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students describe and define xenophyophores.  In this protozoa lesson students divide into groups and complete a lab activity. 
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The Big Burp: Where's the Proof.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the Cambrian explosion and Paleocene extinction events. In this climate change lesson plan, students read articles to link evidence they find to extinction and climate change.  Links to the articles are included in the...
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What's the Big Deal?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners define terms and describe where they are found and formed.  In this methane lesson students complete an activity and describe ways in which methane hydrates impact our lives. 

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