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Journey to the Bottom of the Sea InteractiveJourney to the Bottom of the Sea Interactive
Publisher
American Museum of Natural History
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Duration
15 mins
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Journey to the Bottom of the Sea

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Follow the path to the sea floor. Pupils play an online interactive board game to reach the bottom of the sea. Participants must match descriptions of creatures to a property of water dealing with oxygen, food, light, or density to move forward. Once reaching the bottom, scholars have the opportunity to play again to learn about other creatures along the way.

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Concepts

the sea floor, ocean exploration, the ocean floor, fish, creatures, density, light, food, oxygen, marine life, remote learning

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Ask individuals to write a paragraph about what they have learned about creatures in the sea
  • Use the interactive as an opener for a remote learning lesson on sea life

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires Adobe Flash Player
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

  • Highlights a female scientist in a pop-up information card
  • Provides directions on how to play the game along with instructions

Cons

  • None

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