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Forests of the Deep

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Students identify three ways in which seamounts are important to biological communities. They also discover how deep-sea corals are important to the seamounts. They finally explain why scientients are worried about the future of ecosystems.

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Grade
5th - 6th
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Science
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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