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Natural History Museum: The Oceans ActivityNatural History Museum: The Oceans Activity
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Natural History Museum
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9th - 10th
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Natural History Museum: The Oceans

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This online exhibit from the Natural History Museum is home to ten units covering various aspects of the world's oceans including frozen oceans, deep oceans, barnacles, coral reef, deep-sea fish, sponges, vents, and more.

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Concepts

hydrothermal vents, oceans

Additional Tags

barnacles, deep oceans, the oceans, vents, ocean, coral reef, deep-see fish, frozen ocean, oceans and seas

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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