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It's Aliiive - Or Is It?
http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/pdf/dsv_a06_alive.pdf
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This classroom activity gives students a close-up look at a deep sea vent community. Working in small groups, students can complete this Web investigation in a single class period. The printable six-page handout includes a series of inquiry-based questions that prompt students to remember what they already know about deep sea vents and how they can tell if something is living. It has detailed directions for completing an interactive Web activity, in which students investigate a deep sea ecosystem, locate virtual samples, and classify these specimens as living or non-living, and a worksheet that helps students take a careful look at the virtual samples, analyze the evidence given for each, and record their observations about the specimens and how they interact within this ecosystem.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Computer activity
Subject:
  • Ocean Sciences:
    • Biological oceanography
    • Chemical oceanography
Technical requirements:
Adobe Acrobat reader
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
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DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-005-831
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 5-8:
      • C - Life science:
        • Diversity and adaptations of organisms
        • Population and ecosystems
      • D - Earth and space science:
        • Structure of the earth system
    • 9-12:
      • C - Life science:
        • Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
      • D - Earth and space science:
        • Energy in the earth system
        • Origin and evolution of the earth system
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History