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Journey to the Deep Sea Vents
http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/pdf/dsv_u02_journey.pdf
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This six-day unit provides an in-depth look at the dynamic forces at work on the sea floor. Throughout the unit, students collect their findings in a portfolio. The comprehensive curriculum materials include teacher tools with individually downloadable readings, detailed daily breakdowns of tasks that include teacher strategies for using the activities, a portfolio grading sheet, a project rubric sheet, and additional readings. The unit has a hands-on experiment, in which students create a mini underwater geyser to understand how hot water behaves within a body of cold water and three activities about how scientists find deep sea vents - Searching the Ocean for Deep Sea Vents (Web-based slide show), Find the Deep Sea Vent (Web investigation), and Find a Plume, Find a Vent (online computer activity). In addition, the unit includes two activities about the thriving ecosystems found in deep sea vents called Is It Alive? and It's Aliiive - Or Is It?
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Module / Unit
Subject:
  • Ocean Sciences:
    • Biological oceanography
    • Chemical oceanography
    • Physical oceanography
Technical requirements:
Adobe Acrobat reader
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
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DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-005-832
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:
        • Interdependence of organisms
        • 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