NOAA, Ocean Explorer: 2014-2001 Education Lesson Plans

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: BATHYMETRIC MAPPING (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) Students analyze and interpret data to explain how multibeam sonar is used to identify patterns of ocean floor structures; construc...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/edu/collection/media/hdwe-MMmaps56.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: DEEP-SEA SQUIDS In this activity, students will be able to describe the body form and major anatomical structures of squids, describe some unusual or unique features of n...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/education/media/mts_headtofoot.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: CIRCULATION CELLS IN THE VICINITY OF SEAMOUNTS (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to interpret data from a three-dimensional array of current monito...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/education/media/mts_round.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: FATE OF BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE LARVAE IN THE VICINITY OF SEAMOUNTS (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to field data to evaluate an hypothesis about th...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/education/media/mts_noescape.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS IN DEEP-SEA FISHES (LIFE SCIENCE/CHEMISTRY) In this activity, students will be able to make inferences about aspects of the natural history of ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/education/media/mts_roughylife.pdf

GRADES 7-9 FOCUS: ADAPTATIONS OF FISHES LIVING IN THE MESOPELAGIC AND BATHYPELAGIC ZONES OF THE DEEP OCEAN In this activity, students will learn about the physical location of deep water h...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/education/media/mts_fishydesigns.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: DEEP-SEA CORALS In this activity, students will research life found on tropical coral reefs to develop an understanding of the biodiversity of the ecosystem; students wil...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/education/media/mts_deepseacoral.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: OCEAN EXPLORATION In this activity, students will research the development and use of research vessels/vehicles used for deep ocean exploration; students will calculate t...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/education/media/mts_comedown.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: FOOD WEBS IN THE VICINITY OF SEAMOUNTS In this activity, students will be able to describe typical marine food webs, and explain why food is generally scarce in the deep-...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/education/media/mts_foodweb.pdf

GRADES FOCUS: Focus Fishery management In this activity, students will be able to describe stages in a commercial fishery that eventually becomes severely depleted, interpret basic data to...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/education/media/mts_boombust.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: PHYSICAL STRUCTURE IN BENTHIC HABITATS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will recognize that natural structures and systems often display recurrent complexity ove...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/education/media/mts_fleas.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: OCEAN EXPLORATION In this activity, students will experience the excitement of discovery and problem-solving to learn what organisms could live in extreme environments in...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/education/media/mts_journey.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: CHEMISTRY OF HYDROTHERMAL VENTS (CHEMISTRY) Students will be able to define hydrothermal vents and explain the overall processes that lead to their formation. Students w...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04fire/background/edu/media/RoF.ventchall.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: OCEAN EXPLORATION In this activity, students will understand the complexity of ocean exploration; students will understand the technological applications and capabilitie...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/education/media/mts_designingtools.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF VOLCANISM IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS (LIFE SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) Students will be able to describe at least three beneficial impacts of volcanic activi...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04fire/background/edu/media/RoF.friendlyvol.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: VOLCANISM ON THE MARIANA ARC (EARTH SCIENCE) Students will be able to explain the tectonic processes that result in the formation of the Mariana Arc and the Mariana Trenc...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04fire/background/edu/media/RoF.volcanism.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: GENE SEQUENCING AND PHYLOGENETIC EXPRESSIONS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain the concept of gene-sequence analysis; and, given gene seq...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04mountains/background/edu/media/MTS04.genes.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: TEMPERATURE, DENSITY, AND SALINITY IN THE DEEP SEA (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain the relationship among temperature, salinity, and...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04mountains/background/edu/media/MTS04.density.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: LARVAL RECRUITMENT ON NEW ENGLAND SEAMOUNTS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain the meaning of “larval dispersal” and “larval retentio...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04mountains/background/edu/media/MTS04.larvae.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MICROBIAL METABOLISM In this activity, students will describe how microbial metabolism may affect the dissolution of igneous rocks, define and explain the function of si...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04alaska/background/edu/media/goa04_ironbugs.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: MORPHOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION IN HABITAT-FORMING DEEP-SEA CORALS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe at least three ways in which habi...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04alaska/background/edu/media/goa04_form.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: DEEP-SEA CORAL COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SEAMOUNTS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain at least three ways in which seamounts are importan...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04alaska/background/edu/media/goa04_forests.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIOLUMINESCENCE In this activity, students explain the role of luciferins, luciferases, and co-factors in bioluminescence and the general sequence of the light-emitting ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04deepscope/background/edu/media/whereislight.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BIOLUMINESCENCE IN DEEP-SEA ORGANISMS In this activity, students compare and contrast chemiluminescence, bioluminescence, fluorescence, and phosphorescence. Students also...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04deepscope/background/edu/media/whohaslight.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: IDENTIFICATION OF BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES FROM SURVEY DATA (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to calculate a simple similarity coefficient based upon ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/education/media/mts_difference.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING METHODS (BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will understand the use of four methods commonly used by scientists to sample populations; st...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/education/media/mts_extremeenv.pdf

GRADES 9-12 (LIFE SCIENCE) FOCUS: ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE In this activity, students will be able to define and explain antimicrobial resistance, identify and explain at least three human...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04etta/background/edu/media/bump.bump.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: ADAPTATIONS OF BENTHIC ORGANISMS TO DEEP WATER, HARD SUBSTRATES, AND STRONG CURRENTS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe at least three at...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/education/media/03cb_toughhood.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS IN SEA-SURFACE PHENOMENA OF THE GULF STREAM (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will use satellite imagery to obtain information on selected...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03edge/background/edu/media/whats.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: USE OF ISOTOPES TO HELP DEFINE TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will describe at least three energy-obtaining strategies used by organisms...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03edge/background/edu/media/dinner.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF LOPHELIA CORALS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will describe the basic morphology of Lophelia corals and explain the significance of th...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03edge/background/edu/media/cool.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: WARM- AND COLD-CORE RINGS IN THE GULF STREAM (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will describe the overall flow of the Gulf Stream, explain how it...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03edge/background/edu/media/ring_dicks.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: CORIOLIS FORCE (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe and explain the Coriolis force, and compare and contrast conditions under which the Cor...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03edge/background/edu/media/coriolis.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: SEASONAL VARIATION IN PRIMARY PRODUCTION OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIFE SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will use satellite imagery t...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03edge/background/edu/media/green.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: INVASIVE SPECIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast “alien species” and “invasive species,” explain positive and negat...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03edge/background/edu/media/aliens.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EFFECTS OF BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY ON CURRENTS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe at least three types of effect that physica...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/education/media/03cb_eddies.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EFFECTS OF HABITAT COMPLEXITY ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe the significance of complexity in benthic habita...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/education/media/03cb_complex.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EFFECT OF WATER CURRENTS ON FEEDING EFFICIENCY IN CORALS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe at least two ways in which current flow may a...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/education/media/03cbfeedflow.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: FEEDING ADAPTATIONS AMONG BENTHIC ORGANISMS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe at least three nutritional strategies used by benthic organ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/education/media/03cb_eatthat.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: GLOBAL WARMING AND THE PALEOCENE EXTINCTION (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe the overall events that occurred during the Paleocene exti...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03windows/background/education/media/03win_badday.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: PRINCIPLES OF SOLUBILITY AND MEASUREMENTS OF WATER CURRENTS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe factors that affect the s...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/education/media/03cb_clod.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY IN BENTHIC HABITATS (LIFE SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS) In this activity, students will be able to describe the importance of structural features that increa...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/education/media/03cb_pi.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY IN DEEP-WATER CORAL COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain what a habitat is, describe at least three functio...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/education/media/03cb_cake.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: QUANTIFYING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to discuss the meaning of “biological diversity” and will be able to compare ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03windows/background/education/media/03win_hdiverse.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: METHANE-BASED CHEMOSYNTHETIC PROCESSES (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to define the process of chemosynthesis, and contrast this process with...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03windows/background/education/media/03win_lifestinks.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: SIGNIFICANCE OF METHANE HYDRATES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to define methane hydrates and describe where these substances are typically foun...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03windows/background/education/media/03win_bigdeal.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: POTENTIAL ROLE OF METHANE HYDRATES IN GLOBAL WARMING (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe the overall events that occurred during the Camb...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03windows/background/education/media/03win_proof.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS IN COLD SEEP COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe major features of cold seep communities, and list at leas...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03windows/background/education/media/03win_lifeisweird.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: XENOPHYOPHORES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to define and describe xenophyophores, describe processes of feedings and locomotion in xenophyophor...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03windows/background/education/media/03win_giants.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: METHANE HYDRATE ICE WORMS AND HYDRATE SHRIMP (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to define and describe methane hydrate ice worms and hydrate shrimp, i...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03windows/background/education/media/03win_fireice.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: LIGHT-PRODUCING PROCESSES AND ORGANISMS IN DEEP-SEA ENVIRONMENTS In this activity, students compare and contrast chemiluminescence, bioluminescence, fluorescence, and pho...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04deepscope/background/edu/media/coollights.pdf

GRADES 7-8 (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) FOCUS: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHARLESTON BUMP In this activity, students will be able to describe how the Charleston Bump affects...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04etta/background/edu/media/bump.bump.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES THAT PRODUCE PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to identify at least three groups of benthic...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bio/background/edu/media/meds_chemnobackbones.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY IN DEEP-WATER CORAL COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain what a habitat is, describe at least three functio...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/edu/media/03cb_cake.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: Focus (Life Science) Vision in crustaceans. In this activity, students will be able to describe the overall structure of the crustacean compound eye; describe the eyes o...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05deepscope/background/edu/media/twisted.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: (LIFE SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) POLARIZATION VISION. In this activity, students will be able to explain the meaning of ‘polarized light,’ and will be able to identify...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05deepscope/background/edu/media/twisted.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: (LIFE SCIENCE) LIGHT, COLOR, AND CAMOUFLAGE IN THE DEEP OCEAN. In this activity, students will be able to explain light in terms of electromagnetic waves, and explain the...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05deepscope/background/edu/media/now_u_see_me.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EFFECTS OF BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY ON CURRENTS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe at least three types of effects that physic...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/edu/media/03cb_eddies.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EFFECTS OF HABITAT COMPLEXITY ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe the significance of complexity in benthic habita...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/edu/media/03cb_complex.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EFFECT OF WATER CURRENTS ON FEEDING EFFICIENCY IN CORALS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe at least two ways in which current flow may a...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/edu/media/03cbfeedflow.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: ADAPTATIONS OF BENTHIC ORGANISMS TO DEEP WATER, HARD SUBSTRATES, AND STRONG CURRENTS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe at least three at...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/edu/media/03cb_toughhood.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: FEEDING ADAPTATIONS AMONG BENTHIC ORGANISMS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe at least three nutritional strategies used by benthic organ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/edu/media/03cb_eatthat.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: PRINCIPLES OF SOLUBILITY AND MEASUREMENTS OF WATER CURRENTS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe factors that affect the s...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/edu/media/03cb_clod.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY IN BENTHIC HABITATS (LIFE SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS) In this activity, students will be able to describe the importance of structural features that increa...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/background/edu/media/03cb_pi.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MOLECULAR GENETICS OF DEEPWATER CORALS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will define "microsatellite markers" and explain how they may be used to identify differ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05deepcorals/background/edu/media/05deepcorals_related.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) - PALEOCLIMATOLOGY In this activity, students will be able to explain the concept of "paleoclimatological proxies" and describe at least two examples, ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05stepstones/background/education/ss_2005_climate.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: CONSERVATION OF DEEP-SEA CORAL REEFS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will compare and contrast deep-sea coral reefs with their shallow-water counterparts and ex...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05deepcorals/background/edu/media/05deepcorals_treasures.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: COMPARISON OF DEEP-SEA AND SHALLOW-WATER TROPICAL CORAL REEFS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will compare and contrast deep-sea coral reefs with their shallow-...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05deepcorals/background/edu/media/05deepcorals_gardens.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: SPECIES VARIATION IN HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will define and describe biogeographic provinces of hydrothermal vent commun...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05galapagos/background/edu/media/05galapagos_biogeography.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: HOT SPOTS AND MIDOCEAN RIDGES (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will identify types of plate boundaries associated with movement of the Earth’s tectonic pla...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05galapagos/background/edu/media/05galapagos_magma.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES AT HYDROTHERMAL VENTS (LIFE SCIENCE) Focus Biological communities at hydrothermal vents (Life Science) In this activity, students will identify and...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05galapagos/background/edu/media/05galapagos_dfferent.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EFFECT OF WATER CURRENTS ON FEEDING EFFICIENCY IN CORALS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe at least two ways in which current flow may a...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06davidson/background/edu/feedflow.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: FATE OF BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE LARVAE IN THE VICINITY OF SEAMOUNTS (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to field data to evaluate an hypothesis about th...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06davidson/background/edu/escape.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: GENE SEQUENCING AND PHYLOGENETIC EXPRESSIONS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain the concept of gene-sequence analysis; and, given gene seq...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06davidson/background/edu/cutoff.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: PHYSICS – USE OF DEEP-WATER CORALS BE USED TO DETERMINE LONG-TERM PATTERNS OF CLIMATE CHANGE In this activity, students will be able to explain the concept of paleocli...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06davidson/background/edu/thermoms.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) - PALEOCLIMATOLOGY In this activity, students will be able to explain the concept of “paleoclimatological proxies” and describe at least two exampl...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06davidson/background/edu/climate.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: (LIFE SCIENCE) - SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH CORALS In this activity, students will be able to define and describe symbiotic, mutualistic, commensal, parasitic, facultat...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05stepstones/background/education/ss_2005_friendfoe.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: (EARTH SCIENCE/LIFE SCIENCE) - IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES OF THE DEEP OCEAN In this activity, students will be able to describe thermohaline cir...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05stepstones/background/education/ss_2005_topbottom.pdf

GRADES 5-6 (LIFE SCIENCE) FOCUS: EXPLORATION OF DEEP-SEA HABITATS In this activity, students will be able to explain what a habitat is, describe at least three functions or benefits that h...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04etta/background/edu/media/bump.cake.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: - (EARTH SCIENCE) POTENTIAL ROLE OF ARCTIC METHANE DEPOSITS IN CLIMATE CHANGE In this activity, students will be able to identify the natural processes that produce meth...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05arctic/background/edu/media/05arctic_burp.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: DEEP OCEAN CARBON DIOXIDE AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE (CHEMISTRY/EARTH SCIENCE) Students will be able to interpret phase diagrams, and explain the meaning of “critical p...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05fire/background/edu/media/rof05_champagne.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: HYDROTHERMAL VENT CHEMISTRY AT SUBDUCTION VOLCANOES (CHEMISTRY) Students will be able to use fundamental relationships between melting points, boiling points, solubility...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05fire/background/edu/media/rof05_smoke.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: VOLCANIC PROCESSES AT CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARIES (EARTH SCIENCE) Students will be able to compare and contrast volcanoes at convergent and diverg...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05fire/background/edu/media/rof05_difference.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: HYDROTHERMAL VENT CHEMISTRY AT SUBDUCTION VOLCANOES (CHEMISTRY/EARTH SCIENCE) Students will be able to define and describe hydrothermal circulation systems. Students wil...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05fire/background/edu/media/rof05_balancing.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE ON SOLUBILITY AND PHASE STATE (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) Students will be able to describe the effect of temperature and pressur...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05fire/background/edu/media/rof05_gas.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: VOLCANISM ON THE PACIFIC RING OF FIRE (EARTH SCIENCE) Students will be able to describe the processes that produce the “Submarine Ring of Fire.” Students will be able...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05fire/background/edu/media/rof05_explosive.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION OF DEEP-SEA VOLCANOES (LIFE SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) Students will be able to compare and contrast submarine volcanoes at convergent...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05fire/background/edu/media/rof05_unexplored.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: SOURCES OF NUTRITION FOR BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANOES OF THE MARIANAS ARC (LIFE SCIENCE) Students will be able to compare and contrast photosynthesis ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05fire/background/edu/media/rof05_dinner.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: (BIOLOGY) - WATER MASSES AND GELATINOUS ZOOPLANKTON IN THE CANADA BASIN In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast the feeding strategies of at leas...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05arctic/background/edu/media/arctic05_justjelly.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: – (BIOLOGY/EARTH SCIENCE) SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF ARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE In this activity, students will be able to identify and explain at l...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05arctic/background/edu/media/arctic05_goodandbad.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: – (BIOLOGY) BENTHIC COMMUNITIES IN THE CANADA BASIN In this activity, students will be able to identify major taxa that are dominant in deep benthic communities of the...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05arctic/background/edu/media/arctic05_gettingtothebottom.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: - (LIFE SCIENCE) BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES AT THE LOST CITY HYDROTHERMAL FIELD In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast living organisms typically fou...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05lostcity/background/edu/media/lostcity05_animals.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: (CHEMISTRY/BIOLOGY) - TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS IN ARCTIC MARINE ECOSYSTEMS In this activity, students will be able to describe how ratios of stable nitrogen isotopes can be...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05arctic/background/edu/media/05arctic_whatseating.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: – (EARTH SCIENCE) ARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE In this activity, students will be able to describe how climate change is affecting sea ice, vegetation, and glaciers in the Arc...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05arctic/background/edu/media/05arctic_glaciersgone.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: – (BIOLOGY) PELAGIC, BENTHIC AND SEA ICE REALMS In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast the pelagic, benthic and sea ice realms of the Arctic Oc...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05arctic/background/edu/media/arctic05_threecoldrealms.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS:- (LIFE SCIENCE) - GELATINOUS ZOOPLANKTON IN THE CANADA BASIN In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast at least three different groups of organisms ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05arctic/background/edu/media/arctic05_jellycritters.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: - (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/CHEMISTRY) CHEMISTRY OF THE LOST CITY HYDROTHERMAL CHIMNEYS In this activity, students will be able to define and ‘lipid biomarkers,’ and explain...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05lostcity/background/edu/media/lostcity05_bugs.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: - (LIFE SCIENCE) TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS IN BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES OF THE LOST CITY HYDROTHERMAL FIELD In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast prim...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05lostcity/background/edu/media/lostcity05_dinner.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: - (EARTH SCIENCE) STRUCTURE AND ORIGIN OF THE ATLANTIS MASSIF In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast basalt, gabbro, and peridotite; explain wha...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05lostcity/background/edu/media/lostcity05_massif.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: - (CHEMISTRY/EARTH SCIENCE) CHEMISTRY OF THE LOST CITY HYDROTHERMAL FIELD In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast the formation processes that pr...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05lostcity/background/edu/media/lostcity05_chemdetect.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: - (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/LIFE SCIENCE) UNDERWATER ROBOTIC VEHICLES FOR SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION In this activity, students will be able to describe and contrast at least three t...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05lostcity/background/edu/media/lostcity05_i_robot.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: - (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) PH, BUFFERS, AND CHEMISTRY OF THE LOST CITY HYDROTHERMAL CHIMNEYS In this activity, students will be able to define a buffer, and expla...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05lostcity/background/edu/media/lostcity05_towers.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: - (LIFE SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) Investigating Lost City hydrothermal field ecosystems by remotely operated vehicles In this activity, students will be able to describe ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05lostcity/background/edu/media/lostcity05_whatsthat.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE GROUPS ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP-SEA CORAL REEFS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to recognize and identify some of the fauna group...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03edge/background/edu/media/neighbor.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: BENEFICIAL MICROORGANISMS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe at least three ways in which microorganisms benefit people, describe aseptic ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bio/background/edu/media/meds_microfriends.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY IN BENTHIC HABITATS (LIFE SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS) In this activity, students will be able to describe the importance of structural features that increa...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06davidson/background/edu/pi.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIOCHEMICAL CLUES TO ENERGY-OBTAINING STRATEGIES (CHEMISTRY) In this activity, students will be able to explain the process of chemosynthesis, explain the relevance of c...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02mexico/background/edu/media/gom_biochem.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: SEDIMENT SAMPLING AND OCEAN POLLUTION In this activity, students will learn about the proximity of the Hudson Shelf Valley and the Hudson Canyon to one of the Nation’s ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hudson/background/edu/media/hc_sewage.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: CURRENTS AND WATER CIRCULATION IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to identify the primary driving forces for ocean currents and ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02arctic/background/education/media/arctic_c_events.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: ESTIMATING PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY (EARTH SCIENCE/CHEMISTRY) In this activity, students will be able to identify the three realms of the Arctic Ocean, and describe the rela...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02arctic/background/education/media/arctic_message.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE COMPOSITION OF BENTHIC COMMUNITIES IN THE DEEP ARCTIC OCEAN In this activity, students will be able to identify the three realms of the Arctic...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02arctic/background/education/media/arctic_bottom.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY AND LIMITING FACTORS IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN In this activity, students will be able to identify the three realms of the Arctic Ocean, and describe the ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02arctic/background/education/media/arctic_productive.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE GROUPS IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN In this activity, students will be able to recognize and identify major groups found in the Arctic benthos, describe commo...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02arctic/background/education/media/arctic_benthos.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: SAMPLING STRATEGIES FOR BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES In this activity, students will be able to identify the three realms of the Arctic Ocean, and describe the relationships be...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02arctic/background/education/media/arctic_sample.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: SEA ICE COMMUNITIES IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN In this activity, students will be able to identify major groups of organisms found in Arctic sea ice communities, describe major ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02arctic/background/education/media/arctic_crystal.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN In this activity, students will be able to identify the three realms of the Arctic Ocean, and describe the relationships between these ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02mexico/background/edu/media/gom_oldtube.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: GROWTH RATE AND AGE OF SPECIES IN COLD-SEEP COMMUNITIES In this activity, students will be able to explain the process of chemosynthesis, explain the relevance of chemos...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02mexico/background/edu/media/gom_oldtube.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: ADAPTATIONS TO UNIQUE OR “EXTREME” ENVIRONMENTS (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain the process of chemosynthesis, explain the relevan...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02mexico/background/edu/media/gom_moons.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: ADAPTATIONS OF FISHES LIVING IN THE MESOPELAGIC AND BATHYPELAGIC ZONES OF THE DEEP OCEAN In this activity, students will learn about the physical location of deep water h...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hudson/background/edu/media/hc_fishy_designs.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: CHEMOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA AND SUCCESSION IN CHEMOSYNTHETIC COMMUNITIES (CHEMISTRY/BIOLOGY) In this activity, students will observe the development of chemosynthetic bacter...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02mexico/background/edu/media/gom_chemo_gr912.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS TO TOXIC AND HYPOXIC ENVIRONMENTS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain the process of chemosynthesis, explain the r...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02mexico/background/edu/media/gom_toughworm.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COLD-SEEP COMMUNITIES AND THE SURROUNDING DEEP-SEA ENVIRONMENT (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe majo...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02mexico/background/edu/media/gom_monsters_gr78.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: DEEP-SEA HABITATS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe major features of cold seep communities, and list at least five organisms typical of ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02mexico/background/edu/media/gom_twilight.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS IN COLD-SEEP COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe the process of chemosynthesis in general terms, contra...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02mexico/background/edu/media/gom_tube_gr56.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EARTH SCIENCE - BATHYMETRY OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT CONTINENTAL SHELF AND UPPER SHELF-EDGE In this activity, students will learn how to interpret a bathymetric map; w...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/background/edu/media/sab_edge.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIOLOGY - ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS OF SPAWNING REEF FISHES In this activity, students will understand that the ability of certain reef fishes to have a successful spawning is...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/background/edu/media/sab_spawn.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIOLOGY - REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES OF REEF FISHES In this activity, students will be able to explain that fishes that reproduce externally have to release great numbers o...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/background/edu/media/sab_lottery.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EARTH SCIENCE - THE FORMATION OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT In this activity, students will sequence and model the events leading to the formation of the southeastern coas...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/background/edu/media/sab_bightisborn.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIOLOGY - ADAPTATIONS OF DEEPWATER ORGANISMS In this activity, students will participate in an inquiry activity; relate the structure of an appendage to its function; an...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/background/edu/media/sab_light.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: THE DIVERSITY AND PREDOMINANCE OF RED DEEP SEA ORGANISMS In this activity, students will learn about sunlight penetration in the deep ocean, and that many different types...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hudson/background/edu/media/hc_bright_red.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN AN UNDERWATER CANYON In this activity, students will learn about the proximity of the Hudson Shelf Valley and the Hudson Canyon to one of the Nation...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hudson/background/edu/media/hc_sedimentslide.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EARTH SCIENCE (MAY BE ADAPTED FOR GRADES 7-8 EARTH SCIENCE) - INFERRING BATHYMETRY THAT CAUSES EDDIES In this activity, students will use inquiry to infer the bathymetry...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/background/edu/media/sab_gyrestraits.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: HUDSON CANYON In this activity, students will learn about biodiversity in Hudson Canyon and about similarities and differences between related organisms.

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/education/media/whats_new.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: UNDERWATER NAVIGATION (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will describe how the compass, Global Positioning System (GPS), and sonar are used in underwater expl...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/education/media/navigation.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: GAS HYDRATES ON THE BLAKE RIDGE (CHEMISTRY) In this activity, students will discover the importance of carbon, where carbon is stored on Earth, and that the largest rese...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/education/media/gas_hydrates.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: HUDSON CANYON SEDIMENTS (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will investigate and analyze the patterns of sedimentation in the Hudson Canyon; students will observe...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/education/media/sediments.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: HUDSON CANYON BATHYMETRY (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast a topographic map to a bathymetric map; students will investigat...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/education/media/mapping.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: OCEAN EXPLORATION In this activity, students will understand the complexity of ocean exploration; students will learn about the technological applications and capabiliti...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/education/dehslessons1.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BLAKE’S RIDGE In this activity, students will 'design' an invertebrate or vertebrate capable of living in a methane hydrate ecosystem.

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/education/media/design.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: HUDSON CANYON In this activity, students will determine the impacts (fate and effects) of past dumping activities at the DWD106-Mile Dump Site in the Hudson River Canyon....

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/education/media/dumps.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: GEORGE’S BANK In this activity, students will research life found on tropical coral reefs to develop an understanding of the biodiversity of the ecosystem; students wil...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/education/media/come_down.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: OCEAN EXPLORATION In this activity, students will research the development and use of research vessels/vehicles used for deep ocean exploration; students will calculate t...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/education/media/come_down.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: BLAKE’S RIDGE I In this activity, students will understand various sampling technologies used by submersibles in ocean exploration.

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/education/media/what_on_earth.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: GEORGE’S BANK In this activity, students will learn about the corals that live in the deep-sea environment and why they are able to colonize this inhospitable habitat. ...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/education/media/coral_mania.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: HUDSON CANYON BATHYMETRY (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast a topographic map to a bathymetric map; students will investigat...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hudson/background/edu/media/hc_mapping.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: OCEAN EXPLORATION In this activity, students will experience the excitement of discovery and problem-solving to learn about organisms that live in extreme environments in...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/education/media/journey.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: THE EFFECT OF BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY ON DEEP-SEA CURRENTS; THE EFFECT OF CURRENTS ON PRECIOUS CORAL COMMUNITIES (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to des...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hawaii/background/education/media/nwhi_currents.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: SEISMOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain the processes of plate tectonics and volcani...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hawaii/background/education/media/nwhi_roots.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS AND MANAGEMENT OF HAWAIIAN MONK SEALS AND PRECIOUS CORALS. In this activity, students will be able to describe the ecological relationships betw...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hawaii/background/education/media/nwhi_seals.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIOLUMINESCENCE In this activity, students will be able to describe, compare, and contrast bioluminescence, fluorescence, phosphorescence, and chemiluminescence; and stu...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hawaii/background/education/media/nwhi_lights.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: UNUSUAL OR UNIQUE FEATURES THAT CHARACTERIZE THE NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED DEEP-SEA ENVIRONMENT. (LIFE SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hawaii/background/education/media/nwhi_bowl.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BATHYMETRIC MAPPING OF DEEP-SEA HABITATS (EARTH SCIENCE - THIS ACTIVITY CAN BE EASILY MODIFIED FOR GRADES 5-6) In this activity, students will be able to create a two-dim...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hawaii/background/education/media/nwhi_mapping.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to define and describe symbiotic, mutualistic, commensal, and parasitic relationships betwe...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hawaii/background/education/media/nwhi_oddcouple.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: FORMATION OF THE HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe eight stages in the formation of islands in the Hawaiian archipe...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hawaii/background/education/media/nwhi_hot.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: GAS HYDRATES (CHEMISTRY) In this activity, students will discover the importance of carbon, where carbon is stored on Earth, and that the largest reservoir of carbon is ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hudson/background/edu/media/hc_its_a_gas.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: HUDSON CANYON SEDIMENTS (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will investigate and analyze the patterns of sedimentation in the Hudson Canyon; students will observe...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hudson/background/edu/media/hc_bet_on_sediments.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIOLOGY – ADAPTATIONS OF PLANKTONIC ORGANISMS IN THE OCEAN In this activity, students will describe the characteristics of plankton; develop abilities necessary to do ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/background/edu/media/sab_drifting.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: PHYSICAL SCIENCE – NAVIGATION AT SEA. In this activity, students will be able to use dimensional analysis (factor-label) to convert units; read a scale on a map and de...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/background/edu/media/sab_gilligan.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: FUNCTIONS OF CELL ORGANELLES AND THE GENETIC CODE IN CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain why new drugs are needed to trea...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bio/background/edu/media/meds_livingcode.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MARINE NAVIGATION AND POSITION FINDING (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students identify and explain at least seven different techniques used for marine navigation and...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03portland/background/edu/media/portlandwhereami.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: GALAPAGOS RIFT ECOSYSTEM - STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN LIVING SYSTEMS In this activity, students will design an invertebrate capable of living near deep-sea hydrothermal ve...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02galapagos/background/education/media/gal_gr5_6_l3.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: VENT DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE GALAPAGOS RIFT In this activity, students will conduct investigations to observe the formation of precipitates; students will create a model of...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02galapagos/background/education/media/gal_gr5_6_l2.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: OCEAN EXPLORATION In this activity, students will experience the excitement of discovery and problem-solving to learn about organisms that live in extreme environments in...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02galapagos/background/education/media/gal_gr5_6_l1.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: GROWTH RATE ESTIMATES BASED ON ISOTOPE RATIOS (LIFE SCIENCE/CHEMISTRY) In this activity, students will identify and briefly explain two methods for estimating the age of...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mex/background/edu/media/mexdh_growth.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: DNA ANALYSIS In this activity, students will explain and carry out a simple process for separating DNA from tissue samples, explain and carry out a simple process for se...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mex/background/edu/media/mexdh_gellin.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: CHEMOTROPHIC ORGANISMS (LIFE SCIENCE/CHEMISTRY) In this activity, students will describe at least three chemotrophic symbioses known from deep-sea habitats and will iden...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mex/background/edu/media/mexdh_csi.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: CHARACTERISTICS OF BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES ON DEEP-WATER REEF HABITATS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will recognize and identify some of the fauna groups found...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mex/background/edu/media/mexdh_letsgo.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: NICHES IN CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will compare and contrast coral reefs in shallow water and deep water, describe the major functi...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mex/background/edu/media/mexdh_aquarium.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: REPRODUCTION IN CNIDARIA (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to identify and describe at least five characteristics of Cnidaria coral, compare and cont...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mex/background/edu/media/mexdh_architects.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: EFFECTS OF POLLUTION ON DIVERSITY IN BENTHIC COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will discuss the meaning of “biological diversity” and compare and ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mex/background/edu/media/mexdh_keepaway.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY (EARTH SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS) In this activity, students plot the position of a vessel given two bearings on appropriate landmarks, draw inferences abou...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03portland/background/edu/media/portlandsinking.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: GALAPAGOS RIFT EXPEDITION AND LOCATING HYDROTHERMAL VENTS In this activity, students will learn how hydrothermal vents are formed and where they are located on the ocean ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02galapagos/background/education/media/gal_gr7_8_l2.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EXTREME STORMS (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students identify and explain three factors that contributed to extreme storm conditions during the Halloween Nor’east...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03portland/background/edu/media/portlandstorm.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: OCEAN WAVES AND THE INFLUENCE OF EXTREME STORMS ON WAVE FORMATION (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students define waves and explain how they are formed, explain the fa...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03portland/background/edu/media/portlandfetch.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: SIDESCAN SONAR (EARTH SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will describe sidescan sonar, compare and contrast sidescan sonar with other methods used to se...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03portland/background/edu/media/portlandping.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: ENERGY CONVERSIONS AND SIMPLE MACHINES (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will explain the basic operation of a steam engine, identify and describe the energy ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03portland/background/edu/media/portlandsteamed.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: ENERGY CONVERSIONS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students learn the basic operation of a steam engine and identify and describe the energy conversions involved in ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03portland/background/edu/media/portlandenergy.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students use a grid system to document the location of artifacts recovered from a model shipwreck site, use data a...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03portland/background/edu/media/portlandwreckdetec.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: SCREENING NATURAL PRODUCTS FOR BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain and carry out a simple process for screening natural...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bio/background/edu/media/meds_watchscreen.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: SEPARATION OF COMPLEX MIXTURES (CHEMISTRY) In this activity, students will be able to explain and carry out a simple process for separating complex mixtures, and will be...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bio/background/edu/media/meds_elecsieve.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BACTERIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS AND ORGANELLES OF EUKARYOTIC CELLS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bio/background/edu/media/meds_cellmates.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BIOASSAYS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain and carry out a simple process for studying the biological effects of chemicals and will be ab...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bio/background/edu/media/meds_seeds.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: OCEAN EXPLORATION I In this activity, students will research the development and use of research vessels/vehicles used for deep ocean exploration; students will calculate...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02galapagos/background/education/media/gal_gr7_8_l1.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH HYDROTHERMAL VENTS ALONG THE GALAPAGOS RIFT AND MAPPING. In this activity, students will conduct independent research to discover w...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02galapagos/background/education/media/gal_gr7_8_l3.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EARTH SCIENCE - COMPARING AND ANALYZING THE DIFFERENCE IN DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS In this activity, students will learn to compare and contrast similar sediment samples, use ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/background/edu/media/sab_sediments.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: HYDROTHERMAL VENT ECOLOGY AND TRANSFER OF ENERGY AMONG ORGANISMS THAT LIVE NEAR VENTS. In this activity, students will be able to describe how hydrothermal vents are form...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02fire/background/education/media/ring_living_heat_5_6.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: REEF FISHES AND THEIR HABITAT REQUIREMENTS (CAN BE EASILY ADAPTED FOR HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY) In this activity, students will research a species of reef fish to determine it...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/background/edu/media/sab_reef_fish.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: ABSORPTION, REFLECTION, AND SCATTERING OF LIGHT IN THE DEEP SEA; BIOLUMINESCENCE In this activity, students will learn that white light (visible light) is comprised of al...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/background/edu/media/sab_deep_sea.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OCEAN AND THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT In this activity, students will learn that the ocean and atmosphere work together ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/background/edu/media/sab_weather.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: SARGASSUM ECOSYSTEM IN THE SARGASSO SEA In this activity, students will be able to infer why the brown alga, Sargassum, is likely to be home to many marine organisms and ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/background/edu/media/sab_sargassum.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: ANTHROPOLOGY, EARTH SCIENCE - ORIGIN OF THE FIRST HUMANS IN THE AMERICAS In this activity, students will be able to describe alternative theories for how the first human...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02fire/background/education/media/ring_puzzle_9_12.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY - BIOCHEMISTRY OF HYDROTHERMAL VENTS In this activity, students will differentiate between requirements for life in extreme environments and other env...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02fire/background/education/media/ring_candy_chemo_9_12.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: CHEMISTRY, EARTH SCIENCE, PHYSICAL SCIENCE - HYDROTHERMAL VENT CHEMISTRY In this activity, students will be able to describe hydrothermal vents and characterize vent plu...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02fire/background/education/media/ring_mystery_9_12.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: OCEAN EXPLORATION - RECENT EXPLORERS OF DEEP-SEA ENVIRONMENTS AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE AND HISTORY In this activity, students will learn what it means to be ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02fire/background/education/media/ring_calling_explorers_9_12.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: TOPOGRAPHIC AND BATHYMETRIC MAPS In this activity, students will be able to create a topographic map from a model land form, interpret a simple topographic map, and expla...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02fire/background/education/media/ring_topographic_6_8.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: PLATE TECTONICS – MOVEMENT OF PLATES, RESULTS OF PLATE MOVEMENT, AND MAGNETIC ANOMALIES AT SPREADING CENTERS. In this activity, students will be able to describe the mo...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02fire/background/education/media/ring_big_plates_5_6.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, EARTH SCIENCE - CHEMOSYNTHETIC MICROBES IN BASALT ROCKS In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast the processes of photosynthes...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02alaska/background/edu/media/rock_eaters9_12.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: OCEAN EXPLORATION In this activity, students will understand the complexity of ocean exploration; students will learn about the technological applications and capabiliti...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02galapagos/background/education/media/gal_gr9_12_l1.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EARTH SCIENCE - FORMATION OF SEAMOUNTS IN THE AXIAL-COBB-EIKELBERG-PATTON CHAIN, GULF OF ALASKA In this activity, students will be able to describe the processes that fo...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02alaska/background/edu/media/mystery9_12.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: PHYSICS – USE OF DEEP-WATER CORALS BE USED TO DETERMINE LONG-TERM PATTERNS OF CLIMATE CHANGE In this activity, students will be able to explain the concept of paleocli...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02alaska/background/edu/media/thermo9_12.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: LIFE SCIENCE - REPRODUCTIVE/DEVELOPMENTAL STRATEGIES OF SOME BENTHIC SEAMOUNT SPECIES In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast common reproductive...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02alaska/background/edu/media/breaking9_12.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND MAPPING OF SEAMOUNTS IN THE AXIAL-COBB-EIKELBERG-PATTON CHAIN In this activity, students will describe major topographic features on the Patton S...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02alaska/background/edu/media/mapping7_8.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES OF ALASKA SEAMOUNTS In this activity, students will be able to infer why biological communities on seamounts are likely to contain unique or endemi...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02alaska/background/edu/media/biocomm7_8.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: FORMATION OF SEAMOUNTS THE AXIAL-COBB-EIKELBERG-PATTON CHAIN, GULF OF ALASKA In this activity, students will be able to describe the processes that form seamounts, descri...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02alaska/background/edu/media/volcanoes5_6.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: THE EFFECT OF DEPTH ON DEEP-WATER CRAB REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY IN THE GULF OF ALASKA In this activity, students will analyze data from a simulated sampling program to invest...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02alaska/background/edu/media/crabby5_6.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: INHERITANCE OF GENETIC TRAITS AND THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES ON THE EXPRESSED TRAITS. In this activity, students will investigate the history of explorations ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02galapagos/background/education/media/gal_gr9_12_l5.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: DEEP SEA SUBMERSIBLES In this activity, students will understand that the physical features of water can be restrictive to movement; students will understand the importa...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02galapagos/background/education/media/gal_gr9-12_l4.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: HYDROTHERMAL VENTS In this activity, students will demonstrate an understanding of how the processes that result in the formation of hydrothermal vents create new ocean ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02galapagos/background/education/media/gal_gr9_12_l3.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MID-OCEAN RIDGES (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe the processes involved in creating new seafloor at a mid-ocean ridge; students will ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02galapagos/background/education/media/gal_gr9_12_l2.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: PHYSICAL STRUCTURE IN BENTHIC HABITATS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will recognize that natural structures and systems often display recurrent complexity ove...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06davidson/background/edu/fleas.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY IN DEEP-WATER CORAL COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain what a habitat is, describe at least three functio...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06davidson/background/edu/cake.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: OCEAN CHEMISTRY AND HYDROTHERMAL VENTS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) Students analyze and interpret data from the Okeanos Explorer to make inferences about the possible presence of ...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/edu/collection/media/hdwe-WCYoYo78.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: PLATE TECTONICS (EARTH SCIENCE) Students will describe the motion of tectonic plates, compare and contrast three typical boundary types that occur between tectonic plates...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10sanandreas/background/edu/media/puzzle56.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS:BIOCHEMISTRY OF HYDROTHERMAL VENTS Students will compare and contrast food web energy sources in hydrothermal vent and aerobic environments, and will use models to explai...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10chile/background/edu/media/cafe.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS:DEEP-SEA REDUCING ENVIRONMENTS Students will describe oxidation and reduction, explain the meaning of “reducing environment,” give at least three examples of deep-sea...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10chile/background/edu/media/reducedfare.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: EXTREME STORMS IN THE GREAT LAKES Students identify and explain factors that contribute to extreme storm conditions in the Great Lakes region, describe the weather system...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10thunderbay/background/edu/media/bigblow.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: EARLY HUMANS IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION (ANTHROPOLOGY/EARTH SCIENCE) Students describe alternative theories for how the first humans came to the Americas and explain the e...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10thunderbay/background/edu/media/hunters.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY (EARTH SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS) Students plot the position of a vessel given two bearings on appropriate landmarks, draw inferences about a shipwreck given...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10thunderbay/background/edu/media/sinking.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: UNDERWATER ROBOTIC VEHICLES Students discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using underwater robots in scientific explorations, identify key design requirements for ...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10thunderbay/background/edu/media/robot.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY (EARTH SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE/SOCIAL SCIENCE) Students draw inferences about a shipwreck given information on the location and characteristics of art...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10thunderbay/background/edu/media/deathship.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY (EARTH SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE/SOCIAL SCIENCE) Students draw inferences about a shipwreck given information on the location and characteristics of art...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10thunderbay/background/edu/media/mystery.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: ENERGY CONVERSIONS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) Students learn the basic operation of a steam engine and identify and describe the energy conversions involved in the operation of a...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10thunderbay/background/edu/media/energy.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY Students draw inferences about a shipwreck given information on the location and characteristics of artifacts from the wreck, and explain at least thre...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10thunderbay/background/edu/media/clues.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: UNDERWATER ROBOTIC VEHICLES (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) Students will discuss advantages and disadvantages of using underwater robots in scientific explorations, identify key desi...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10sanandreas/background/edu/media/robot56.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS:AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES/MARINE NAVIGATION Students will explain a three-phase strategy that uses an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to locate, map, and photogr...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10chile/background/edu/media/robot.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS IN COLD SEEP COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) Students will describe major features of cold seep communities, and list at least five organisms typical of t...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10sanandreas/background/edu/media/weird78.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: SIDE SCAN SONAR (EARTH SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) Students will describe side-scan sonar, compare and contrast side-scan sonar with other methods used to search for underw...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10sanandreas/background/edu/media/sonarsim78.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: SEDIMENTS AS EARTHQUAKE PROXIES (EARTH SCIENCE) Students will define and describe turbidites, explain the concept of earthquake proxies, and interpret model sediment core...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10sanandreas/background/edu/media/clues912.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION (EARTH SCIENCE) Students will discuss how stresses between tectonic plates can produce earthquakes, describe approaches and limitations to earthquak...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10sanandreas/background/edu/media/lottashakin912.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: PROPERTIES OF OIL IN WATER (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) Students will define the property of density, and explain how this property applies to the behavior of oil and water; compar...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10lophelia/background/edu/media/loph10_oilfloats56.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF LOPHELIA CORALS (LIFE SCIENCE) Students will describe the general biology and morphology of Lophelia corals, explain how these corals contribute to...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10lophelia/background/edu/media/loph10_special78.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: RELATIONSHIP OF HARDGROUND COMMUNITIES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO TO PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES (LIFE SCIENCE/CHEMISTRY) Students will define hardgrounds an...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10lophelia/background/edu/media/loph10_connection912.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: DISSOLVED OXYGEN IN THE DEEP OCEAN (CHEMISTRY/LIFE SCIENCE) Students will discuss the influence of salinity and temperature on dissolved oxygen in seawater, identify and...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10lophelia/background/edu/media/loph10_oxygen912.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: HARDBOTTOM BIOTOPES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO (LIFE SCIENCE) Students will define and contrast the terms “biotope,” “habitat,” and “ecosystem;” explain what “ha...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10lophelia/background/edu/media/loph10_hardbottoms56.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BENTHIC COMMUNITIES ON CONTINENTAL SLOPES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO (LIFE SCIENCE) Students will describe benthic communities found at selected sites on continental slopes in...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10lophelia/background/edu/media/loph10_hitslopes78.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS:HYDROTHERMAL VENT CHEMISTRY Students will describe hydrothermal vents, identify changes that they cause to the physical and chemical properties of seawater, and use ocean...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10chile/background/edu/media/plume.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS:USING OCEAN CHEMISTRY TO LOCATE HYDROTHERMAL VENTS Students will explain the effects of hydrothermal vents on chemical and physical parameters of seawater, and how oceanog...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10chile/background/edu/media/yoyo.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY (LIFE SCIENCE/ARCHAEOLOGY) In this activitiy, students will be able to explain some techniques that archaeologists use to look for paleoamerican se...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/11newworld/background/edu/media/needles.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: WATERCRAFT IN PALEOAMERICAN MIGRATIONS In this activity, students will describe evidence that supports the idea that the initial settlement of North and South America in...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09newworld/background/edu/media/landsea.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: GEOLOGIC PROCESSES THAT FORM CAVES (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will compare and contrast solutional and volcanic caves, and discuss the geologic processes ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bermuda/background/edu/media/09make.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: ANCHIALINE CAVE SPECIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will describe anchialine habitats, describe the types of organisms that are typically found in these hab...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bermuda/background/edu/media/09cave.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: BUOYANCY (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to define buoyancy, mass, volume, and density, and explain the relationships between these properties....

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bermuda/background/edu/media/09call.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: LIMESTONE LANDFORMS AND AQUIFERS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will compare and contrast igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, and nam...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09newworld/background/edu/media/karst.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: PLEISTOCENE MAMMALS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe at least three now-extinct Pleistocene mammals, and explain three theories for why ...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09newworld/background/edu/media/zoo.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY OF SINKHOLES (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/ARCHAEOLOGY) In this activity, students will be able to explain how sinkholes are formed, why they may be associated...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09newworld/background/edu/media/paleodiving.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: LIFEWAYS OF PALEOAMERICANS (ARCHAEOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY) In this activity, students will explain at least two ways that humans migrating from eastern Asia may have settled N...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09newworld/background/edu/media/10000yrs.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY/MARINE NAVIGATION (EARTH CIENCE/MATHEMATICS) In this activity, students will design an archaeological survey strategy for an autonomous underwater veh...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09newworld/background/edu/media/robot.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: PHYSICS AND PHYSIOLOGY OF SCUBA DIVING (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to define Henry’s Law, Boyle’s Law, and Dalton’s Law...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09newworld/background/edu/media/breath.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: ORIGIN OF THE FIRST HUMANS IN THE AMERICAS (ANTHROPOLOGY/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe alternative theories for how the first humans...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09newworld/background/edu/media/puzzle.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: WATERCRAFT IN PALEOAMERICAN MIGRATIONS In this activity, students will describe evidence that supports the idea that the initial settlement of North and South America in...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09newworld/background/edu/media/landsea.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS:BATHYMETRIC MAPPING Students will create a two-dimensional topographic map from bathymetric survey data, create a three-dimensional model of seafloor topography from a two...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10chile/background/edu/media/mapping.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: STRATEGIES FOR DEEP OCEAN EXPLORATION (EARTH SCIENCE) Students will discuss factors that influenced exploration strategies of the Lewis and Clark and Challenger Expediti...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/10index/background/edu/media/unknown.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: TECHNOLOGY FOR DEEP OCEAN EXPLORATION: REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES (EARTH SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) Students will describe systems and capabilities of science-class remot...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/10index/background/edu/media/rov.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: TECHNOLOGY FOR DEEP OCEAN EXPLORATION: MULTIBEAM SONAR (EARTH SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) Students will describe multibeam sonar, discuss the advantages of multibeam sonar...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/10index/background/edu/media/multibeam.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: TECHNOLOGY FOR DEEP OCEAN EXPLORATION: CTD (CHEMISTRY/EARTH SCIENCE) Students will describe typical effects of hydrothermal vents, volcanoes, and cold seeps on chemical ...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/10index/background/edu/media/ctd.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: PLATE TECTONICS (EARTH SCIENCE) Students will describe the motion of tectonic plates; differentiate between three typical boundary types that occur between tectonic plate...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/10index/background/edu/media/tectonics.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BIODIVERSITY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY AROUND WALLACE’S LINE (LIFE SCIENCE) Students will discuss the meaning of “biodiversity,” describe at least three ways in which biodiv...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/10index/background/edu/media/walk_line.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: HYDROTHERMAL VENT ECOSYSTEMS (LIFE SCIENCE) Students will explain the overall structure of hydrothermal vents and how they are related to the motion of tectonic plates, d...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/10index/background/edu/media/tubeworm.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: IMPORTANCE OF DEEP OCEAN EXPLORATION (LIFE SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) Students will describe at least three different deep ocean ecosystems, explain at least three reasons fo...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/10index/background/edu/media/so_what.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS:PLATE TECTONICS – MOVEMENT OF PLATES, RESULTS OF PLATE MOVEMENT, AND THE CHILE TRIPLE JUNCTION Students will describe the motion of tectonic plates, compare and contrast...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10chile/background/edu/media/whenplates.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: HYDROTHERMAL VENTS Students will explain the overall structure of hydrothermal vents and how they are related to the motion of tectonic plates, and will create a model of...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10chile/background/edu/media/aydrothermal.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: DEEP-SEA EXPLORATION (LIFE SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY) Students will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of remotely operated vehicles for ocean exploration, describe the g...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10lophelia/background/edu/media/loph10_van_to_bottom912.pdf

U GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEYING (MATHEMATICS/EARTH SCIENCE) Students discuss the maritime cultural landscape approach, describe some of the interactions between human activiti...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/11maya/background/edu/media/mapping.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EVOLUTION OF ANCHIALINE CAVE FAUNA In this activity, students will describe anchialine cave habitats, discuss ways in which anchialine cave fauna are unusual, and compar...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bermuda/background/edu/media/09darkness.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL DATA COLLECTED BY BENTHIC LANDERS (LIFE SCIENCE) Students construct and defend inferences about types of organisms that may colonize settlement pl...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/13midatlantic/background/edu/media/whatlanded.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: ECOLOGICAL ROLE OF MICROBIAL MATS IN HYDROTHERMAL VENT ECOSYSTEMS (LIFE SCIENCE) Students plan an investigation using a model ecosystem to explain some of the components ...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/12fire/background/edu/media/microbmats_56.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MULTIBEAM SONAR (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) Students explain how multibeam sonar uses the properties of sound waves in water for scientific research about topograph...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/edu/collection/media/hdwe-MM3D912.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BATHYMETRIC MAPPING (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) Using EXCEL, students analyze and interpret data from the Okeanos Explorer to explain how multibeam sonar is used to ...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/edu/collection/media/hdwe-MMMapping78.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE ON SOLUBILITY AND PHASE STATE (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) Students use conceptual models of matter to explain the effect of tempe...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/edu/collection/media/hdwe-MMmaps56.pdf

GRADES 5-12 FOCUS: HOW STUDENTS CAN BECOME ACTIVE OCEAN EXPLORERS WHILE VIEWING LIVE VIDEO FEEDS DURING OKEANOS EXPLORER EXPEDITIONS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) Students learn how to ...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/edu/exploringlive2013lesson.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: IMAGE ANALYSIS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY) Students explain how robotic vehicle technology is used to extend the exploration capacity of scientific investigations aboa...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/edu/collection/media/hdwe-UR%20Eyes912.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: USE OF ROBOTICS FOR OCEAN EXPLORATION (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY) Students explain how robotic vehicle technology is used to extend the exploration capacity of scientif...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/edu/collection/media/hdwe-URLittleHerc78.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: ENGINEERING DESIGN (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY) Students explain how underwater robots are used in scientific exploration to gather data and help answer questions about ...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/edu/collection/media/hdwe-URRobot56.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EFFECT OF WATER CURRENTS ON BENTHIC COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) Students construct explanations for observations about events and observations reported from investigation...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/13midatlantic/background/edu/media/feeding.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: EXPLORATION OF COLD-SEEP ECOSYSTEMS (LIFE SCIENCE) Students will interpret observations of benthic fauna to construct explanations that link the distribution of these fau...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/13midatlantic/background/edu/media/seepcreep.pdf

GRADES 6-8 FOCUS: BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS IN COLD SEEP COMMUNITIES (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/LIFE SCIENCE) Students obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about flows and cycles of energy in c...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1304/background/edu/strangelife.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: VOLCANIC PROCESSES AT CONVERGENT TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARIES (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) Students analyze and interpret data to construct explanations for processes t...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/12fire/background/edu/media/magma_912.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (LIFE SCIENCE) Students analyze threats to coral ecosystems and specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for marine protected...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/13pulleyridge/background/edu/media/pr_13_everyonewins_912.pdf

GRADES 6-8 FOCUS: IMPACTS OF INVASIVE SPECIES ON CORAL REEFS (LIFE SCIENCE) Students explain interactions between native coral reef species and invasive lionfish, and construct explanation...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/13pulleyridge/background/edu/media/pr_13_aliens_68.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: CONNECTIVITY OF LOPHELIA CORAL POPULATIONS (LIFE SCIENCE) Students analyze and interpret genetic data from populations of Lophelia corals to identify patterns that indic...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/12lophelia/background/edu/media/loph12_connected.pdf

GRADES 6-8 (WITH ADAPTATIONS FOR GRADES 3-5 AND 9-12) FOCUS: ARGO GLOBAL TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY PROFILING FLOATS (EARTH SCIENCE) Students interpret temperature and salinity profiles and ...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1402/background/edu/media/argo-lesson.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY AND SHIPWRECK EXPLORATION (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/ARCHAEOLOGY) Students draw inferences about a shipwreck given information on the location and characteristi...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08lophelia/background/edu/media/shipwreck.pdf

GRADES 5-12 FOCUS: HOW STUDENTS CAN BECOME ACTIVE OCEAN EXPLORERS WHILE VIEWING LIVE VIDEO FEEDS DURING OKEANOS EXPLORER EXPEDITIONS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) Students learn how to ...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/edu/exploringlive-lesson.pdf

GRADES 5-12 FOCUS: CTD DATA AND EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES DURING THE NOAA SHIP OKEANOS EXPLORER GULF OF MEXICO 2012 EXPEDITION Students define "CTD" and explain how this instrument is used ab...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1202/background/edu/media/ex1202_multibeam.pdf

GRADES 5-12 FOCUS: MULTIBEAM SONAR DATA AND EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES DURING THE NOAA SHIP OKEANOS EXPLORER GULF OF MEXICO 2012 EXPEDITION MISSIONS Students describe multibeam sonar, explain ...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1202/background/edu/media/ex1202_multibeam.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (LIFE SCIENCE) Students analyze threats to coral ecosystems, and specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for marine protecte...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/13pulleyridge/background/edu/media/pr_13_everyonewins_912.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS IN COLD SEEP COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) Students will obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about flows and cycles of energy...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1304/background/edu/strangelife.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE ON SOLUBILITY AND PHASE STATE (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) Students use conceptual models of matter to explain the effect of tempe...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/12fire/background/edu/media/boilinghot_78.pdf

GRADES 7-8 (WITH ADAPTIONS FOR GRADES 5-6 AND 9-12) FOCUS: BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE GROUPS IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN Students will explain how aspects of structure and function are involved with com...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/12arctic/background/edu/benthos78.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BENTHIC COMMUNITIES ON CONTINENTAL SLOPES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO (LIFE SCIENCE) Students discuss the maritime cultural landscape approach, describe some of the interaction...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/11maya/background/edu/media/whathappened.pdf

GRADES 5-12 FOCUS: ROV IMAGERY AND EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES DURING THE NOAA SHIP OKEANOS EXPLORER GULF OF MEXICO 2012 EXPEDITION (EARTH SCIENCE) Students will describe typical applications a...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1202/background/edu/media/ex1202_rov.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: LIFEWAYS OF MAYANS AT VISTA ALEGRE (LIFE SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES) Students discuss the maritime cultural landscape approach, describe some of the interaction...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/11maya/background/edu/media/limestone.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: DOPPLER EFFECT (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/PHYSICS) Students explain the Doppler effect, describe how the Doppler effect can be used to measure current velocity, and compute curre...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/11bermuda/background/edu/media/bdwc11_dopplerdesigns.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: LIFE IN ANCHIALINE AND MARINE CAVES (BIOLOGY/ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (TECHNICAL READING)) Students compare and contrast anchialine and marine caves, describe the biological...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/11bermuda/background/edu/media/bdwc11_livingincave.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: FORCE AND MOTION (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) Students describe the motion of an object in terms of position, direction, and speed; compare and contrast six types of movement; and ...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/11bermuda/background/edu/media/bdwc11_dancingrobot.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BIOASSAYS (LIFE SCIENCE)

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/guide/media/gomdse8seeds78.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES THAT PRODUCE PHARMACOLOGICALLY-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES (LIFE SCIENCE)

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/guide/media/gomdse7nobackbones56.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: USE OF CTD DATA IN OCEAN EXPLORATION Students describe and explain redox potential and optical backscatter, and how these parameters are related to deep-sea ecosystems a...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/edu/lessonplans/media/hdwe_912_anomalies.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: MEASURING PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SEAWATER FOR OCEAN EXPLORATION Students define “CTD” and explain how this instrument is used aboard the Okeanos Explorer; define sali...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/edu/lessonplans/media/hdwe_56_ctd.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: TELEPRESENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR OCEAN EXPLORATION Students identify the basic requirements for human communication; describe at least three ways in which humans commu...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/edu/lessonplans/media/hdwe_56_dayinlife.pdf

GRADES 5-12 FOCUS: ROV IMAGERY AND EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES DURING THE NOAA SHIP OKEANOS EXPLORER GULF OF MEXICO 2012 EXPEDITION (EARTH SCIENCE) Students interpret ROV imagery collected by t...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1202/background/edu/media/ex1202_sdrov1.pdf

GRADES 5-12 FOCUS: CTD DATA AND EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES DURING THE NOAA SHIP OKEANOS EXPLORER GULF OF MEXICO 2012 EXPEDITION (EARTH SCIENCE) Students interpret CTD data collected by the Oke...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1202/background/edu/media/ex1202_sdctd1.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: BUOYANCY (PHYSICAL SCIENCE; ENGINEERING DESIGN) Students calculate buoyant forces that would be expected to act on hypothetical benthic landers; and design and build mode...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/12midatlantic/background/edu/media/dwc12_lander56.pdf

GRADES 5-12 (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) Students define "CTD" and explain how this instrument is used aboard the Okeanos Explorer; explain how relationships between temperature, salin...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1202/background/edu/media/ex1202_ctd.pdf

GRADES 5-12 FOCUS: MULTIBEAM SONAR DATA AND EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES DURING THE NOAA SHIP OKEANOS EXPLORER GULF OF MEXICO 2012 EXPEDITION MISSIONS (EARTH SCIENCE) Students interpret three-di...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1202/background/edu/media/ex1202_sdmultibeam1.pdf

GRADES 5-12 FOCUS: MULTIBEAM SONAR DATA AND EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES DURING THE NOAA SHIP GULF OF MEXICO 2012 EXPEDITION MISSIONS (EARTH SCIENCE) Students describe multibeam sonar, explain w...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1202/background/edu/media/ex1202_multibeam.pdf

GRADES 5-12 FOCUS: METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC (METOC) DATA, NAVIGATION DATA AND EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES DURING THE NOAA SHIP OKEANOS EXPLORER GULF OF MEXICO 2012 EXPEDITION (PHYSICAL SCI...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1202/background/edu/media/ex1202_sdmetoc1.pdf

GRADES 5-12 FOCUS: INFORMATION ABOUT NOAA SHIP OKEANOS EXPLORER MISSIONS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/LIFE SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) Students use the Okeanos Explorer Atlas to obtain information about p...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1202/background/edu/media/ex1202_atlas.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES Students will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using underwater robots in scientific explorations; discuss ways in which the des...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/12chile/background/edu/media/sonofabe.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: CONNECTIVITY OF LOPHELIA CORAL POPULATIONS Students analyze and interpret genetic data from populations of Lophelia corals to identify patterns that indicate how closely...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/11bermuda/background/edu/media/bdwc11_livingincave.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: MEIOFAUNA ASSOCIATED WITH LOPHELIA CORAL REEFS Students analyze and interpret data on the abundance and density of meiofauna to identify patterns that may be associated w...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/12lophelia/background/edu/media/loph12_notquite.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF LOPHELIA CORAL COLONIES Students plan and carry out an investigation using models to explain how the branching structure of Lophelia coral colonie...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/12lophelia/background/edu/media/loph12_coralsgrow.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EFFECT OF WATER CURRENTS ON FOOD CAPTURE IN CORALS (LIFE SCIENCE) Students describe at least two ways in which current flow may affect food capture by particle-feeding o...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/12midatlantic/background/edu/media/dwc12_feeding912.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS IN COLD-SEEP COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) Students describe major features of cold-seep communities, including at least five organisms typical of these...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/12midatlantic/background/edu/media/dwc12_weird78.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: GEOLOGIC PROCESSES THAT FORM CAVES (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will describe observations that suggest connections between widely separated anchialine cave...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bermuda/background/edu/media/09distant.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: METABOLIC ADAPTATIONS TO LOW-OXYGEN ENVIRONMENTS AND TECHNICAL READING (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will discuss the basis for hypothetical metabolic adapta...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bermuda/background/edu/media/09save.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: HYDROTHERMAL VENT CHEMISTRY (CHEMISTRY, EARTH SCIENCE, PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe hydrothermal vents and characterize vent plu...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/background/edu/media/ROF06.Megaplume.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: SIGNIFICANCE OF METHANE HYDRATES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to define methane hydrates and describe where these substances are typically foun...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07mexico/background/edu/media/deal.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: PHYSICS AND PHYSIOLOGY OF SCUBA DIVING (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to define Henry’s Law, Boyle’s Law, and Dalton’s Law...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07twilightzone/background/edu/media/breath.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: SCREENING NATURAL PRODUCTS FOR BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY (LIFE SCIENCE/CHEMISTRY) In this activity, students will be able to explain and carry out a simple process for screeni...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07twilightzone/background/edu/media/watchscreen.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: PHARMACOLOGICALLY-ACTIVE CHEMICALS DERIVED FROM MARINE INVERTEBRATES (LIFE SCIENCE/CHEMISTRY) In this activity, students will be able to identify at least three pharmaco...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07twilightzone/background/edu/media/drugstore.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MAPPING CORAL REEF HABITATS I n this activity, students will be able to access data on selected coral reefs and manipulate these data to characterize these reefs, and ex...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07twilightzone/background/edu/media/whatsdown.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: CONSERVATION OF DEEP-SEA CORAL COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will compare and contrast deep-sea coral communities with their shallow-water counter...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07twilightzone/background/edu/media/treasures.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: CHARACTERISTICS OF BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES ON DEEP-WATER CORAL HABITATS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will recognize and identify some of the fauna groups foun...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07twilightzone/background/edu/media/videotape.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: COMPARISON OF DEEP-SEA AND SHALLOW-WATER TROPICAL CORAL COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will compare and contrast deep-sea coral communities with th...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07twilightzone/background/edu/media/deepgardens.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY IN DEEP-WATER CORAL COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain what a habitat is, describe at least three functio...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07twilightzone/background/edu/media/cake.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: GROWTH RATE AND AGE OF SPECIES IN COLD-SEEP COMMUNITIES In this activity, students will be able to explain the process of chemosynthesis, explain the relevance of chemos...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07mexico/background/edu/media/old_worm.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF LOPHELIA CORALS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will describe the basic morphology of Lophelia corals and explain the significance of th...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07mexico/background/edu/media/corals.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: POTENTIAL ROLE OF METHANE HYDRATES IN GLOBAL WARMING (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe the overall events that occurred during the Camb...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07mexico/background/edu/media/burp.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: NICHES IN CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will compare and contrast coral reefs in shallow water and deep water, describe the major functi...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06laserline/background/edu/media/LLS_06_designreef.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS TO TOXIC AND HYPOXIC ENVIRONMENTS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain the process of chemosynthesis, explain the r...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07mexico/background/edu/media/worm.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COLD-SEEP COMMUNITIES AND THE SURROUNDING DEEP-SEA ENVIRONMENT (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe majo...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07mexico/background/edu/media/monsters.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: METHANE HYDRATE ICE WORMS AND HYDRATE SHRIMP (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to define and describe methane hydrate ice worms and hydrate shrimp, i...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07mexico/background/edu/media/animals.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: DEEP-SEA HABITATS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe major features of cold seep communities, and list at least five organisms typical of ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07mexico/background/edu/media/zone.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: - ARCHAEA (BIOLOGY) In this activity, students will be able to define “lipid biomarkers,” and explain what the presence of certain biomarkers signifies; describe Arc...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07fire/background/edu/media/extremes.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: DEEP OCEAN CARBON DIOXIDE AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE (CHEMISTRY/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to interpret phase diagrams, and explain the meanin...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07fire/background/edu/media/champagne.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: HYDROTHERMAL VENT CHEMISTRY AT SUBDUCTION VOLCANOES (CHEMISTRY) In this activity, students will be able to use fundamental relationships between melting points, boiling ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07fire/background/edu/media/smoke.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: VOLCANIC PROCESSES AT CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARIES (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast volcanoes at con...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07fire/background/edu/media/difference.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE ON SOLUBILITY AND PHASE STATE (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe the effect of tempe...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07fire/background/edu/media/gas.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF VOLCANISM IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS (LIFE SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe at least three beneficial impacts ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07fire/background/edu/media/volcano.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: REPRODUCTION IN CNIDARIA (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to identify and describe at least five characteristics of Cnidaria coral, compare and cont...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06laserline/background/edu/media/LLS_06_architects.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MAPPING CORAL REEF HABITATS In this activity, students will be able to access data on selected coral reefs and manipulate these data to characterize these reefs, and exp...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06laserline/background/edu/media/LLS_06_downthere.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: PLATE TECTONICS - MOVEMENT OF PLATES, RESULTS OF PLATE MOVEMENT, AND MAGNETIC ANOMALIES AT SPREADING CENTERS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students w...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07fire/background/edu/media/plates.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: CHEMOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA AND SUCCESSION IN CHEMOSYNTHETIC COMMUNITIES (CHEMISTRY/BIOLOGY) In this activity, students will observe the development of chemosynthetic bacter...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06mexico/background/edu/gom_06_chemo.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: SEISMOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF THE MARIANA ARC (EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain the processes of plate tectonics and volcanism th...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/background/edu/media/ROF06.Roots.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: CHEMISTRY OF HYDROTHERMAL VENTS (CHEMISTRY) Students will be able to define hydrothermal vents and explain the overall processes that lead to their formation; explain th...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/background/edu/media/ROF06.VentChallenge.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: SPECIES VARIATION IN HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will define and describe biogeographic provinces of hydrothermal vent commun...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/background/edu/media/ROF06.WhereFrom.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: SOURCES OF NUTRITION FOR BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANOES OF THE MARIANA ARC (LIFE SCIENCE) Students will be able to compare and contrast photosynthesis a...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/background/edu/media/ROF06.Dinner.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: VOLCANISM ON THE PACIFIC RING OF FIRE (EARTH SCIENCE) Students will be able to describe the processes that produce the Submarine Ring of Fire; explain the factors that co...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/background/edu/media/ROF06.BlowUp.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: HYDROTHERMAL VENT ECOLOGY AND TRANSFER OF ENERGY AMONG ORGANISMS THAT LIVE NEAR VENTS. In this activity, students will be able to describe how hydrothermal vents are form...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/background/edu/media/ROF06.LivingHeat.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: VOLCANISM ON THE MARIANA ARC (EARTH SCIENCE) Students will be able to explain the tectonic processes that result in the formation of the Mariana Arc and the Mariana Trenc...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/background/edu/media/ROF06.VolFactory.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: METHANE-BASED CHEMOSYNTHETIC PROCESSES (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to define the process of chemosynthesis, and contrast this process with...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06mexico/background/edu/gom_06_stinks.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: CHEMOTROPHIC ORGANISMS (LIFE SCIENCE/CHEMISTRY) In this activity, students will describe at least three chemotrophic symbioses known from deep-sea habitats and will iden...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06mexico/background/edu/gom_06_csi.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: QUANTIFYING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to discuss the meaning of biological diversity and will be able to compare and co...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06mexico/background/edu/gom_06_diverse.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE ON SOLUBILITY AND PHASE STATE (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe the effect of tempe...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06mexico/background/edu/gom_06_gas.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY In this activity, students will be able to draw inferences about a shipwreck given information on the location and characteristics of artifacts from th...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06greece/background/edu/media/clues.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS IN COLD SEEP COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe major features of cold seep communities, and list at leas...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06mexico/background/edu/gom_06_weird.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: EXPLORATION OF DEEP-SEA HABITATS In this activity, students will be able to explain what a habitat is, describe at least three functions or benefits that habitats provide...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06mexico/background/edu/gom_06_cake.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: EFFECTS OF POLLUTION ON DIVERSITY IN BENTHIC COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will discuss the meaning of biological diversity and compare and contra...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06mexico/background/edu/gom_06_keepaway.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: EFFECTS OF HABITAT COMPLEXITY ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe the significance of complexity in benthic habita...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06olympic/background/edu/media/treasures.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: CONSERVATION OF DEEP-SEA CORAL REEFS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will compare and contrast deep-sea coral reefs with their shallow-water counterparts and ex...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06olympic/background/edu/media/treasures.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: COMPARISON OF DEEP-SEA AND SHALLOW-WATER TROPICAL CORAL REEFS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will compare and contrast deep-sea coral reefs with their shallow-...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06olympic/background/edu/media/deep_gardens.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MARINE NAVIGATION AND POSITION-FINDING In this activity students will be able to identify and explain at least seven different techniques that have been used for marine ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06greece/background/edu/media/where_am_i.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MASS SPECTROMETRY In this lesson, students will be able to explain the basic principles underlying mass spectrometry, discuss the advantages of in-situ mass spectrometry...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06greece/background/edu/media/robot_chemist.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: UNDERWATER ROBOTIC VEHICLES In this activity, students will be able to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using underwater robots in scientific explorations, id...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06greece/background/edu/media/wet_robot.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BATHYMETRIC MAPPING OF DEEP-SEA HABITATS In this activity, students will be able to create a two-dimensional topographic map given bathymetric survey data, create a three...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06greece/background/edu/media/seafloor_mapping.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: ANCIENT AND PREHISTORIC SHIPWRECKS In this activity, students will be able to describe at least three types of artifacts that are typically recovered from ancient shipwre...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06greece/background/edu/media/old_ship.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION OF DEEP-SEA VOLCANOES (LIFE SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast submarine volca...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07fire/background/edu/media/unexplored.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: THE CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE (BIOLOGY) In this activity, students will be able to describe the Census of Marine Life (CoML) and explain in general terms the CoML strategy f...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07philippines/background/edu/media/census.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES FOR EXPLORING ANCHIALINE CAVES (PHYSICS/EARTH SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY) In this activity, students will discuss remotely operated vehicles and onboa...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bermuda/background/edu/media/09robot.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: LIGHT-PRODUCING PROCESSES AND ORGANISMS IN DEEP-SEA ENVIRONMENTS (LIFE SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students compare and contrast chemiluminescence, biolum...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bioluminescence/background/edu/media/ds_09_deeplights.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: PH, BUFFERS, AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION In this activity, students will be able to define pH and buffer, and explain in general terms the carbonate buffer system of seawate...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08lophelia/background/edu/media/offbase.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: GALVANIC EXCHANGE AND CARBONATE PRECIPITATION (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe galvanic exchange and explain how this process produc...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08lophelia/background/edu/media/corrosion.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: MORPHOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION IN HABITAT-FORMING DEEP-SEA CORALS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe at least three ways in which habi...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08lophelia/background/edu/media/corrosion.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: ROBOTIC ANALOGUES FOR HUMAN STRUCTURE In this activity, students will describe the types of motion found in the human arm, and describe four common robotic arm designs th...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08lophelia/background/edu/media/calltoarms.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students use data about the location and types of artifacts recovered from a shipwreck site to draw inferences abo...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08lophelia/background/edu/media/shipwreck.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: VISION IN MARINE ORGANISMS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students describe the overall structure of the crustacean compound eye; describe the eyes of stomatopods, and...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bioluminescence/background/edu/media/ds_09_othereyes.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIOLUMINESCENCE (CHEMISTRY/LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students explain the overall process of bioluminescence, including the role of luciferins, luciferases, and co...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bioluminescence/background/edu/media/ds_09_livinglight.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIOLUMINESCENCE, COLOR, AND CAMOUFLAGE IN DEEP OCEAN ORGANISMS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students identify and discuss key factors that determine the effectivenes...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bioluminescence/background/edu/media/ds_09_tosee.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: INFRARED, ULTRAVIOLET, AND POLARIZATION PHOTOGRAPHY (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students compare and contrast infrared, ultraviolet, and visible light regions of th...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bioluminescence/background/edu/media/ds_09_picturethis.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: POLARIZATION VISION (LIFE SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students explain the meaning of polarized light; identify three ways in which unpolarized light can ...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bioluminescence/background/edu/media/ds_09_twisted.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: LIGHT, COLOR, AND CAMOUFLAGE IN DEEP OCEAN ORGANISMS (LIFE SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students explain light in terms of electromagnetic waves, and expla...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bioluminescence/background/edu/media/ds_09_nowucme.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIODETERIORATION PROCESSES (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe three processes that contribute to the deterioration...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08lophelia/background/edu/media/eating.pdf

GRADES 5-6 BIOLUMINESCENCE IN DEEP OCEAN ORGANISMS (LIFE SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students compare and contrast chemiluminescence, bioluminescence, fluorescence, and pho...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bioluminescence/background/edu/media/ds_09_gallery.pdf

GRADES 9-12 DEEP-SEA CORALS AND HYDROCARBON SEEPS (LIFE SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will analyze data on deep-sea corals and evaluate hypotheses to explain why these ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09lophelia/background/edu/media/09tale.pdf

GRADES 9-12 CONDUCTIVITY AND SALINITY IN SEAWATER (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will define salinity, describe the relationship between salinity and conductiv...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09lophelia/background/edu/media/09proxy.pdf

GRADES 9-12 SONAR (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will explain the concept of sonar, describe the major components of a sonar system, explain how multibeam and sidescan sonar...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09lophelia/background/edu/media/09sound.pdf

GRADES 9-12 PH, BUFFERS, AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to define pH and buffer, and explain in general terms the carbonate buffer syste...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09lophelia/background/edu/media/09offbase.pdf

GRADES 7-8 GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will explain how global positioning satellites are used to determine the location of point...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09lophelia/background/edu/media/09yourexped.pdf

GRADES 7-8 GALVANIC EXCHANGE AND CARBONATE PRECIPITATION (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will describe how humans are able to estimate the distance to visible ob...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09lophelia/background/edu/media/09corrosion.pdf

GRADES 5-6 ROBOTIC ANALOGUES FOR HUMAN STRUCTURES (DISTANCE ESTIMATION) (LIFE SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will describe how humans are able to estimate the distanc...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09lophelia/background/edu/media/09robot.pdf

GRADES 5-6 BUOYANCY (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to define buoyancy, mass, volume, and density, and explain the relationships between these properties. Given ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09lophelia/background/edu/media/09bigenough.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: RELICT SPECIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will define relict species, describe at least three examples of relict species associated with anchialine caves,...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bermuda/background/edu/media/09fossils.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIODETERIORATION PROCESSES (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe three processes that contribute to the deterioration...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08lophelia/background/edu/media/eating.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: GENE SEQUENCING AND PHYLOGENETIC EXPRESSIONS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to explain the concept of gene-sequence analysis; and, given gene seq...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08lophelia/background/edu/media/cutoffgenes.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: OCEAN ZOOPLANKTON (BIOLOGY) In this activity, students will explain how zooplankters such as salps may have significant impact on global processes, calculate plankton de...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07philippines/background/edu/media/specific.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: SIDE SCAN SONAR (EARTH SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will describe side-scan sonar, compare and contrast side-scan sonar with other methods used to...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08bonaire/background/edu/media/sonarsim.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: SPECIATION (BIOLOGY) In this activity, students will explain two definitions of species, describe at least two factors that favor increased speciation, and compare and c...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07philippines/background/edu/media/blobs.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: GAS LAWS (CHEMISTRY/PHYSICS) In this activity, students will define Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law, Gay-Lussac’s Law, Henry’s Law, and Dalton’s Law and will be able...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07philippines/background/edu/media/outtagas.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: GAS LAWS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to define the basic principles state in Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law, Gay-Lussac’s Law, Henry’s L...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07philippines/background/edu/media/gaslaws.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BUOYANCY PRINCIPLES AS THEY APPLY TO OCEAN PLANKTON (LIFE SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will explain Archimedes’ Principle; define plankton, phyt...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07philippines/background/edu/media/buoyancy.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: CLASSIFICATION AND DICHOTOMOUS KEYS (LIFE SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to use a dichotomous key to classify a collection of objects a...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07philippines/background/edu/media/key.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: OCEAN PLANKTON In this activity, students will define plankton, phytoplankton, and zooplankton; compare and contrast phytoplankton and zooplankton, and will identify at l...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07philippines/background/edu/media/drifter.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MARINE NAVIGATION (EARTH SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS) In this activity, students will estimate geographic position based on speed and direction of travel, and integrate these ca...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08bonaire/background/edu/media/wheresbot.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: QUANTIFYING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to discuss the meaning of ‘biological diversity’ and will be able to compare ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08bonaire/background/edu/media/howdiverse.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: UNDERWATER ROBOTIC VEHICLES In this activity, students will be able to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using underwater robots in scientific explorations, id...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08bonaire/background/edu/media/wetrobot.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: MAPPING CORAL REEF HABITATS In this activity, students will be able to access data on selected coral reefs and manipulate these data to characterize these reefs, and exp...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08bonaire/background/edu/media/whatsdown.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: NICHES IN CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will compare and contrast coral communities in shallow water and deep water, describe the major ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08bonaire/background/edu/media/designreef.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: DEEP-SEA HABITATS (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe major features of cold seep communities, and list at least five organisms typical of ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08thunderbay/background/edu/media/twilight_zone.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: CORAL REEF CONSERVATION In this activity, students will design a public information program to improve understanding of the coral reef crisis, and things individuals can ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08bonaire/background/edu/media/savereef.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY/MARINE NAVIGATION (EARTH SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS) In this activity, students will design an archaeological survey strategy for an autonomous underwater veh...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08bonaire/background/edu/media/easypi.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY IN BENTHIC HABITATS (LIFE SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS) In this activity, students will be able to describe the importance of structural features that incre...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08auvfest/background/edu/media/robot.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY (EARTH SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE/SOCIAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to draw inferences about a shipwreck given information on the l...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08auvfest/background/edu/media/shipwreck.pdf

GRADES GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: MARITIME HISTORY/PHYSICAL SCIENCE/SOCIAL SCIENCE In this activity, students will be able to describe general characteristics and technologies used in 18th century ...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08auvfest/background/edu/media/shipline.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: METHANE-BASED CHEMOSYNTHETIC PROCESSES (BIOLOGY/CHEMISTRY) In this activity, students will be able to define the process of chemosynthesis, and contrast this process wit...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08thunderbay/background/edu/media/stinks.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: - ARCHAEA (BIOLOGY) In this activity, students will be able to define “lipid biomarkers,” and explain what the presence of certain biomarkers signifies; describe Arc...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08thunderbay/background/edu/media/ancient_bugs.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: CHEMOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA AND SUCCESSION IN CHEMOSYNTHETIC COMMUNITIES (CHEMISTRY/BIOLOGY) In this activity, students will observe the development of chemosynthetic bacter...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08thunderbay/background/edu/media/chemosyn.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS IN COLD SEEP COMMUNITIES (LIFE SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be able to describe major features of cold seep communities, and list at leas...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08thunderbay/background/edu/media/weird.pdf

GRADES 7-8 FOCUS: - (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/LIFE SCIENCE) Underwater Robotic Vehicles for Scientific Exploration In this activity, students will be able to describe and contrast at least three t...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08thunderbay/background/edu/media/robot.pdf

GRADES 5-6 FOCUS: LIMESTONE LANDFORMS AND AQUIFERS (PHYSICAL SCIENCE/EARTH SCIENCE) In this activity, students will compare and contrast igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, and nam...

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08thunderbay/background/edu/media/karst.pdf

GRADES 9-12 FOCUS: BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING METHODS (BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE) In this activity, students will be introduced to four methods commonly used by scientists to sample populations; student...

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/education/media/extreme.pdf