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Who’s New in the Deep Sea Neighborhood?

Who’s New in the Deep Sea Neighborhood?. EARTH Workshop 2006. Summary.

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Who’s New in the Deep Sea Neighborhood?

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  1. Who’s New in the Deep Sea Neighborhood? EARTH Workshop 2006

  2. Summary This activity helps familiarize student with technology and methods scientists use to study the deep sea. This activity teaches students how technology informs scientists about remote environments. Based on observation, students make possible connections between organisms and their habitat using near real-time data via “Eye in the Sea” (EITS) underwater camera system. Further, they are encouraged to pose and investigate their own questions about the ocean.

  3. Key Points • Habitats determine which living organisms can survive there. • Technology such as “Eye in the Sea” (EITS) allows scientists to find previously unknown marine life in remote and hostile environments such as the deep sea. • Observation is an important tool for gathering scientific information.

  4. Objectives • Students will be able to make specific observations about organisms and their habitats using video clips via EITS technology. • Students will generate questions related to the deep sea environment. • Students will use the Internet as a resource for scientific information.

  5. (EITS) Video Review Sheet Salinity Length of Video Water Temperature Surface Air Temperature Depth of Water Seismic Activity Tidal Activity Illumination • What type of illumination is occurring? • Is there a light source? If so, why is it coming from? What type of light is it? • Are there shadows? Equipment • Is there any equipment? If so, what do you think it is for? • What mode do you think the camera is set to? Physical Environment • Which way is the current flowing? • What do you hear? • What colors do you see? • What do you need to live here? Biological Environment • How many different types of organism do you see? How are they similar? Different? • What behaviors do you see? • How long are the organisms staying? • How many do you calculate entering and leaving?

  6. Answer the following questions in complete sentences. • Explain why some animals are not visiting this habitat. • What threats are there to the deep sea environment? • Why can’t humans live in this habitat? • What questions do you have? • What would you like to know more about? • What are the main ideas of this video? If these ideas are controversial, what are they and do you agree? Disagree? • What methods are used to present these ideas? Be specific. • How or why will this information be useful to scientist? • How or why will this information affect everyone? • Discuss describe one particularly interesting part or point? Internet links you used

  7. Interdisciplinary Extensions • Choose an organism in the video. Write a short story using this organism as your main character. • Create a list of descriptive words after viewing the video. Using a poetry structure of your choice, write a poem. • Write a script for any one minute section of the video. • Write a letter sharing your scientific discoveries with a: • Pen pal • Dr. Widder • Neighboring school • Research the origins of myths with sea creatures. • Create a piece of music, or choose a piece of music, to accompany your video selection.

  8. Assessment Review the student answers to the Video Review Sheet and the Excel Tally Sheet Have the students create a Venn Diagram comparing the deep sea to another habitat they are familiar with. (i.e. tide pools or another aquatic habitat, land habitat, or outer space)

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