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3rd - 5th
Help Nemo Find his Home!
In their ocean habitat, clownfish use an exceptional sense of smell as a
mechanism to help determine which direction to swim, called “olfactory homing”. When given a choice between two water currents, one with the scent of an anemone and the other with the scent of the open ocean, clownfish will choose the anemone scent nearly every time! They can also tell the difference between the scent of a predator
and the scent of a friendly non-predator…like Dory…choosing the nonpredator nearly every time! However, recent research in Australia has shown that the olfactory homing ability of clownfish is severely disrupted by ocean acidification (through interference with neuron
function).
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Dive Into an Active Submarine Volcano
This web site lets you dive with a remotely operated vehicle to the seafloor and back at Axial Seamount, an active submarine volcano. Dive! is an interactive experience using video and computer animation that allows you explore black smoker vents, unusual life forms, and newly erupted lava flows.
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Mountains in the Sea
In this 6-7 day investigation, students begin with an introduction to seamounts that are present in the Gulf of Alaska. They learn how seamounts were formed and look at a bathymetric map of a seamount. In Activity 3A, students explore sea floor mapping techniques as they participate in an activity to create a map of a sea feature they have molded out of clay. In Activity 3B, students watch a short animated presentation, “Who cares about Sea Floor Mapping?” then create a model of a seamount found in Alaska. They use pre-sonar techniques to collect data and create a graph of their seamount using Excel.
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An Educators Guide to Marine Debris
Designed as a stand-alone teaching tool or to supplement lessons for educators in both formal and informal settings. Appropriate for students grades K-12, with a focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) objectives.
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A Drop In Your Hand: Water Stewardship
A drop in your hand: Water stewardship:
See the relative volume of water available that is clean, safe, and available to drink.
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Plate Tectonics and Lava Lamps
Plate tectonics and lava lamps:
Use discovery and inquiry techniques to investigate a lava lamp and relate it to Earth’s internal processes that cause geological phenomena such as earthquakes, mountain building, and seafloor trenches.
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How Marine Mammals Stay Warm
How marine mammals stay warm
Wear a “blubber glove” and plunge your hand into an ice water bath to investigate the insulative properties of blubber.
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Boat Build Challenge
Boat building challenge
Use aluminum foil to make boats and then test designs by seeing how many
pennies or paperclips they can hold.
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