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Investigating the Ocean Planet – Grade 6<\/a><\/h1>\n

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Introduction<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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Conceptual Scheme<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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Marine Aquaria<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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Bibliography<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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Successful Fieldtripping<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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Unit 1: The Ocean Planet<\/u><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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   1. The Ocean Apple<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Apples are used as a model of Earth to demonstrate the tiny fraction of ocean that is productive.
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   2. The Ocean Planet<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Students use colored ice cubes in a glass of water to explore ocean currents.
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   3. Viewing the Ocean Planet: Plankton Patterns<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Plotting “satellite” and “shipboard” data on a grid, teams of students try to find the pattern of plankton in a section of ocean.
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Unit 2: Marine Environments<\/u><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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   1. Marine Environments<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Introductory activity for class discussion of “What is an environment?” and an investigation of elements of both terrestrial and marine environments.
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   2. Connecting Marine Environments<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
\tStudents review vocabulary and concepts introduced in the preceding activity by completing a crossword puzzle.
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Unit 3: The Saltwater Environment<\/u><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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   1. Water, Water Everywhere<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Students read graphs and compute percentages of the chemical elements dissolved in seawater.
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   2. Ocean Currents<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Using two soda pop bottles, students simulate ocean water of different densities, then predict what will happen and test their theories.
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   3. Density Currents in a Model Ocean<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Students make a small ocean model in a clear pan and observe currents caused by density differences due to temperature.
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Unit 4: The Deep Sea<\/u><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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   1. Depth Line<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Students make a scale of ocean depth on a 4 meter length of adding machine tape, placing labels along the scale indicating notable events.
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   2. Properties of the Deep Sea<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Students use colored acetate sheets to simulate the color filtering effect of sea water depth, and to see how fish use this effect as camouflage.
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   3. How Low Can You Go?<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Students are introduced to the tremendous pressures and darkness of the deep sea by exploring the structural adaptations of the deep sea Angler Fish.
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   4. Designing Deep Sea Life<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Based on the information available to early scientists, students design and draw an organism that could live in the deep sea.
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   5. Design a Submersible Vehicle<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Using a variety of “junk items” provided by the teacher, students design and test a submersible vehicle.
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   6. Deep Sea Trawl Simulation<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Student teams conduct simulated trawls in the deep sea. Budgets are limited.
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   7. Analysis of Animal Adaptations<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Fish adapted to the completely dark, high pressure, very cold deep sea habitat are strange indeed.
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   8. Glowing in the Dark: Bioluminescence<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Students explore the effect of bioluminescence on communication and concealment in the deep sea, using flashlights to role play schooling behavior.
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   9. Cycling in the Hydrothermal Vents<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Food webs at a hydrothermal vent are illustrated by teams of students. Difference between Photosynthesis and Chemosynthesis is emphasized.
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Unit 5: Seawater Investigations<\/u><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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   1. Now You See It, Now You Don’t<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Investigations with an egg in fresh and salt water and a clear explanation of WHY objects float.
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   2. Hydrometer Connection<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Students construct a hydrometer with soda straw and clay; then use it to determine relative salinity of solutions.
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   3. Cold As Ice<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
By freezing water solutions of varying salinities, students see that salinity level affects the freezing point for water.
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   4. Salty Dog<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Students weigh and then heat a sample of salt water so it evaporates until only the salt is left. Then they weigh the salt, and calculate the salinity.
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Unit 6: Physical Features of the Marine Environment<\/u><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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   1. What’s That Sound?<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Echo sounding data is used by students to plot the profile of the ocean bottom along a ship’s route.
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   2. Measuring the Ocean Depths<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Students build a model of the ocean floor in a shoebox, then probe and graph the depths to find the seafloor features hidden beneath the surface.
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   3. Bathymetric Mapping<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Using depth data on a map, students connect contour lines to create a bathymetric map.
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Unit 7: Marine Mammals<\/u><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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   1. Whales and Food Chains<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Mathematical activity to calculate the energy flow in an ocean food web.
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   2. Baleen Strains<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Simulation of straining “plankton” (candy sprinkles and pepper) out of water using “baleen” (a paintbrush).
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   3. Sound Travels<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Students build an echolocation model: Using ramps and marbles, they calculate the distance to an object by recording the time it takes for a marble to reach it.
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   4. Field Studies of Whales<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Simulation of recognition of individual Orca whales: Students try to recognize classmates as they appear briefly from behind a butcher paper “ocean”.
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   5. Name That Whale: Cetacean Key<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Students identify a number of whales using a simple dichotomous key. Baleen and toothed whale groups are identified.
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   6. Orca Photo I.D.<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n
Field identification of Orca (Killer) whales is simulated: students use markings such as the “saddle patch” in actual whale photos to identify individuals.
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Unit 1: The Ocean Planet<\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n

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Activity 1 The Ocean Apple<\/b><\/dt>\n
\tMake your own earth globe part 1<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n
\tMake your own earth globe part 2<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n
\tGreat-circle indicator<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n
\tWe Care About Oceans Slide Show<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n

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\tOceans Activities<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n
\tBibliography<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n
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\tNational. Wildlife Federation Creed<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n
\tMessage from NWF Vice President<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n
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\tCredits<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n
\tAbout the National Wildlife Federation<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n

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Activity 3 Viewing the Ocean Planet: Plankton Patterns<\/b><\/dt>\n
\tAtlantic, Florida plankton images<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n
\tCalifornia plankton images<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n
\tUnderstanding color-infrared photographs<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n

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Unit 2: Marine Environments<\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n

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Activity 1 Marine Environments<\/b><\/dt>\n
\tRoot words<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n
\tNational Wildlife Federation Habitats slide show<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n

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Unit 4: The Deep Sea<\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n

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Activity 3 – How Low Can You Go?<\/b><\/dt>\n
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Activity 4 Designing Deep Sea Life<\/b><\/dt>\n
\tHow to find marine information<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n

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Activity 5 Design a Submersible Vehicle<\/b><\/dt>\n
\tDeep sea exploration images<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n

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Unit 7: Marine Mammals<\/b><\/font><\/dt>\n

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Activity 6 Orca Photo I.D.<\/b><\/dt>\n
\tOrigami whale<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n
\tKiller whale article<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n
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\tWhale catalog 1<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n
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\tWhale photos master 4<\/a><\/i><\/dd>\n

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