Deep Lights

NOAA Ocean Explorer

Ocean Literacy Principles:

 OLP#5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
OLP#7: The ocean is largely unexplored.

Overview

Students compare and contrast the various methods (chemiluminescence, bioluminescence, fluorescence, phosphorescence, triboluminescence) of light-production in deep-sea organisms. Students infer the light-producing process that is responsible for light emission based on observations of an ecosystem.

For more information:
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov.

SUBJECTS: 
GRADES: 6-8
This lesson meets National Science Standards
application/pdf iconds_09_deeplights.pdf

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