Students will be able to list the various adaptations that enable deep-sea fishes to survive; explain how bioluminescence helps deep-sea fish respond to food predator and reproductive pressures in their environments; explore how the structure of an appendage helps determine and utilize its function; describe how deepwater organisms respond to their dark environment.
Light at the Bottom of the Deep Dark Ocean
Lesson Plan Overview
Lesson Plans
Light at the Bottom of the Ocean Lesson PlanLiteracy Principles:
OLP#5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
OLP#7: The ocean is largely unexplored.
