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A sea butterfly, or sea snail, swims in the open ocean.
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A Swimming Snail

Sea butterflies (also called pteropods) are sea snails aptly named: they are...
New deep sea expeditions reveal new species underwater.
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New Jelly Species: 'Bathykorus bouilloni'

Many expeditions in the Arctic reveal new species, such as this jellyfish...
Spider conch near China
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Spider Conch from China

This beautiful spider conch (Lambis chiragra) was collected by Census of Marine...
This jelly’s red color provides camouflage in the ocean depths.
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Unidentified Comb Jelly

This jelly’s red color provides camouflage in the deep ocean. Red light rarely...
Photograph of a translucent red-orange comb jelly against a black sea.
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Red Mid-Water Comb Jelly

Like this ctenophore (Aulococtena acuminata), many animals that live in the...
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Food Chain Hide and Seek

Students will play a game in order to learn about predator-prey relationships, a...
Fri, 11/30/2012 - 10:45
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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How Diverse is That?

Students discuss the meaning of biological diversity. Students will compare and...
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:02
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Where There’s Smoke…

Students explain how fundamental relationships between melting and boiling points,...
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:59
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Build Your Own Ecosystem

Students identify key functions that are present in healthy ocean ecosystems....
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 18:49
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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What Was for Dinner?

Students will be able to compare and contrast photosynthesis and chemosynthesis as...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 18:43
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Game of Life

The goal of this game is to illustrate to the students what happens to a fish stock...
Thu, 09/24/2009 - 17:40
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A light painted image of a hand-painted ceramic fish with light emitting from its mouth
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Using Light Painting to Teach Bioluminescence

What does a bioluminescent creature that lives more than two miles below the...
November 2011

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