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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers

The deep-sea is a treasure trove of resources. Diverse ecosystems cozy up next to...

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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

Oysters are powerhouses of water filtration. In a single day, one oyster can filter...

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Just Jelly: ecological role of gelatinous zooplankton

In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast the feeding...

Lesson Plan

Jelly Critters: Gelatinous zooplankton

In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast at least three...

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Where Does it Live, and What Does it Eat?

Students research the habitat and food of organisms living in a mangrove estuary,...

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Benthic Drug Store

Students identify three chemicals that are pharmacologically active and are derived...

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Where There’s Smoke…

Students explain how fundamental relationships between melting and boiling points,...

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This Old Tubeworm

Students will be able to explain the process of chemosynthesis; explain the...

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What Was for Dinner?

Students will be able to compare and contrast photosynthesis and chemosynthesis as...

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Head to Foot

The lesson begins with a broader introduction on new species discovered around...

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Deep-sea octocorals: An ecosystem of their own

The deep-sea is a vast part of the world’s ocean. Even today, it often surprises...

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Not Just Another Fuzzy Face

Who hasn’t grinned at the sight of a sea otter floating on its back while...