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Many Eyes, Many Perspectives: The Astonishing Visual Systems of Hyperiids
In any given scoop of seawater, you will find an assortment of tiny critters called...
January 2020
Article
What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures
A 1,000-pound metal instrument—about the size of a two-seat Smart car—drops off...
March 2019
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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean
DNA is everywhere—it can be found in hair, saliva, blood, bones, feces or even...
July 2018
Lesson Plan
Biomes: Wild Arctic
This lesson investigates how sea ice is critical to the plants and animals that...
Tue, 07/19/2011 - 16:03
Lesson Plan
Expedition to the Poles
Students will use NASA satellite data to...
Tue, 07/19/2011 - 15:56
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It’s Not Just the Core that Tells the Hole Story
Students read about “down-hole logging” technology, in which instruments are...
Mon, 03/15/2010 - 15:01
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Head to Foot
The lesson begins with a broader introduction on new species discovered around...
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 11:48
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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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Net Results
Students will study and replicate a model of the factors affecting fisheries...
Thu, 09/24/2009 - 17:39
Personal Perspectives
Comics at Sea: An Antarctic Logbook
For five years, I've had a photograph of Palmer Station, Antarctica, tacked up over...
February 2018
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Making a Mark on the Ocean Floor
Until very recently oceanography was a field dominated by men. A seafaring career,...
July 2016
Personal Perspectives
Shipboard Life in the Antarctic
Strapped in to a harness on the back deck of a 230-foot research vessel off the...
June 2016