ACTIVITY - OPEN OCEAN APHOTIC TWILIGHT ZONE FISHY DEEP-SEA DESIGNS
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Open ocean aphotic/twilight zone: Fishy deep-sea designs - NOAA Ocean Explorer 
Lesson PlanSummary
Students explore the adaptation of fishes living in the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones of the deep ocean.
Concept: Ocean habitats
There are many diverse habitats in the open ocean, which contribute to the diversity of organisms.
There are many diverse habitats in the open ocean, which contribute to the diversity of organisms.
National Science Education Standards
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K-12 Unifying Concepts and Processes
Form and Function
9-12 A Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
9-12 C Life Science
Biological evolution
Behavior of organisms
Ocean Literacy Essential Principles (PDF booklet): 5. The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems (concepts e, g)
Life on an Ocean Planet text reference (book link): Chapter 5 A Survey of Life in the Sea 5:23-27
Chapter 9 Water: A Physically Unique Molecule 9:1
Chapter 16 Marine Ecosystems 16:33-36
(click a standard to show activities that meet it)
K-12 Unifying Concepts and Processes
Form and Function
9-12 A Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
9-12 C Life Science
Biological evolution
Behavior of organisms
Ocean Literacy Essential Principles (PDF booklet): 5. The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems (concepts e, g)
Life on an Ocean Planet text reference (book link): Chapter 5 A Survey of Life in the Sea 5:23-27
Chapter 9 Water: A Physically Unique Molecule 9:1
Chapter 16 Marine Ecosystems 16:33-36
60 mins
