ACTIVITY - OPEN OCEAN APHOTIC TWILIGHT ZONE LIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DEEP DARK OCEAN
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Open ocean aphotic/twilight zone: Light at the bottom of the deep, dark ocean? - NOAA Ocean Explorer 
Lesson PlanSummary
Students learn how organisms adapt to life in the ocean with little light through this role-playing activity.
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
Evidence, models, and explanation
Form and Function
9-12 A Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Understandings about scientific inquiry
9-12 B Physical Science
Chemical reactions
Interactions of energy and matter
9-12 C Life Science
Interdependence of organisms
Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
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
Evidence, models, and explanation
Form and Function
9-12 A Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Understandings about scientific inquiry
9-12 B Physical Science
Chemical reactions
Interactions of energy and matter
9-12 C Life Science
Interdependence of organisms
Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
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
90 mins
