ACTIVITY - OCEAN DRIFTERS
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Ocean Drifters - NOAA Ocean Explorer 
Lesson PlanSummary
Students first learn about the different groups of plankton and their characteristics. Then the students make a model plankton cell which is neutrally or slightly negatively buoyant.
Concept: Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis by marine plants produces much of the oxygen in the atmosphere and uses much of the carbon dioxide.
Photosynthesis by marine plants produces much of the oxygen in the atmosphere and uses much of the carbon dioxide.
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
Understandings about scientific inquiry
9-12 B Physical Science
Motions and forces
9-12 C Life Science
The cell
Interdependence of organisms
Behavior of organisms
9-12 F Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Population growth
Natural Resources
Environmental quality
Ocean Literacy Essential Principles (PDF booklet): 4. The ocean makes Earth habitable (concept a)
Life on an Ocean Planet text reference (book link): Chapter 4 The Energy of Life 4:7-21
(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
Understandings about scientific inquiry
9-12 B Physical Science
Motions and forces
9-12 C Life Science
The cell
Interdependence of organisms
Behavior of organisms
9-12 F Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Population growth
Natural Resources
Environmental quality
Ocean Literacy Essential Principles (PDF booklet): 4. The ocean makes Earth habitable (concept a)
Life on an Ocean Planet text reference (book link): Chapter 4 The Energy of Life 4:7-21
75 mins
