SUBJECT - BIODIVERSITY
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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.
Education Standards
Photosynthesis by marine plants produces much of the oxygen in the atmosphere and uses much of the carbon dioxide.
Education Standards
75 minsOcean from A to Z - COSEE Coastal Trends
Summary
Students create multi-media projects in which they research and report on organisms for each letter of the alphabet. The research is conducted in class and/or on their own over a two-week period.
Concept: Ocean life diversity
There is a high diversity of life in the ocean with a wide range of functions and interactions.
Education Standards
There is a high diversity of life in the ocean with a wide range of functions and interactions.
Education Standards
Phyto or Zoo? - COSEE Coastal Trends
Lesson PlanSummary
Students are introduced to different phytoplankton and zooplankton and build their own dichotomous key through an inquiry based lesson
Concept: Ocean life diversity
There is a high diversity of life in the ocean with a wide range of functions and interactions.
Education Standards
There is a high diversity of life in the ocean with a wide range of functions and interactions.
Education Standards
Coral is an Animal: Polyp Pictures - Cosee Coastal Trends and National Park Service
Summary
Students use a variety of pictures of different coral species to understand the diversity of corals.
Concept: Ocean life diversity
There is a high diversity of life in the ocean with a wide range of functions and interactions.
Education Standards
There is a high diversity of life in the ocean with a wide range of functions and interactions.
Education Standards
Size Selective Predation - COSEE Coastal Trends
Summary
Students explore the mechanisms of prey size and the method of how predators capture prey.
