NOAA Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration Curriculum Doing Inquiry-based Science with Students: Direct observation Manipulate variables under natural conditions Use model systems which can be manipulated in the classroom Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration of necessity concentrates on using model systems. Essential that students understand the relationship between the model and the real thing. OE website gives them access to the real thing. LESSON PLAN 2 Page 16 A WATERED-DOWN TOPOGRAPHIC MAP 1897 Contoured Map of Monterey "Submerged Valley," Now Called Monterey Canyon Deploying Side-scan SONAR Ring of Fire Expedition Side-scan SONAR Multi-beam SONAR Multi-beam SONAR Swath NOAA OE Scientists at Sea Bathymetric contour map of Davidson Seamount, showing the dive tracks for each day. About 200 miles from Woods Hole, MA, flat-topped Bear Seamount rises approximately 2000 meters from the surrounding ocean floor to a depth of 1100 meters. Hudson Canyon off New Jersey/Long Island Sound Astoria Canyon off Washington/Oregon Alderdice Bank, Gulf of Mexico Mid-ocean Ridge System Mid-ocean Ridge System Earths longest mountain range (35,000 miles) 2/3 of Earths surface formed at mid-ocean ridges Mid-Atlantic Ridge Mid-Atlantic Ridge Galapagos Rift Spreading Center What is This? Above Sea Level 400 300 200 100 0 Below Sea Level 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 Land or Sea? 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 400300 200 100 200 300 400 Part 1 Students would use the descriptions to make the geologic features in a MODEL ocean. The geologic features have been pre-built with clay for this workshop in the interests of time.Students would use the descriptions to make the geologic features in a MODEL ocean. The geologic features have been pre-built with clay for this workshop in the interests of time. Part 2 Read the cards to decide which feature you have. Follow the student worksheet to make a bathymetric contour map your feature. Read all the instructions BEFORE you start!! A Watered-down Topographic Map LESSON PLAN 4 Page 25 Mapping Deep-sea Features Gulf of Alaska Expedition False-color Multibeam Data Over Satellite Imagery Translate a data table into a false color image map and then into a 3-D model of a seamount 1. Use the Student Handout with depth ranges and the Bathymetric Data Reduction table to make a false color map. 2. Make a 3-D visualization of a seamount or a submarine canyon. Assemble the foam pieces in the same color order from deepest on the bottom to shallowest on top. Mapping Deep-sea Features Bathymetric Map of Loihi Volcano, Hawaiis Youngest, Off the Southeastern Coast of the Big Island Loihi Seamount Mariana Arc Volcano NOAA Learning Object Lesson 4 Subduction Zones Use Bathymetric Maps as a possible follow-up activity/assessment activity after Lesson Plans 2 and 4 LESSON PLAN 8 Page 64 The Biggest Plates on Earth Plate Boundaries, Page 46 Convergent Plate Boundaries Oceanic to Continental Oceanic to Oceanic Divergent Boundary Galapagos Spreading Center NOAA Learning Object Lesson 2 Mid-ocean Ridges Use Seafloor Spreading Activity as a possible follow-up activity/assessment activity after LP 8. LESSON PLAN 9 Page 69 The Galapagos Spreading Center Hydrothermal Plumes NOAA Learning Object Lesson 2 Mid-ocean Ridges Use Explore Mid-Ocean Ridges as an introductory activity for LP 9. Use last segment of Lesson to introduce formation of hydrothermal vents. Use last segment of Lesson to introduce formation of hydrothermal vents. LESSON PLAN 11 Page 80 Volcanoes, Plates, Seamounts, and Island Chains Page 85 EP 1 Earth has one big ocean with many features features FC b. Ocean basins features vary due to FC b. Ocean basins features vary due to movement of Earths lithospheric plates. movement of Earths lithospheric plates. EP 2 The ocean shapes Earths features FC e. Tectonic activity influences physical FC e. Tectonic activity influences physical structure and landforms. structure and landforms. LP 8, 9 & 11 Ocean Literacy Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts LESSON PLAN 13 Page 100 All That Glitters Threadnose Bass NW Gulf of Mexico Brisingid Sea Star Forcepia Sponge with lasonolides cancer treatment Spiny Oyster Deep-sea Spider Crab Spanish Flag North Carolina Continental Shelf Tiger Rockfish Porcelain Crab Hydromedusa Atolla tenella Hydromedusa Atolla tenella Ocean Zones Many abiotic factors contribute to zonation in the ocean: vertical and horizontal components pressure, light, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, mineral nutrients Vertical zonation is featured in the OE curriculum. Examines light and the impact passing through water has on light in the ocean. photic or epipelagic ( m) mid-water or mesopelagic ( m) aphotic or bathypelagic (below 1000 m) Light Zones in the Ocean PHOTIC/SUNLIGHT ZONE 200 m. Plants thrive, food relatively abundant DYSPHOTIC/TWILIGHT ZONE 1000 m Dim light can not support plants, reduced food (20% of photic zone production), temps. 23 >> 4 degree C. (thermocline) APHOTIC/MIDNIGHT ZONE-below 1000 m Perpetual darkness, only 5% of photic zone food production, 4 degree C. temp COLOR SPECTRUM ROY G BIV LOW ENERGY >>>> HIGH ENERGY Coloration of Animals as a Function of Depth EP 5 Ocean supports great diversity of life FC d. Ocean biology provides unique examples of adaptations FC d. Ocean biology provides unique examples of adaptations FC f. Ocean habitats defined by environmental factorssuch aslight FC f. Ocean habitats defined by environmental factorssuch aslight LP 13 & 14 Ocean Literacy Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts LESSON PLAN 14 Page 105 Light at the Bottom of the Deep Dark Ocean If you drag a net out in the open ocean from 1000 m to the surface, 80 to 90% of the animals caught (mostly fish, shrimp and squid) will be bioluminescent. That doesn't include all the bioluminescent jellyfish that get shredded by the net. - Dr. Edie Widder Bioluminescent Fish, Squid, Jellyfish and Shrimp Deep-sea fish, Photostomias guernei, with a built-in bioluminescent "flashlight to help it see in the dark. Blackdevil angler fish with a luminescent lure used to attract prey & identify herself to potential mates Deep sea shrimp spewing bioluminescence to blind or distract a predator Ocean Explorer Web Site + Search Bioluminescence on OE Web site Bioluminescence Resources NOAA Learning Object Lesson 6 Deep Sea Benthos Use Bioluminescence A Light in the Darkness with Lesson Plans 13 & 14 How might these lessons fit into your current curriculum?How might these lessons fit into your current curriculum? Do you see opportunities for integration with other subject teachers at your school?Do you see opportunities for integration with other subject teachers at your school? Can you think of other teachers who might be interested in this curriculum and Web site?Can you think of other teachers who might be interested in this curriculum and Web site? What kinds of strategies might you use for activities within the OE curriculum?What kinds of strategies might you use for activities within the OE curriculum? Add this Web site to your map:Sea to Shining Sea Map