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Picture This!
High schoolers compare and contrast different types of light on the electromagnetic spectrum. In this investigative lesson plan students create a photographic image that demonstrates the infrared, ultraviolet and polarization phenomena.
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Through Other Eyes
Students describe the structures of crustaceans and the features that give organisms capabilities that exceed those of humans. For this investigative lesson students replicate some of the features of photo-receptors in a deep-sea...
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Lighting Our Way
Young scholars read a variety of web-based articles to explore the history of human understanding of light. They investigate light waves and read about the work of Albert Einstein.
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Collecting Plankton
In this science worksheet, students learn facts about plankton by reading two pages of factual information. Students read about the different kinds of plankton and how it is classified. Detailed drawings are included. There are no...
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Who's New in the Deep Sea?
Young scholars examine the methods and technology that scientists use to study the deep sea and other remote environments. In this ocean habitats lesson students make observations about organisms from video clips, generate questions and...
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Clam Word Search
In this clam vocabulary worksheet, students recognize words that relate to clams. Students complete the word search by finding all of the nine clam words.
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Twisted Vision
Students investigate the vision adaptations in marine animals in their environments. In this life science lesson, students use polarized filters and make observations. Students explain how the adaptation of polarized vision is an...
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Knowledge Quiz
In this oceans quiz worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of concepts related to the ocean.
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Light My Fire ...Fly
Students examine fire flies. They measure the frequency of light stimulus used by communicating fire flies. Students explore the concept of organisms using light to communicate. Students film the fire flies and quantify the duration...
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Light at the Bottom of the Deep, Dark Ocean?
High schoolers participate in an inquiry activity. They relate the structure of an appendage to its function. They describe how a deepwater organism to its environment without bright light.