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Big Fleas Have Little Fleas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A benthic habitat hosts a vast collection of organisms and its structure influences the biodiversity. Middle-school marine biology explorers will discuss how corals impact structure, and therefore diversity, on the ocean floor. They draw...
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Hot Food

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers compare and contrast photosynthesis and chemosynthesis as processes that provide energy to biological communities. They investigate the energy content of hydrocarbons used in coral communities.
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A Piece of Cake

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students describe at least three functions or benefits that habitats provide.Students describe some habitats that are typical of deep-water hard bottom communities. They explain how organisms such as deep-water corals and s