1. Students review the layers of the ocean.
2. Students learn how animals communicate underwater.
3. Students learn how animals have adapted to the harsh conditions of deepwater.
4. Students play a game where they try to identify several underwater sounds of marine animals.
- Students understand the physical condition of the ocean supports diversity in life.
Students understand that animals and plants have developed special adaptations to help them survive in what humans consider inhospitable conditions.
- Students understand that the ocean is largely unexplored, but we can continue to learn more about it in the present and future through the use of special technologies, such as ROVs, AUVs, and HOVs.
- Students understand that sound is very important to animals who live in the ocean
Next Generation Science Standard:
Elementary: 4-PS3-2, 4-LS1-1, 4-ESS2-2, 5-ESS2-1, 5-ESS3-1
Middle: MS-ESS2-4, MS-LS2-1, MS-ESS2-6
Principles of Ocean Literacy:
1) Earth has one big ocean with many features 5) The ocean supports diversity 6) The ocean and humans are inextricably connected 7) The ocean is largely unexplored
Virginia Science (2018):
Elementary: 4.1 (c,d), 4.2, 4.3, 4.7; 5.1 (c,d), 5.5; 5.6; 5.8 (a,b,d)
Middle: 6.1 (c,d), 6.6 (b,e), 6.9 (a,c,e), LS.1 (c,d), LS.4, LS.5, LS.6, LS.7, LS.9, LS.11 (a,c), PS.6, PS.7