Under the Sea

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Under the Sea

Description:

In this two-day lesson, students use facts and imagination to invent imaginary deep sea creatures, create a classroom museum exhibit on real organisms from the abyss and write creative stories about these animals.

Education Levels:

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Subject:

Geography, Biological And Life Sciences, Writing (composition)

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

The New York Times

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Keywords:

Biodiversity, Fish, Beebe, William, Deep sea creatures, Chemosynthesis, Dioramas, Abyss, Museums

Mediator:

Middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers

Publisher:

The New York Times

Contributor:

Catherine Hutchings, Yasmin Chin Eisenhauer

Is Part Of:

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Language Arts, English, Science, Geography

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

English/Language Arts Grade-level Standards (2003)

Writing

CCG: Investigate topics of interest and importance across the subject areas, selecting appropriate media sources, using effective research processes, and demonstrating ethical use of resources and materials.

Research Report Writing

Use a variety of resource materials to gather information for research topics (e.g., books, magazines, newspapers, dictionaries, schedules, journals, phone directories, web resources).

Conforms To

New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Social Studies (2004)

Standard 6.6 Geography

C. Physical Systems

1. Assess relationships between soil, climate, plant, and animal life and how this impacts the distribution of ecosystems.

Conforms To

K-12 Science Literacy New Hampshire Curriculum Framework (2006)

Life Science

LS2– Energy flows and matter recycles through an ecosystem.

3. Recycling Of Materials

Describe how matter is recycled within ecosystems and explain that the total amount of matter remains the same, though its form and location change.

Conforms To

K-12 Science Literacy New Hampshire Curriculum Framework (2006)

Life Science

LS2– Energy flows and matter recycles through an ecosystem.

1. Environment

Describe how the interrelationships and interdependencies among organisms generate stable ecosystems that fluctuate around a state of rough equilibrium for hundreds or thousands of years.

Conforms To

Minnesota Academic Standards Science K-12 (2003)

IV. Life Science

F. Flow of Matter and Energy

The student will understand how the flow of energy and the recycling of matter contribute to a stable ecosystem.

2. The student will explain how energy is transferred through food chains and food webs in an ecosystem.

Conforms To

National Science Education Standards (1995)

Content Standard C: Life Science

Populations and Ecosystems

A population consists of all individuals of a species that occur together at a given place and time. All populations living together and the physical factors with which they interact compose an ecosystem.

Conforms To

K-12 Science Literacy New Hampshire Curriculum Framework (2006)

Life Science

LS2– Energy flows and matter recycles through an ecosystem.

3. Recycling Of Materials

Explain that as matter and energy flow through different levels of organization in living systems and between living systems and the environment, elements, such as carbon and nitrogen, are recombined in different ways.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards: Social Studies with Grade Level Expectations (1999)

Strand B: People, Places, and Environments [Geography]

Standard 2: The student understands the interactions of people and the physical environment.

The student understands the environmental consequences of people changing the physical environment in various world locations.

1. understands environmental consequences of people changing the physical environment in selected regions (effects of deforestation such as reduction in biodiversity).

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network