Overview
Students are asked to predict what will happen to styrofoam objects lowered down to the bottom of the Bering Sea. Students make the appropriate calculations related to the actual experiment which took place on Maggie Prevenas' PolarTREC expedition.
Objective
Students will make hypotheses and calculations regarding deep sea experiments that took place in the Bering Sea on a PolarTREC expedition:
http://www.polartrec.com/bering-ecosystem-study
Preparation
Set up Internet access for students to read journal entries at www.polartrec.com
Procedure
Guide students through the attached activity sheet.
Resources
Maggie Prevenas' Journal entries:
May 2 - Deep Sea Experiment Part' 1
Credits
Maggie Prevenas, prevenas [at] hawaiiantel.net
Standards
5-8 Content Standard A: Science As Inquiry: Content Standard B: Physical Science: a. Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry b. Understandings about scientific inquiry a. Properties and changes of properties in matterStandards Other
Hawaii Science Standard 1: The Scientific Process: SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION: Discover, invent, and investigate using the skills necessary to engage in the scientific process.
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