Resource Details
Resource Type
Lesson
Region
Arctic
Completion Time
Less than 1 period
Grade
Middle School and Up
Permission
Download, Share, and Remix
Expeditions
Bering Ecosystem Study
Author(s)
Maggie Prevenas
Materials
Internet access
Calculator
Topic
Matter
Oceanography

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

May 3 - The Cups are Back

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 matter

Standards 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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