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Jumping Into Warming Seas

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This lesson introduces students to the impacts of increasing ocean temperatures on marine life. Through this kinesthetic activity, students will learn more about marine ectotherms and what researchers in Antarctica have learned so far about how increasing temperature in Antarctic waters will affect their growth. Through the elaborate section of the activity students will connect what they learned about

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Antarctic
Less than a week
Middle School and Up
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Sausalito educator heads to Antarctica on climate change research expedition

Article in the Marietta Times in Marietta, Ohio about Amy Osborne's upcoming journey to Antarctica to study nudibranchs and sea spiders.

Amy Osborne on Rodeo Beach with a pipe cleaner sea spider announces her Antarctica depature date
Amy Osborne on Rodeo Beach with a pipe cleaner sea spider announces her Antarctica depature date

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Antarctic
n/a
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See You as a Scientist! Research Adventures in the Transantarctic Mountains (TAMs)

Overview:

Students will use the TAMMNET project and accompanying PolarTREC resources to learn about seismology in the Antarctic, culminating in the creation of an annotated map using google maps.

Objective:

Students will understand the different ways mountain ranges are formed, and appreciate the questions unanswered about the Transantarctic Mountains. Students will also appreciate the ingenuity required for doing research in

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Antarctic
Less than a week
Middle School and Up
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  • Thermal Sensitivity of Embryos and Larvae of Antarctic Marine Ectotherms (2)
  • Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains (1)

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  • (-) n/a (1)

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