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The following activities may help expand your deep-sea learning
experience. Use them as a starting point to your own voyage of discovery!
Geology
Word Definition
Define
these terms:
continental shelf
continental slope
deep ocean basin
hydrothermal vent
mantle
Mid-Ocean Ridge
plate tectonics
seafloor spreading
subduction
"Ring of Fire"
Math Activities
Let’s test your knowledge of the metric system. Convert the British
units of measure in “How Deep Is the Ocean?” in the Seafloor
Geology section to metric units.
Can you calculate what the atmospheric pressure is at the Earth's
deepest known point, at the bottom of the Mariana Trench?
Extra-Credit Essay Topics
Why are hydrothermal vents important?
How does Old Faithful geyser work? Compare it to a hydrothermal
vent.
Biology
Word Definition
Define these terms:
Archaea
chemosynthesis
gills
gut
microbe
Pompeii
photosynthesis
sulfur
symbiosis
tubeworm
Go Fish!
Many deep-sea fish look monstrous! Your mission is to find pictures
and descriptions of at least five different deep-sea fish. What
special adaptations do these fish have for living in their demanding
environment?
Extra-Credit Essay Topics
Compare and contrast photosynthesis and chemosynthesis.
Oceanographer William Beebe wrote the book Half Mile Down
about his descent to the seafloor in 1938. Read a chapter and report
on his observations.
Exploring
the Deep
Word Definition
Define these terms:
bathyscaphe
bathysphere
fiber optics
HMS Challenger
"Jim suit"
ROV
scuba
sonar
submersible
Trieste
Design a Diving Vessel
If you could design a deep-sea diving vessel, what would it look
like? Sketch it!
Extra-Credit Essay Topics
Jason is used in deep-sea research. Do some research and
tell us all about it.
What other scientific tools are revolutionizing our study of the
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Many excellent resources were used to develop this Web site and may
help you in your search for more information.
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 Click
here for the full-color resource guide Extreme 2003: To
the Depths of Discovery.
Also
see the books, articles, and Web sites listed below and the classroom
activities at left.
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Books & Magazines
Davidson, Keay, and A. R. Williams. “Under Our Skin: Hot Theories on
the Center of the Earth.” National Geographic 189, no. 1 (Jan.
1996): 100–112.
Dybas, Cheryl Lyn. “Life in the Abyss.” Ocean Realm, Winter 1997–98,
78–95.
Earle, Sylvia A., and Al Geddings. 1980. Exploring the Deep Frontier:
The Adventure of Man in the Sea. National Geographic Society.
Greene, Thomas F. 1998. Marine Science. New York: Amsco School
Publications.
Lemonick, Michael D. “The Last Frontier.” Time, Aug. 14, 1995,
52–60.
Van Dover, Cindy Lee. 2000. The Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents.
Princeton University Press.
 Web
Sites
The Bridge — Ocean Sciences Education
Teacher Resource Center
www.vims.edu/bridge
Deep-Sea News & Research,
by Prof. Paul Yancey, Whitman College
people.whitman.edu/~yancey/news.html#reading
Deepsea Research Newsgroup
www.le.ac.uk/biology/gat/deepsea/deepsea.html
“Deep Sea Vents: Science at the Extreme”
www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0010/feature6
Encyclopaedia Brittanica
search.eb.com
Extreme Science
www.extremescience.com/DeepestOcean.htm
Jones and Bartlett Publishers —
Invitation to Oceanography by Paul Pinet
www.jbpub.com/oceanlink2e/
Neptune’s Web
pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/Educate/Neptune/Neptune.htm
Nova Online — “Into the Abyss”
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/abyss
PBS Online/Savage Earth — “Restless Planet: Earthquakes”
www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/html/sidebar2.html
Smithsonian Institution Ocean Planet Exhibition
seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/oceanplanet.html
University of Delaware College of Marine Studies
www.ocean.udel.edu
U.S. Geological Survey —
This Dynamic Earth: An Introduction to Plate Tectonics
by W. Jacquelyne Kious and Robert Tilling pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
U.S. Naval Historical Center
www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h96000/h96799c.htm
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — “Dive and Discover”
Expeditions
www.divediscover.whoi.edu
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Funding for this project was provided by the National Science
Foundation. The printed resource guide is part of a collaborative
deep-sea educational project involving the University of Delaware,
the National Science Foundation, NOAA Sea Grant, and WHYY-TV
(PBS) in Wilmington/Philadelphia. The guide and Web site were
developed by the University of Delaware Marine Public Education
Office, which coordinates the Extreme educational programs.
To
learn about past and future expeditions involving University
of Delaware marine scientists, visit www.ocean.udel.edu/expeditions.
For information about other educational publications and programs
available from the University of Delaware Graduate College
of Marine Studies and the Sea Grant College Program, please
visit us online at www.ocean.udel.edu.
Or contact University of Delaware, Marine Public Education
Office, 222 S. Chapel Street, Newark, DE 19716-3530. Phone:
(302) 831-8083. E-mail: MarineCom@udel.edu.
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