Animals of the Fire Ice

NOAA Ocean Explorer

Ocean Literacy Principles:

OLP#5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
OLP#7: The ocean is largely unexplored.

Overview

Students define and describe methane hydrate ice worms and hydrate shrimp. Students infer how methane hydrate ice worms and hydrate shrimp obtain their food. Students infer how methane hydrate ice worms and hydrate shrimp may interact with other species in the biological communities of which they are part. Students build a methane hydrate molecule.

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http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov.

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GRADES: 6-8
This lesson meets National Science Standards

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