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Website
Boise State University

Boise State University: Hadalpelagic Zone

For Students 1st - 9th
View images and learn facts about this zone found deep in the ocean.
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Activity
National Geographic

National Geographic: Adapting Under Pressure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about James Cameron's Challenger Deep dive and about the marine animals that live in different layers of the ocean. They then study the characteristics of the hadalpelagic zone at the bottom of the ocean, and imagine and...
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Handout
National Geographic

National Geographic: Encyclopedia: Ocean Trench

For Students 6th - 8th
Comprehensive information about deep-ocean trenches. Includes maps, a video [1:29], and a vocabulary list.
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Website
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: World Biomes: Deep Sea Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the different zones and life in the deep sea as well as watch videos and examine photos of this aquatic biome. [5:54]
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Understanding the Ocean Ecosystem

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the two organisms capable of photosynthesis in an ocean ecosystem, the different ocean zones and the plants and animals that live in them, some facts about the ocean, and the five oceans of the world.