This OLogy activity shows kids that there are simple, but very helpful …
This OLogy activity shows kids that there are simple, but very helpful things they can do to protect the ocean, even if they live nowhere near the water. It has a checklist of 14 ways kids can be ocean helpers that includes asking for tap water instead of bottled water and leaving plants and animals where they find them. For each of the checklist items, kids can check either "I am doing this" or "I could do this."
This OLogy activity shows kids that there are simple, but very helpful …
This OLogy activity shows kids that there are simple, but very helpful things they can do to protect the ocean -- even if they live nowhere near the water. The activity opens by introducing kids to Gabby, a future marine biologist who wants to study dolphins. Then it has a checklist of 14 ways kids can be ocean helpers that includes asking for tap water instead of bottled water and leaving plants and animals where they find them.
In this edition, UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler talks with UC Berkeley Professor …
In this edition, UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler talks with UC Berkeley Professor Roy L. Caldwell about his work in marine biology and what his research tells us about sight in stomatopods. (51 min)
In this hands-on OLogy activity, kids learn how camouflage allows flounders to …
In this hands-on OLogy activity, kids learn how camouflage allows flounders to blend into a variety of backgrounds. The illustrated, step-by-step directions challenge kids first to color a flounder drawing so that it matches the provided background, and then to create their own backgrounds and make more drawings of camouflaged flounders. It includes an overview of three other sea animals that use camouflage: the sea dragon, the stonefish, and the mimic octopus.
In this hands-on OLogy activity, kids learn about coral reefs by building …
In this hands-on OLogy activity, kids learn about coral reefs by building a diorama. Students are introduced to coral polyps and reefs and given illustrated, step-by-step directions that show how to construct a diorama containing models of a brain coral, a sea fan, a sponge, and sea anemones.
This online gallery of photos, illustrations, and videos provides a snapshot of …
This online gallery of photos, illustrations, and videos provides a snapshot of deep sea vents and the ancient forms of life that can be found within them. Transcripts of the videos are provided, and the photos and illustrations are accompanied by explanatory texts.
This OLogy activity, a hide-and-seek game, introduces kids to the many different …
This OLogy activity, a hide-and-seek game, introduces kids to the many different ecosystems in the ocean. In the Think & Link game, kids are challenged to connect all the featured organisms in three ecosystems, deep sea, coral reef, and continental shelf, by answering a series of questions.
This video segment from the Science and Technology Chat series focuses on …
This video segment from the Science and Technology Chat series focuses on dolphin pregnancy, birth, and care of the young, and features Atlantic bottlenose dolphins living in captivity at the Mirage Resort Dolphin Habitat.
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The museum's Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life explores the diverse, complex …
The museum's Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life explores the diverse, complex web of life supported by the ocean and the vital inter-relationships between human and aquatic systems. This insert to the hall guide is designed to help you maximize your trip to the museum.
This fun Web site is part of OLogy, where kids can collect …
This fun Web site is part of OLogy, where kids can collect virtual trading cards and create projects with them. Here, marine biologist Melanie Stiassny introduces kids to biodiversity in the ocean. The article contains three engaging, kid-friendly sections: an overview of six major groups of life on Earth that challenges kids to determine the correct group for nine different life forms, a timeline that tracks the development of life on Earth since the planet formed and a look at the biggest animal that has ever lived.
This fun Web site is part of OLogy, where kids can collect …
This fun Web site is part of OLogy, where kids can collect virtual trading cards and create projects with them. Here they learn about how living in the water differs from living on land. The students are challenged to play the Journey to the Bottom of the Sea game, in which they are given six turns to match creature descriptions with properties of water.
This six-day unit provides an in-depth look at the dynamic forces at …
This six-day unit provides an in-depth look at the dynamic forces at work on the sea floor. Throughout the unit, students collect their findings in a portfolio. The comprehensive curriculum materials include teacher tools such as individually downloadable readings and detailed daily breakdowns of tasks, a hands-on experiment, three activities about how scientists find deep sea vents and two activities about the thriving ecosystems found in deep sea vents.
In this interview, Mark Siddall talks about his work as an invertebrate …
In this interview, Mark Siddall talks about his work as an invertebrate systematist and how marine organisms eat. Using a question and answer format, information is presented on the feeding habits, behaviors and strategies of various types of marine animals.
These OLogy stationery files give kids a great way to add depth …
These OLogy stationery files give kids a great way to add depth to their notes and observations. Three colorful letterheads are provided as downloadable PDFs.
This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by …
This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:
"Both free-living and symbiotic chemosynthetic microbes are critical to the health of deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems. A complex symbiotic microbe community lives in the cephalothorax of the shrimp Rimicaris exoculata, which thrives in diverse vent environments. However, the taxonomic and functional diversity of this community is not fully characterized, and how the microbes contribute to the shrimp’s success in vent colonization remains to be further studied. In a recent study, researchers used shotgun metagenomics to reconstruct and study symbiotic bacterial genomes in shrimp specimens from three vent fields with different geochemical characteristics. Forty-nine metagenome-assembled genomes were successfully reconstructed for shrimps from two of the fields. The communities were complex, and many microbes were shared between fields. However, behind an apparent functional redundancy, co-existing strains showed differences, highlighting niche partitioning between symbionts..."
The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.
This site shows what blood is, what happens when the immune system …
This site shows what blood is, what happens when the immune system goes awry, what are stem cells are, and more. See videos exploring cell structure and function, cell development and motility, plankton, plants, and protozoa. Learn how the sea urchin helps us understand genes, reproduction, and cancer.
Coral reefs are often portrayed as brightly lit, bustling underwater marvels full …
Coral reefs are often portrayed as brightly lit, bustling underwater marvels full of colorful creatures. This video segment, adapted from NOVA, paints a different picture as it explores the nocturnal behavior of organisms in the reef.
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