Activity Title: Introduction to Ocean Zones Students will create a diagram of the ocean zones and determine what organisms live in each zone. Students will draw the appropriate scale to demark meters (and conversion to feet) from 0-6000m and draw the zones that correspond to the geological structures of the ocean basin. Objectives:Students will be able to: 1. Measure and draw a scale in meters of ocean depths 2.Identify ocean zones and geological structures in an ocean basin PROCEDURE 1. Measure and label the meter scale on either side of the diagram from 0 m at the ocean surface down to 6,000 meters and the geological structures of the ocean basin (continental shelf, slope, rise and abyssal plain). 2. work at the top of the diagram, drawing the surface of the ocean and structures found at the surface (lie, a ship, a sailboat). 3. work on the bottom of the diagram, drawing a seamount, trench, hydrothermal vents Labels and features to include on diagram: Photic (sunlit) zone Aphotic (no light) zone, Neritic system Benthic zone,
Pelagic zone, Bathyal zone , Abyssal zone and Hadal zone .
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Introduction to Ocean Zones is the title of this activity. Students will draw a graphic of the ocean zones and identify the organisms that live in each one. Students will design the proper scale to demark meters (and convert to feet) from 0-6000m, as well as the zones that correlate to the ocean basin’s geological formations. Objectives: Students will be able to: 1. Measure and create a scale of ocean depths in meters 2.Determine the ocean zones and geological formations of an ocean basin. PROCEDURE 1. Measure and mark the meter scale on either side of the diagram from 0 m at the ocean surface to 6,000 meters, as well as the ocean basin’s geological formations (continental shelf, slope, rise and abyssal plain). 2. work on the highest level of the
