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National Geographic: Adapting Under Pressure ActivityNational Geographic: Adapting Under Pressure Activity
Publisher
National Geographic
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6th - 8th
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Science
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Instructional Strategy
Independent Practice
Lexile Measures
1390L
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National Geographic: Adapting Under Pressure

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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 learn about the adaptations of animals there. Includes background information, student handouts, and links to online resources.

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Concepts

adaptations

Additional Tags

adaptations in deep ocean, adapting to extreme environment, deep sea creatures, hadalpelagic zone, ocean layers, challenger deep dive, james cameron, mariana trench, adaptation

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

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