Illuminate the darkest corners of your marine biology or life science class with this feature about bioluminescence. Viewers see that luciferase and luciferin combine in a cool, light-producing reaction. This adaptation helps glowing organisms to attract prey or mates. This makes an ideal support for an adaptations lesson and can even be assigned as homework.

Concepts

adaptations, bioluminescence

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Additional Tags

bioluminescence, deep sea organism, adaptation, science

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Pros

• Provides an example of adaptations in line with Next Generation Science Standards for fourth grade life science
• Comes with Think and Discussion questions for assessment
• Charming graphic animation attracts attention

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.6.7 RI.8.7 RST.6-8.9 RST.9-10.9