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Ocean Drifters - a secret world beneath the waves
Ocean Drifters - a secret world beneath the waves
How have plankton shaped life on Earth? What role do they play in our lives? This resource explains
how plankton underpins the marine food web, created our oil and gas, and shaped the landscape around us. Plankton contribute to the global carbon cycle, creating 50% of the oxygen in the air we breathe. R
ising sea temperatures due to climate change are altering the abundance, distribution, and seasonality of these remarkable creatures with ramifications for the ecology of the planet.
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1. Ocean Drifters Video Resource
This 16 minute video narrated by David Attenborough provides a wonderful way for students to apply and relate their learning about photosynthesis and the carbon cycle. It provides important prior understanding for work on the evolution of the atmosphere.
Subject: Biology and chemistry
Curriculum link: Photosynthesis, Carbon cycle, evolution of the atmosphere
Resource type: Video
Ages: 14-18
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Find out more
Further information about the plankton can be found at the
Ocean Drifters website
and in the popular book about plankton also titled "Ocean Drifters, a secret world beneath the waves" (see
Amazon
,
Amazon Kindle
and
Apple Itunes
).