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SCOPE & SEQUENCE CREATED BY TEACHERS, FOR THE TEACHERS OF SRC

Santa Rosa County School District

“Give the pupils something to do; not something to learn; and if the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.”

~John Dewey

2 Santa Rosa County School District

Marine Science 2019-2020 Santa Rosa School Calendar (Weekly)

Week Dates Days Quarter Week Dates Days Quarter 1 12 August - 16 August 5 Start 1st 19 7 January - 10 January 4 Start 3rd 2 19 August - 23 August 5 20 13 January - 17 January 5 3 26 August - 30 August 5 ↑ 21 21 January - 24 January 4 4 3 September - 6 September 4 9 22 27 January - 31 January 5 ↑ 5 9 September - 13 September 5 Weeks 23 3 February - 7 February 5 10 6 16 September - 20 September 4 ↓ 24 10 February - 14 February 5 Weeks 7 23 September - 27 September 5 25 18 February - 21 February 4 ↓ 8 30 September - 4 October 5 26 24 February – 28 February 5 9 7 October - 11 October 5 End 1st 27 2 March - 6 March 5

10 15 October - 18 October 4 Start 2nd 28 9 March – 12 March 4 End 3rd

11 21 October – 25 October 5 29 23 March – 27 March 5 Start 4th 12 28 October - 1 November 5 30 30 March – 3 April 5 13 4 November - 8 November 5 ↑ 31 6 April - 9 April 4 14 12 November - 15 November 4 9 32 13 April - 17 April 5 ↑ 15 18 November - 22 November 5 Weeks 33 20 April - 24 April 5 10 16 2 December - 6 December 5 ↓ 34 27 April – 1 May 5 Weeks 17 9 December - 13 December 5 35 4 May - 8 May 5 ↓ 18 16 December - 19 December 3 1/2 End 2nd 36 11 May - 15 May 5

* See school-based testing schedule for the course SSA and EOC administration time

37 18 May - 22 May 5 38 26 May - 29 May 3 1/2 End 4th


Pacing Main Idea and Key Questions

Ocean Literacy

Standards

Florida Marine

Standards

Labs and Activities

1.1 An Introduction to Marine Science

1 day

The food and material resources gained from the oceans drove human discoveries about conditions in the oceans and of the biology of marine organisms.

1. What so marine scientists study? 2. How has technology impacted the

study of the oceans?

3f, 4b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 7d, 7f

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Student Edition: p. 13 Nature of Science feature “Observing the Ocean,” (see Inquiry Activity on p. xx (TM))

TM Key Question Activity: Short Research Activity p.2

1.2 The Scientific Method

2 days Like all types of scientists, marine scientists use the scientific method to study the properties of the oceans and the organisms that live in them.

1. Why are observations such an important part of the scientific method?

2. Why might a hypothesis or scientific theory be modified or rejected?

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Laboratory Manual: Scientific Method: Design Your Own Experiment, p. 1

Student Edition: p. 14 Marine Science in Action “Carbonate Experiments on the Reef” (see Inquiry Activity on p. xx (TM))

Student Edition: p. 27 Nature of Science “Ocean Modeling,” (see Inquiry Activity on p. xx (TM))

TM Key Question Activity: Short Research Activity, p. 3

TM Ch t P j t St d i


2.1 Structure and Formation of Earth

½ day Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago and materials settled within the planet according to their density.

1. What are the three main layers of Earth?

2. What is the main difference between oceanic crust and continental crust?

1a LAFS.1112.RST.2.4 TM Key Questions Activity: Exploring Earth's Oceans and Crusts (TM p. 36)

2.2 How Plate Tectonics Formed the Oceans

3 days The movement of Earth’s plates creates many seafloor features including mid-ocean ridges, trenches, volcanoes, volcanic islands, and island arcs.

1. How does seafloor spreading explain the features of mid-ocean ridges?

2. Describe key changes to Earth’s surface and when they occurred

1.b, 1.d, 2.a, 2.b, 2.c, 3.f, 4.a, 5.a, 5.b, 5.h, 6.a, 6.b

LAFS.1112.RST.2.4, SC.912.N.1.7, SC.912.N.2.4, SC.912.N.2.5

Student Edition: p. 36 Habitat Spotlight feature “Life Below the Sea Floor” (see attached activity, TM p. 51)

Laboratory Manual: Earth’s Structure and Earthquake Analysis (p. 3)

Laboratory Manual: Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics (p. 7)

TM Key Questions Activity: Evidence for Anthropogenic Climate Change (TM p. 38)

2.3 Modern Ocean Basins 1 day The sea floor is divided into two main

regions – the continental margin and the deep-sea floor.

1. What are the three main regions of continental margins?

2. What are the main features of the deep-sea floor?

1.a, 1.b, 2.a, 2.e, 5.h

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Student Edition: p. 52 Habitat Spotlight feature “The Hawaiian Islands, Hot Spots, and the Great Mantle Plume Debate” (see attached activity, TM p. 47)

TM Key Questions Activity: Habitat Diversity (TM p. 39)


3.1 The Unique Nature of Pure Water

1 day The hydrogen bonds between water

molecules make water different from any other substance.

1. What is the only substance on Earth that naturally occurs in all three states?

2. Why is water often referred to as a universal solvent?

1.e, 6.a SC.912.L.18.12 TM Key Questions Activity: Hot or Cool? (TM p. 62)

3.2 Physical and Chemical Properties of Seawater

2 days The chemical and physical properties of seawater include its salinity, pressure, density, sound propagation, light absorption, and dissolved gas contents.

1. What are sources of dissolved substances in seawater?

2. How does salinity affect the density of seawater?

1.e, 1.f, 1.g, 3.a, 3.e, 3.f, 5.g, 7.d

SC.912.L.17.10 Laboratory Manual: Measuring the Chemical Properties of Water (p. 11)

Student Edition: p. 66 Nature of Science feature “Ocean Optics” (see attached activity, TM p. 71).

TM Key Questions Activity: Underwater Worlds (TM p. 63)


3.3 The Effects of Increasing CO2 on Ocean Chemistry

2 days Increased CO2 in seawater affects both abiotic and biotic factors in the marine environment.

1. What has happened to carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere since the 1850s? Why has this change occurred?

2. How does an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect the chemistry of ocean water?

3.e, 3.f, 7.b MAFS.912.F-IF.2.4, MAFS.912.S-ID.2.6, SC.912.E.7.9, SC.912.L.17.4,

Laboratory Manual: Ocean Acidification (p. 15)

Student Edition: p. 76 Habitat Spotlight feature “Coral Reefs and Climate Change” (see attached activity, TM p. 76).

TM Key Questions Activity: Impacts of Ocean Acidification (TM p. 64)

4.1 Introduction to Wave Energy and Motion

1 day Waves carry energy across the sea surface but do not transport water.

1. What are the three most common generating forces of waves?

2. What are the two restoring forces that cause the water surface to return to its undisturbed state?

SC.912.P.10.20 TM Key Questions Activity: Making Waves (TM p. 87)

4.3 The Tides

1 day Increased CO2 in seawater affects both abiotic and biotic factors in the marine environment.

1. What has happened to carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere since the 1850s? Why has this change occurred?

2. How does an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect the chemistry of ocean water?

1c LAFS.1112.RST.1.2, LAFS.1112.RST.3.9, MAFS.912.F-IF.2.4, SC.912.L.17.3, SC.912.L.17.7, SC.912.N.3.5

Student Edition: p. 100 Habitat Spotlight feature “Between the Tides” (see attached activity, TM p.95)

TM Key Questions Activity: Tide Chart Predictions (TM p. 89)


5.2 Surface Circulation

1 day Surface currents are produced by wind and influenced by the Coriolis force.

1. What drives surface currents? 2. What are gyres?

1.c, 6.c Student Edition: p. 113 Humans and the Ocean feature “Tall Ships and Surface Currents” (see attached Inquiry p. 125)

TM Key Question Activity: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch a Case

5.3 Thermohaline Circulation and the Great Ocean Conveyor

2 days Due to the differences in density between layers of water, some currents in the ocean are vertical.

1. What are the three main layers of the ocean?

2. What is thermohaline circulation?

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1.c, 3.a, 3.g, 5.f, 5.h, 6.a

Laboratory Manual: Water Currents: Thermohaline Circulation

Student Edition: p. 118 Marine Science in Action feature “Larval Transport Near Hydrothermal Vents” (see attached Inquiry p. 129)

TM Key Question Activity: Ocean Water Movement (TM p. 116)

18.1 The Twilight World 2 days Organisms in the mesopelagic must deal with extremely low light conditions as well as limited food supply.

1. Describe the mesopelagic zone. 2. Describe the relationship

between depth and the number of pelagic organisms. What explains this relationship?

SC.912.L.17.2, SC.912.L.17.7

5.e, 5.f, 5.g, 7.d Laboratory Manual: Light in the Ocean (p. 153)

TM Key Questions Activity: How Giant is a Giant Squid? (TM p. 533)

18.2 The World of Perpetual Darkness

1 day Deep sea animals live in conditions of complete darkness, high pressure, and a limited amount of food.

1. What are the zones that the deep sea is divided into?

2. What are the general characteristics of deep-sea pelagic fishes?

SC.912.L.17.2 5.e, 5.f, 5.g Student Edition: p. 567 Marine Science in Action feature “How to be Invisible” (see attached activity, TM p. 539)

TM Key Questions Activity: Stay Down! (TM p. 533)


18.3 The Deep-Ocean Floor

1 day Despite living in the deepest parts of the ocean, there is a surprisingly high biodiversity in the deep-sea benthos.

1. What type of feeders dominate the deep sea benthos? Why?

2. How to scientists explain the fact that most deep-sea animals grow slowly and live for a long time?

SC.912.L.17.2, SC.912.L.17.8

5.d, 5.e, 5.g, 5.h, 7.a, 7.d

Student Edition: p. 575 Marine Science in Action feature “Biodiversity in the Deep Sea” (see attached activity, TM p. 547)

Student Edition: p. 577 Humans and the Ocean feature “Alvin Reborn” (see attached activity, TM p. 543)

TM Key Questions Activity: Communities of the Deep Ocean Floor (TM p. 533)

18.4 Hot Springs, Cold Seeps, and Dead Bodies

1 day Hydrothermal vents are unique environments that support robust communities of equally unique organisms.

1. Which primary producers support vent communities?

2. What are cold seeps?

SC.912.L.17.9 1.b, 5.d, 5.h TM Key Questions Activity: Chemosynthetic Comparison (TM p. 534)

6.5 Challenges of Life in the Sea

Marine organisms are uniquely adapted to survive in the conditions unique to the marine environment.

1. For which particular conditions do marine organisms need to adapt to for survival?

2. Why is a cell membrane particularly important to marine organisms?

LAFS.1112.RST.2.4, LAFS.1112.RST.3.9, LAFS.1112.RST.4.10, LAFS.1112.WHST.4.10, SC.912.L.17.2,

TM Key Questions Activity: Challenging Environments (TM p. 150)


7.2

Prokaryotes

3 days Depending on the species, bacteria and archaea are important primary producers, decomposers, and nitrogen fixers in marine environments.

1. What are the main characteristics of bacteria and archaea?

2. What is the difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs?

LAFS.1112.RST.2.6, SC.912.L.17.6

7.3 Single Celled Eukaryoteses

1 day Single-celled eukaryotes and fungi play important roles in marine ecosystems as primary producers and decomposers, respectively.

1. What are the three main layers of the ocean?

2. Why are fungi classified into their own kingdom?

MAFS.912.F-IF.2.4 2.a, 5.a, 5.b,

5.c, 5.d, 5.e

Student Edition: p. 188 Habitat Spotlight feature “The Bay of Fire” (see attached)

17.1 The Organisms of the Epipelagic

1 day Plankton and nekton are the two overarching categories of organisms found in the epipelagic.

1. Name and describe the two main divisions of the epipelagic.

2. What is the difference between plankton and nekton?

SC.912.L.14.6, SC.912.L.17.16, SC.912.L.17.2, SC.912.L.17.7

5.b, 5.f, 5.g, 6.a, 6.e, 7.d, 7.f

Student Edition: p. 522 Humans and the Ocean feature “Red Tides and Harmful Algal Blooms” (See attached activity, TM p. 508)

Laboratory Manual: Build a Plankton Tow and Plankton Microscope Examinations (p. 143)

TM Key Questions Activity: Robot 17.2 Living in the

Epipelagic


17.3 Epipelagic Food Webs

2 days Epipelagic food webs are an important part of how matter and energy flow through the ocean.

1. What is the importance of DOM in the epipelagic?

2. What are two of the main factors that limit primary production in the epipelagic?

LAFS.1112.RST.3.8, SC.912.L.17.2, SC.912.L.17.9, SC.912.N.1.3, SC.912.P.10.2,

5.b, 5.d, 5.g, 7.d, 7.f Student Edition: p. 548 Marine Science in Action feature “Biological Nutrient Pumps” (See attached activity, TM p. 518)

TM Key Questions Activity: Food Web Energy (TM p. 501)

8.1 Multicellular Algae: The Seaweeds 1 day

Seaweeds are multicellular protists that act as primary producers in marine environments worldwide.

1. What are the three main groups of seaweeds? Why are they classified this way?

2. What is the general structure of seaweeds?

LAFS.1112.RST.1.1, LAFS.1112.RST.2.4, SC.912.L.17.11, SC.912.N.4.1

4.a, 5.a, 5.c, 5.d, 5.e, 6.b

Student Edition: p. 202 Humans and the Ocean feature “Seaweeds for Gourmets” (see attached activity, TM p. 218)

Student Edition: p. 206 Humans and the Ocean feature “Marine Algae as Biofuels” (see attached activity, TM p. 222)

TM Key Questions Activity: The 8.2 Flowering Plants

2 days Although most flowering plants thrive on land, there are some that are adapted to marine environments.

1. What are the characteristics of flowering plants?

2. What are the main groups of flowering plants found in marine environments?

LAFS.1112.WHST.4.10

5.a, 5.c, 5.e Laboratory Manual: Primary Productivity: Light and Dark Bottle Experiment (p. 49)

TM Key Questions Activity: Seagrasses: The Superheroes of the Sea (TM p. 211)


14.1 Origins and Types of Estuaries 1 day

There are four main types of estuaries, based on how they formed.

1. What are estuaries? 2. How do estuaries differ

between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America?

1.d, 1.g, 2.b, 2.d, 2.e, 5.j

TM Key Questions Activity: Estuary Fast Facts (TM p. 404)

14.2 Physical Character- istics of Estuaries 2 days

Estuaries have wide fluctuations in salinity and dissolved oxygen, and contain various types of sediments.

1. How does salinity change with depth and distance from the ocean in an estuary?

2. What is a salt wedge? 3. How do suspended sediments

in estuaries affect water quality and the type of organisms living there?

SC.912.L.17.2, SC.912.L.17.3, SC.912.L.17.7

1.c, 1.g, 5.g TM Key Questions Activity: Live, from an Estuary Near You! (TM p. 405)

Laboratory Manual: Watershed Mapping (p. 119)

14.3

Estuaries as Ecosystems 2 days

There are four main types of estuarine communities, each with organisms specially adapted to live there.

1. What challenges do organisms living in estuaries face?

2. What are pneumatophores? 3. Within estuaries, what is the

main form of organic material that is available to consumers?

SC.912.L.17.7 5.b, 5.g, 5.i, 5.j, 6.b Student Edition: p. 431 Marine Science in Action feature “Fiddler on the Mud” (see attached activity, TM p. 412)

TM Key Questions Activity: The Benefits of Estuaries (TM p. 405)

Laboratory Manual: Wetland in a Pan (p. 123)


12.2 Major Marine Lifestyles and Environments

1 day Marine scientists categorize marine communities based on where and how organisms live.

1. What are two main ways that marine communities can be classified?

2. What characteristics make an organism part of the plankton?

3. Which zones of the ocean do not have enough light to support photosynthesis?

SC.912.L.17.2, SC.912.N.1.5,

5.d, 5.f, 5.g, 5.i, 7.a, 7.d, 7.f

Student Edition: p. 370 Marine Science in Action feature “The Census of Marine Life” (See attached activity, TM p. 360)

TM Key Questions Activity: Build-a-Fish (TM p. 343)

9.1 Sponges, Cnidarian, and Comb Jellies 2 days

Sponges, cnidarians, and comb jellies are among the simplest animals.

1. What makes sponges unique among animals?

2. What is radial symmetry? 3. What are nematocysts?

5.a, 5.c, 5.e Student Edition: p. 223 Marine Science in Action feature “The Case of the Killer Cnidarians” (see attached activity, TM p. 251)

Laboratory Manual: Marine Invertebrates: Walk-Around Lab (p. 53)

16.2 Kinds of Coral Reefs 1 day

Marine scientists categorize coral reefs based on how they form and on their structure.

1. What are the three main types of coral reefs?

2. Due to the fact that they are close to land, which factors can affect health of fringing reefs?

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5.d Student Edition: p. 501 Habitat Spotlight feature “Caves in the Reef” (see attached activity, TM p. 475)

TM Key Questions Activity: Reef Scavenger Hunt (TM p. 463)


16.3 The Ecology of Coral Reefs 2 days

Coral reefs are productive and diverse ecosystems where inhabitants interact with each other and with their environment in complex ways.

1. For which factors do sessile coral reef organisms compete?

2. What are the many roles of symbiosis in coral reef communities?

MAFS.912.F-IF.2.4, MAFS.912.S-ID.2.6, SC.912.L.14.6

5.d Student Edition: p. 506 Humans and the Ocean feature “Must Have Been Something I Ate” (see attached activity, TM p. 479)

Student Edition: p. 512 Humans and the Ocean feature “Reef Check” (see attached activity, TM p. 484)

TM Key Questions Activity: Coral Symbiosis (TM p. 463)

9.2 Marine Worms and Some Small Invertebrate Phyla

1 day Some of the worm phyla show the first occurrences of features common in more complex groups, including organs and organ systems, bilateral symmetry, a coelom, and a closed circulatory system.

1. What is bilateral symmetry? What are some of the advantages of bilateral symmetry?

2. What is a closed circulatory system?

SC.912.N.2.1 5.a, 5.c, 5.d, 5.e Student Edition: p. 229 Nature of Science feature “How to Discover a New Phylum” (see attached activity, TM p. 255)

TM Key Questions Activity: Charismatic Marine Worms (TM p. 240)

9.3 Molluscs: The Successful Soft Body 2 days

Molluscs make up the largest group of marine animals; they have unique features including a muscular foot and a radula.

1. What are some different classes of molluscs and which animals are examples of each class?

2. What is an open circulatory system?

LAFS.1112.RST.3.8, SC.912.N.1.3

5.a, 5.c, 5.e Student Edition: p. 244 Marine Science in Action feature “The Complex Brain of the Octopus” (see attached activity, TM p. 259)

Laboratory Manual: Invertebrate Anatomy and Structure: Dissection (p. 63)

TM Key Questions Activity: The Evolution of the Mollusc Shell (TM p. 240)


9.4

Arthropods: The Armored Achievers

1 day The success of arthropods in adapting to all types of environments is due in part to a protective exoskeleton and jointed appendages.

1. What are some of the different groups of arthropods and which animals are examples of each group?

2. What are the main characteristics of arthropods?

5.a, 5.c, 5.e TM Key Questions Activity: The Lifesaving Power of…Horseshoe Crab Blood? (TM p. 241)

9.5

Echinoderms 1 day

Echinoderms have unique features, including the five-way symmetry and a water vascular system.

1. What is a water vascular system? 2. What are the classes of

echinoderms? 3. Name one distinguishing feature

of each class.

LAFS.1112.RST.1.2

5.a, 5.c, 5.e TM Key Questions Activity: Sea Stars – Lean, Mean, Killing Machines (TM p.241)

13.1

Challenges of Life in the Intertidal

1 day Organisms that live in the intertidal zone are well adapted to the harsh conditions found in this environment.

1. What adaptations do intertidal organisms have that allow them to survive in this habitat?

2. How do organisms compete for space in the often crowded intertidal zone?

SC.912.L.17.3, SC.912.L.17.7

2.e, 5.g, 5.i Laboratory Manual: Intertidal Life: Cross-Section Analysis (p. 115)

TM Key Questions Activity: A Tough Neighborhood (TM p. 375)


13.2 Rocky Shore Intertidal Communities ½ day

Zonation of organisms living in the rocky intertidal is determined by both physical and biological factors.

1. What is vertical zonation? 2. What are the three main intertidal

zones? Name three groups of organisms that can be found in each zone.

SC.912.L.17.3, SC.912.L.17.4, SC.912.L.17.7, SC.912.N.1.5, SC.912.N.1.7

1.d, 2.b, 2.e, 5.g, 7.f Student Edition: p. 403 Marine Science in Action feature “Transplantation, Removal, and Caging: Oh my!” (See attached activity, TM p. 389)

Student Edition: p. 408 Marine Science in Action feature “PISCO Studies in the Rocky Intertidal” (See attached activity, TM p. 385)

TM Key Questions Activity:Hold On! (TM p 375) 10.1 Fishes: the First

Vertebrates 1 day Scientists categorize fishes into three main groups based on body structure.

1. Which characteristics of fishes separate them from the rest of phylum Chordata?

2. What are the three traditional groups of fishes?

5.a, 5.c, 6.b, 6.e, 6.g, 7.c

Student Edition: p. 271 Marine Science in Action feature “Shark!” (See attached activity, TM p. 282)

TM Key Questions Activity: Happy Hagfish Day! (TM p. 271)

10.2 Fish Anatomy 3 days

Although most flowering plants thrive on land, there are some that are adapted to marine environments.

1. What are the characteristics of flowering plants?

2. What are the main groups of flowering plants found in marine environments?

SC.912.N.2.1 5.e Student Edition: p. 278 Nature of Science feature “A Fish Called Latimeria” (See attached activity, TM p. 284)

Laboratory Manual: Osmoregulation in Aquatic Environments (p. 71)

Laboratory Manual: Cartilaginous and Bony Fishes: Compare and Contrast Dissection (p. 77)

TM Key Questions Activity: Marine


10.3 Fish Adaptations 3 days

Fishes have several adaptations that have allowed them to thrive in a variety of marine habitats and become the most abundant type of vertebrate on the planet.

1. What are some of the adaptations that help marine fishes live and reproduce in the ocean?

2. What are some of the behavioral adaptations that increase the fitness of fishes?

LAFS.1112.RST.3.8, SC.912.N.2.4, SC.912.N.2.5

5.e, 6.e Student Edition: p. 293 Marine Science in Action feature “Great White Shark Migrations” (See attached activity, TM p. 288)

Laboratory Manual: Fish Adaptations (p. 91)

TM Key Questions Activity: Spawning Adaptations (TM p. 273)

11.1 Marine Reptiles 1 days

With the exception of the leatherback turtle, marine reptiles are poikilotherms and ectotherms, generally limiting their distribution to warm water.

1. What are the main characteristics of reptiles?

2. Differentiate between the terms ectotherm, endotherm, and poikilotherm.

5.a, 5.c, 5.e, 6.b, 6.e, 6.g

Student Edition: p. 308 Marine Science in Action feature “The Endangered Sea Turtles” (see attached activity, TM p. 313)

TM Key Questions Activity: Marine Reptile Adaptations (TM p. 304)

11.2 Seabirds ½ day

Seabirds are endotherms and homeotherms, and are thus able to live across practically all oceans, feeding on marine organisms and breeding on land.

1. What are the main characteristics of birds?

2. What is the definition of “seabird”?

LAFS.1112.RST.1.2, SC.912.L.17.4

5.a, 5.c, 5.e TM Key Questions Activity: Mapping Migration (TM p. 305)


11.3 Marine Mammals 2 days

Marine mammals include seas and sea lions, sea otters, manatees and dugongs, and whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

1. What are the main characteristics of mammals?

2. How do the IWC and the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 protect marine mammals?

LAFS.1112.RST.1.2, LAFS.1112.RST.2.4, MAFS.912.S-ID.2.5

1.h, 5.a, 5.c, 5.d, 6.b, 6.c, 6.g

Laboratory Manual: Make a Dichotomous Whale Key (p. 101)

Student Edition: p. 324 Marine Science in Action “The Whales That Walked to Sea” (see attached activity, TM p. 319)

Student Edition: p. 328 Marine Science in Action feature “Feeding in the Blue Whale” (see attached activity, TM p. 323)

11.4 Biology of Marine Mammals 1 day

Marine mammals have adaptations and complex behaviors (particularly communication) which allow them to survive in the marine environment.

1. How are cetaceans adapted for swimming?

2. Why do pinnipeds and cetaceans migrate?

3. What is stranding?

5.c, 5.e Student Edition: p. 346 Marine Science in Action feature “How Intelligent Are Cetaceans?” (see attached activity, TM p. 327)

Laboratory Manual: Marine Mammal Communication (p. 97)

TM Key Questions Activity: Keeping Warm (TM p. 307)


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