Under the Sea - Virtual Excursion Welcome to the Maker Project Under the Sea Virtual Excursion. In this session, students will investigate the some of the difficulties and physical forces involved in exploring the ocean. This document provides information to prepare you and your students for the session. Included in this document are extension activities to follow up after the session to help maximise your students’ learning from our Virtual Excursion. What to expect Students will investigate how humans have tried to answer the big question of what is down in the deep. They will explore the concepts of pressure, light, and human innovations through the use of visual graphics, hands-on activities, demonstrations, film clips and games to experience why we know less about our deep ocean than we do about space. Runtime: 60 minutes Time Segment Description Teacher Notes 5 min Audio Visual Check Teacher to adjust videoconference camera and BEFORE microphone. Move the camera and zoom in/out to ensure the whole class is visible. If it is a single class session, make sure the microphone is NOT on mute (we’ll be asking questions throughout the session), however if we have multiple schools dialling in, we will request which school should unmute and when. 0-3 min Introduction No action required. Welcome to our Under the Sea Virtual Excursion. 3-10 min Biology of the Ocean Teacher to pick students to answer questions and Look at various animals that live suggest marine life when prompted. in the oceans and their adaptions. 10-25 min Physics of the Ocean Teachers to assist students with the water in a cup What happens as you go into experiment. Instructions below. the deep ocean? it’s cold, – dark with lots of pressure. 25-30 min Understanding pressure Teachers to assist with asking questions and What is pressure? facilitating during experiments and demonstrations.
Under the Sea - Virtual Excursion Welcome to the Maker Project Under the Sea Virtual Excursion. In this session, students will investigate the some of the difficulties and physical forces involved in exploring the ocean. This document provides information to prepare you and your students for the session. Included in this document are extension activities to follow up after the session to help maximise your students’ learning from our Virtual Excursion. What to expect Students will investigate how humans have tried to answer the big question of what is down in the deep. They will explore the concepts of pressure, light, and human innovations through the use of visual graphics, hands-on activities, demonstrations, film clips and games to experience why we know less about our deep ocean than we do about space. Runtime: 60 minutes Time Segment Description Teacher Notes 5 min BEFORE Audio Visual Check Teacher to adjust videoconference camera and microphone. Move the camera and zoom in/out to ensure the whole class is visible. If it is a single class session, make sure the microphone is NOT on mute (we’ll be asking questions throughout the session), however if we have multiple schools dialling in, we will request which school should unmute and when. 0-3 min Introduction Welcome to our Under the Sea Virtual Excursion. No action required. 3-10 min Biology of the Ocean Look at various animals that live in the oceans and their adaptions. Teacher to pick students to answer questions and suggest marine life when prompted. 10-25 min Physics of the Ocean What happens as you go into the deep ocean? – it’s cold, dark with lots of pressure. Teachers to assist students with the water in a cup experiment. Instructions below. 25-30 min Understanding pressure What is pressure? Teachers to assist with asking questions and facilitating during experiments and demonstrations.
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