1. What lives in the deep sea?
Submarine STEM
Science | Ages 7-11
Lesson 2
What lives in the deep sea?

2. Lesson 2: What lives in the ocean?
Mission brief
Hello trainee submariners!
Welcome to your second mission.
Today you’ll be finding out just how deep the ocean can be and exploring some of the submersibles we use in deep sea exploration.
Start thinking about why exploration of this kind is so challenging and consider some of the dangers we might face.
What do you think it’s like inside a submersible?
Are you brave enough to travel to this dark and mysterious place?
Good luck!
Oliver Steeds

3. Lesson 2: What lives in the ocean?
Learning Outcomes
Identify living things, habitats and environments.
Understand the scale and depth of the ocean.
Make accurate measurements.
Explain why ocean exploration is challenging for humans.
Describe how different submersibles make ocean exploration possible.
Identify significant ocean zones.

4. Lesson 2: What lives in the ocean?
Deep-ocean poster
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VIEW GALLERY

5. Lesson 2: What lives in the ocean?
Mission Director
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6. Lesson 2: What lives in the ocean?
Why is deep sea exploration so challenging for humans?

7. Lesson 2: What lives in the ocean?
Why is deep sea exploration so challenging for humans?
Respiration
Light
Humans can’t breath underwater so how will you access oxygen?
The deeper you go the less light can penetrate the water, how can you over come this?
Predators
Pressure
Lots of sea creatures would enjoy you for their lunch, how can you protect yourself?
Your squidgy body will be crushed under the immense water pressure in the deep, how will you survive?

8. Lesson 2: What lives in the ocean?
Submarines, Submersibles and ROVs.
Submarine
Submersible
Remote Operated Vehicle

9. Lesson 2: What lives in the ocean?
Submarine science
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10. Lesson 2: What lives in the ocean?
Word Bank
Hadal zone
Submarine
Twilight zone
Abyssal zone
Submersible
Sunlight zone
Remote operated vehicle
Midnight zone

11. Lesson 2: What lives in the ocean?
Review: Learning Outcomes
Identify living things, habitats and environments.
Understand the scale and depth of the ocean.
Make accurate measurements.
Explain why ocean exploration is challenging for humans.
Describe how different submersibles make ocean exploration possible.
Identify significant ocean zones.

12. Lesson 2: What lives in the ocean?
Home Learning
Research what dangers scientists in submarines might encounter, make a list and report back before next lesson.

13. Lesson 2: What lives in the ocean?
Image credits
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Title
Attribution 7
swimmers
By via Pixabay [CC0 Creative commons]
shark
By PublicDomainPictures via Pixabay [CC0 Creative commons]
anatomy
By Geralt via Pixabay [CC0 Creative commons] 8
submarine
By Skeeze via Pixabay [CC0 Creative commons]
All other images are courtesy of Digital Explorer/Encounter Edu