Draw and cut out a set of paper eyes to attach on straws for making characters.

Paper Eyes

Get acquainted with the largest biome on Earth, the marine biome. Discover the characteristics of oceans and the organisms that live in this biome. Learn out about challenges that face the marine biome and build a model of a marine organism, the oyster.

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🇬🇧 Teacher Notes

Teacher Notes

Overview and Objectives

Materials

#### Teachers: Preparing Your Students (5 min)

When students begin the lesson, they start in [Overview](#overview-and-objectives), then transition to this [Preparation](#preparation) section. Presented in their view is a vocabulary list of terms and infographics illustrating concepts across STEAM domains throughout this entire lesson.

* Read through the vocabulary list. (5 minutes) * Review the [Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)](https://sdgs.un.org/goals) blueprint based on global needs to create a more sustainable world by 2030 before starting the lesson. (5 minutes)

### Sustainable Development Goals

Review the [Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)](https://sdgs.un.org/goals) blueprint based on global needs to create a more sustainable world by 2030 before starting the lesson. (5 minutes)

Preparation

### Marine Biome

Biomes are regions of the earth that share characteristics like plant life, temperature, and amount of precipitation. The **marine biome** is made up of oceans, which cover 70% of the earth’s surface. These enormous salt-water bodies are the largest biome on Earth. 

Oceans also have incredible biodiversity.

*  Millions of animals, plants, and algae call this biome home. 
* Microscopic **phytoplankton** that live in the ocean produce 50% of the earth’s oxygen. 
* The vast ocean holds the largest animal species on Earth, the blue whale, as well as sharks and other fascinating animals.
* Oysters filter and clean ocean water by eating algae. 
* They are also prey for larger animals such as crabs, sea stars, and fish.

SDGs

NGSS

Florida - NGSSS

Imagine

Make the shell base

Extend the shell

Finish the shell

Add eyes

Build

References and Extra Resources

STEAM Classroom

United States

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

Goal 14

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

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Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

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Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

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Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

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Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

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Students communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations.

ISTE Students

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Recognize and explain that living things are found all over Earth, but each is only able to live in habitats that meet its basic needs.

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Recognize ways plants and animals, including humans, can impact the environment.

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Compare and contrast adaptations displayed by animals and plants that enable them to survive in different environments such as life cycles variations, animal behaviors and physical characteristics.

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Describe characteristics (temperature and precipitation) of different climate zones as they relate to latitude, elevation, and proximity to bodies of water.

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Investigate and apply how the cycling of water between the atmosphere and hydrosphere has an effect on weather patterns and climate.

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Explain and illustrate the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web.

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Describe and investigate various limiting factors in the local ecosystem and their impact on native populations, including food, shelter, water, space, disease, parasitism, predation, and nesting sites.

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Describe how models and simulations can be used to solve real-world issues in science and engineering.

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Identify ways that technology can foster teamwork, and collaboration can support problem solving and innovation.

Intro: Marine Aquatic Biome

Overview and Objectives

Lesson Structure