![]() Glue (white craft glue or hot glue, depending on the age).Safety cardboard cutter (optional but suggested older learners may use a craft knife).How would you do that? What would you build to make it possible to explore those dangerous waters? In this video, you’ll hear how one scientist uses artifacts from the stomachs of whales to estimate how many giant squid live in the world’s oceans. Imagine you are a marine biologist and want to study the Giant Squid and other animals that live in the deepest, darkest, and coldest parts of the ocean. What would have made it easier to accomplish this task?.How close did I come to identifying everything?.Once you have finished your investigation, open the bag and remove the items.Keep going until you think you know what everything is. You or your team will take notes or make sketches, and you will try to figure out what you are touching.If working on your own, you will identify each object yourself. If working with a group, take turns reaching into the bag, grabbing an item gently, and describing it to your team as specifically as possible.You may not look inside the bag at any time. To do this, you can only use your sense of touch. You need to identify all the items in the bag as precisely as possible.It’s crucial you don’t know what’s in the bag before you start the investigation. Have a parent, educator, or friend place items in the bag and close it. Note : You may want to staple or clip the bag closed so items do not fall out. ![]() Paper and pencils to record observations.Try to vary the textures and sizes of the objects. Ensure all the items are everyday items kids are familiar with. 5-10 small objects such as a toy car, a pink eraser, a marshmallow, a capped pen or marker, a house or car key, coins, etc.Paper lunch bags (one per team of 2-3 learners if in a class setting). ![]() What is it like to observe and understand something without using your sight? In this first activity, you’ll try to describe and identify items using only your sense of touch. Most of the ocean is not visible from the surface. Your challenge is to invent a method to explore the deep ocean and discover the fantastic organisms hiding there. Because they are so inaccessible, researchers use special sensors or remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to explore these habitats instead. That means researchers have a lot of work ahead of them! But it isn’t easy to explore the deep ocean -the pressure is 100 times that on land, temperatures are near freezing, and the complete darkness makes it impossible for people to explore on their own. Scientists estimate that less than 10% of ocean species have been discovered as of today. Over 80% of the world’s oceans are unmapped, unobserved, and unexplored. However, many species in the deepest parts of the ocean are at risk of extinction due to climate change and pollution. These strange and wonderful deep-sea organisms have the potential to reveal new medicines, vaccines, foods, energy sources, minerals, and more. They inhabit a world unlike any other on Earth and are adapted to survive in extreme conditions. Deep in the darkest, coldest regions of the ocean live some of this planet’s most unique creatures. ![]()
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