Simulation

Fact-Finding Team
Marine and Sea Life

The mission of your group is to

Find the answers to the questions listed below.You may use books, periodical resources, the Internet or the Antarctica: 90 Degrees South video titled I Thought Penguins Could Fly about the biology and ecology of the continent.
Make a presentation of your findings to the class. You may use whatever media you choose for your presentation. Think about how YOU learn best.
Make a handout of the important findings of your group to distribute to the rest of the class.Be sure to cite your sources.

Questions -- Marine and Sea Life

What are ten facts you can share about life on Antarctica?
What are the characteristics of sea ice microbes? Identify the organisms involved.
What role does plankton play in the marine environment? Which is the most important planktonic species to the Antarctic food web?
As you investigate the unique Antarctic fish, find out what characteristics they have that allow them to live in Antarctica.
Penguins are the "emperors" of Antarctica. Which varieties can be found in Antarctica? Why would penguins want to live in Antarctica?
What are some unique characteristics of penguin life?
What other sea birds live there?
What is special about the Antarctic seals?
Why are leopard seals feared?
What are some of the variety of whales you would find in Antarctica today?
What has happened to the whale population of Antarctica in the last 100 years?
What are the rules or guidelines for whaling in Antarctica today?
What unique characteristics do whales have that allow them to live in Antarctica? Why would whales want to live in Antarctica?

Resources

Microbes & Phytoplankton
Sea Ice Microbial Community
http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/gallery/gallery5.html

Diatoms
http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/fguide/protoctista4.html

Dinoflagellates
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artsep01/dinof.html

Zooplankton & Other Invertebrates
Krill
http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~mmcooper/classes/krill2.html

Krill
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/
invertebrates/crustacean/Krillprintout.shtml

Sea Urchin
http://www.ocean.udel.edu/newscenter/urchin.html

Life in icy waters
http://www.geneseo.edu/~antarc/week4/

10 Facts: Invertebrates
http://www.aadc.aad.gov.au/ten_facts/invertebrates/default.asp

Diving Under Antarctic Ice: Gigantism
http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/gallery/gallery11.html

Renewed interest in biodiversity
http://www.niwa.cri.nz/pubs/bu/01/interest.htm

Key to Phylum and Class of Australian Aquatic Invertebrates
http://www.lucidcentral.com/keys/lwrrdc/public/Aquatics/
aatop/html/about.htm

Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island & McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/fguide/index.html

Fish
Antarctic Fish
http://www.70south.com/resources/animals/marine/antarcticfish/

Antarctic Fish & Squid
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/About_Antarctica/Wildlife/
Fish_and_Squid/

Salt Concentration
http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/antarctica/salt.html

Underwater Field Guide
http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/fguide/chordata1.html

Ice Fish (Image)
http://archive.dstc.edu.au/AU/staff/kerry-raymond/
antarctic/slide_26.html

Marine Life
http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/science/
marinelife.shtml

Fish Fresh Not Frozen
http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/antarctica/
ideas/fish4.html

Evolution On Ice
http://www.ohiou.edu/perspectives/9802/ice002.htm

Birds
Life Cycle of the Emperor Penguin
http://www.raydoan.com/abouts/about03c.htm

Penguins
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/downey/project/penguins.html

Emperor Penguins on and Under the Ice http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/antarctica/
fieldnotes/penguinranch.html

Antarctic Birds
http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/Birds.html

Bird Links to the World: Antarctica
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/links/links.jsp?page=l_oce_aq

Penguin Longevity and Cause of Death
http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Penguins/longevity.html

Albatross
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/About_Antarctica/Wildlife/
Birds/Albatrosses.html

Birds
http://www.ecophotoexplorers.com/antarctica_wildlife.asp#p1

Seals
Seals
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/About_Antarctica/Wildlife/
Whales_and_Seals/index.html

Seals
http://www.ecophotoexplorers.com/antarctica_wildlife.asp#p1

Seals
http://pd-pals.com/Antarctic%20Cruise/Seal%20Notes

About Antarctica: Seals
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/downey/project/seals.html

Antarctic Seals
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jaap/nphoseal.htm

Antarctic Seals
http://www.70south.com/resources/animals/seals

What Is Special About Antarctic Ice Seals?
http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/education/pinnipeds/antarcticfs.htm

Images
http://www.arcticphoto.co.uk/gallery2/antarctic/
antwildlife/seals/seals.htm

Fact Sheet: Seals
http://www.asoc.org/general/seals.htm

Seals of Antarctica
http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/wildlife/
seals/index.shtml

Antarctic Life Forms: Seals
http://polarmistexp.com/polarmist_web/antarctica/
life_seals.html

Elephant Seal Links
http://essp.csumb.edu/eseal/soESlinks.html

Whales
Whales
http://www.ecophotoexplorers.com/
antarctica_wildlife.asp#p3

Antarctic Whales
http://www.70south.com/resources/animals/whales

Marine Fisheries: Antarctic Baleen Whales
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/fw465/sampson/whales/

Greenpeace: Why Whales Are Vulnerable
http://whales.greenpeace.org/expedition/dec28/whales.html

Antarctic Life Forms: Whales Index
http://polarmistexp.com/polarmist_web/antarctica/
life_whales.html

Whale Fluke Images
http://members.aol.com/elonka/travel/whale.htm

Blue Whale
http://ladywildlife.com/animal/bluewhale.html

Minke Whales Are Increasing
http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/fishery/whales/
iwc/minke.html

Underwater Field Guide: Whales
http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/fguide/chordata18.html

The Cyclic Migration of the Southern Humpback Whale
http://www.oceania.org.au/whales/education/migration/title.html

International Whaling Q & A
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/
whale_debate.shtml

Whale and Dolphin Species Information
http://www.whalecenter.org/species.htm

Whale Acoustics
http://www.whaleacoustics.com/projantarctic.asp

Whale Encyclopedia
http://www.tokuya.jp/English/e_whales.html

Fact-Finding Team Marine and Sea Life

The mission of your group is to

Questions -- Marine and Sea Life

Resources

Fact-Finding Team
Marine and Sea Life