[SEMCO] Upcoming Dive and Discover Cruise - January 2-21, 2014

[Joanne Tromp]

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Dive & Discover, Expedition 15


  *Save the date!*


    *Dive and Discover Expedition 15:
    Dark Life at Deep-Sea Vents*


    January 2-21, 2014

Join our online expedition to examine tiny life in some of the most 
hostile environments on Earth---deep-sea hydrothermal vents. On this 
cruise, scientists and engineers led by Woods Hole Oceanographic 
Institution will use the remotely operated vehicle /Jason/ to study 
microbes living on and below the seafloor. Unlike ecosystems on Earth's 
surface, where sunlight provides energy, deep-sea vents exist in total 
darkness, and the microbes derive their energy from chemicals that form 
deep inside the Earth and flow out of the hydrothermal vents. How do 
they do that, and what's their role in the vent ecosystem and the ocean 
at large? This online adventure follows the action aboard the research 
vessel /Atlantis/ via daily updates, photos, and videos. Students can 
email questions and get personal responses from researchers and crew 
members.

The expedition will fit Common Core standards in reading and several 
categories in the Next Generation Science Standards.


      Take your classroom to sea this winter.


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Funding for this expedition comes from the National Science Foundation 
<http://www.nsf.gov>.

Dive & Discover Expedition 13 is coming soon!
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