Ocean Exploration Immersion

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Ocean Exploration Immersion

• Fact or Fiction

This Power Point presentation was created by Ms.
Bacon's and Mrs. Kaden's classes at Nassau BOCES
Eagle Avenue Middle School. Students use the
presentation to review the facts and demonstrate
their
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Ancient Egyptians

• They used a long rope with a weight at the end to
  measure water depth.
• Fact or Fiction?

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• FACT

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Ama Divers

• The word ama means breath holder
• Fact or Fiction ?

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• Fiction

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Vikings

• Vikings used the North Star to determine how far
  north or south they were in the ocean.
• Fact or Fiction?

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• Fact

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GUGLELMO DE LORENA

• The diving bell provided enough air for a dive of
  about one hour.
• Fact or Fiction?

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• Fact

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James Cook

• Cook led the first expedition to cross the
  Antarctic Circle
• FACT OR FICTION ?

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• FACT

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HMS Challenger

• HMS stands for Hollow Metal Ship
• FACT OR FICTION?

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• FICTION

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METEOR

• The Meteor ran into an iceberg and sunk in the
  South Atlantic
• FACT OR FICTION ?

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• FICTION

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Beebe and Barton

• They entered and exited the bathysphere through a
  round steel door.
• FACT OR FICTION?

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• FACT

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CORLACANTH

• Corlacanths make bright flashes of red light to
  scare away predators.
• FACT OR FICTION?

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• FICTION

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Jacques Piccard

• Piccard helped his father build the bathyscaphe.
• FACT or FICTION?

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• FACT

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Robert Ballard

• Ballard discovered deep-Sea hydrothermal vents
  that support giant tube worms and other life in
  complete darkness.
• FACT OR FICTION?

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• FACT

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Sylvia Earle

• Earle used a special diving suit to walk on the
  sea floor at a depth of 1,250 feet.
• FACT OR FICTION ?

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• FACT