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EI Live K-12: Microscopic Superheroes of the Ocean

May 6, 2020
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
America/New_York
Online
Presenter: Sheean Haley, Senior Staff Associate, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Target Audience: Grades 3-6 Description: Did you know that some superheroes are microscopic? In this lecture and activity, Sheean will introduce you to these amazing, and amazingly tiny, organisms, called phytoplankton. Students will learn how phytoplankton help our planet, and how different phytoplankton use unique superpowers to survive in the ocean. Students will also participate in an activity where they will come up with a fantastical phytoplankton species, based on what their new species would need to survive in the ocean.

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