NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: 2013 Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Shakedown

Classroom Lessons

Educators and scientists working with NOAA developed a series of lesson plans for students in Grades 5 - 12 that are specifically tied to the remotely operated vehicle being used on this expedition.

 

Introductory Content for Lessons Plans

Introduction to Underwater Robots (PDF, 242 kb)

Video Introduction to Underwater Robots

 

Lesson Plans

Exploring LIVE with the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer

Grade Level: 5-12
Focus: How students can become active ocean explorers while viewing live video feeds during Okeanos Explorer expeditions (Physical Science/Earth Science)

Students learn how to access the Ocean Explorer website and access a live video feed of an Okeanos Explorer expedition; explore along with the ocean science community via live feeds during Okeanos Explorer expeditions; and learn how to track an expedition using the Okeanos Atlas.

Invent a Robot!

Grade Level: 5-6
Focus: Engineering design (Physical Science/Technology)

Students explain how underwater robots are used in scientific exploration to gather data and help answer questions about the natural world; and design and optimize potential solutions for an ocean exploration problem.

What Little Herc Saw

Grade Level: 7-8
Focus: Use of robotics for ocean exploration (Physical Science/Technology)

Students explain how robotic vehicle technology is used to extend the exploration capacity of scientific investigations aboard the Okeanos Explorer; discuss how information from underwater robots about the variety of biological and geological conditions in marine ecosystems is relevant to the concept of biodiversity; and analyze and interpret video data from the Okeanos Explorer’s underwater robot to make inferences about environmental interactions of organisms in deep-sea ecosystems.

Through Robot Eyes

Grade Level: 9-12
Focus: Image analysis (Physical Science/Technology)

Students explain how robotic vehicle technology is used to extend the exploration capacity of scientific investigations aboard the Okeanos Explorer; use mathematics and computational thinking to show how lasers may be used in scientific investigations to calibrate images for size and distance measurements; and analyze and interpret video data from the Okeanos Explorer’s underwater robot to make inferences about environmental interactions of organisms in deep-sea ecosystems.

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