Lecture by Dr. Edith Widder, A New Look at the Deep Sea

• Lecture by Dr. Edith Widder, A New Look at the Deep Sea
• Slide Presentation (PDF, 11.52 MB)
• Slide Notes (PDF, 59 KB)
• “What is Light?” (PDF, 3.27 MB) Slide presentation by Dr. Edie Widder illustrating kinds of visible light
• Dr. Widder’s non-profit organization: ORCA = Ocean Research and Conservation Association

Background Information

• The Bioluminescence Web Page. Haddock, S.H.D.; McDougall, C.M.; Case, J.F.
• Deep-Sea Bioluminescence, MBARI’s First Decade Retrospective (PDF)
• Bioluminescent Dinoflagellates, LUXGENE 2000
• Bioluminescent Displays, Courtship, and Reproduction in Ostracodes, p1, 9-10. (Excerpt from: Chapter One of Crustacean Sexual Biology, R.T. Bauer and J.W. Martin (eds.), 1991, Columbia Univeristy Press, New York, pp.1-16.)
• Ostracod anatomy: drawings & scanning electron micrographs, p107-108. (Excerpt from: J.G. Morin, Fireflies of the Sea: Luminescent Signaling in Marine Ostracode Crustaceans, The Florida Entomological Society 69:1 (Mar 1986), pp.105-121.)

Lesson Plans

• The Beautiful World of Bioluminescence:
• Materials needed & where you can acquire them (PDF, 406 KB)
• Student Worksheet (PDF, 78 KB)
• Growing and Experimenting with Bioluminescent Dinoflagellates (PDF, 94 KB)
• NOAA Ocean Explorer Lesson Plans:
• Cool Lights (PDF)
• Who Has the Light? (PDF)
• Where is that Light Coming From? (PDF)
• All That Glitters (PDF)
• Light at the Bottom of the Deep, Dark Ocean? (PDF)

Resources

• Fast Facts (PDF, 43 KB)
• Glossary (PDF, 84 KB)
• Websites (PDF, 81 KB)
• Glossary for "What is Light?" Presentation (PDF, 55 KB)

Suggestions of where to find supplies and materials:

• The Cool Blue Light Experiment Kit (PDF, 63 KB)
• The Beautiful World of Bioluminescence Materials (PDF, 386 KB)
• Dinoflagellates, Pyrocystis fusiformis - Sunnyside Sea Farms (PDF, 610 KB)
• Ostracods (suggested use with "All That Glitters") (PDF, 654 KB)