Deep Sea Workshop - December 2006 Lecture 23 - Dr. James Childress, The Future is Uncertain, & the End is Always Near: Deep Sea Hydrothremal Vent Animals and Communities (College of Exploration Website)

Ridge 2000 PowerPoint Presentation (Power Point, 2.72 MB)

All of the Ridge2000 SEAS curriculum can be found here

Activities for all

• "Plume" Teaser Activity
• SEAS: Student Experiments at Sea: Introduction to Mussels
• SEAS: Student Experiments at Sea: Introduction to deep-sea hydrothermal vents
• SEAS "Classroom to Sea" Mussel Lab
• Online Slide Show of Mussel Lab
• 2005 SEAS "Classroom to Sea" Laboratory Datasheet
• SEAS: Student Experiments at Sea: Deep-sea mussel measurements (Excel), shallow-water mussel measurements (Excel), and link to field notes
• SEAS: Student Experiments at Sea: Field notes
• SEAS: Student Experiments at Sea: Data analysis and interpretation: your turn!
• SEAS Website Exploration and Answer Sheet

Elementary Activities:

• Elementary Packages (FOR SEA curriculum)
• Precipitates & Black Smokers, SEAS Unit/Cruise 3, Activity 2 (PDF)
• The Galapagos Hydrothermal Expedition: Role Play of the Discovery of Hydrothermal Vents, SEAS Unit/Cruise 1, Activity 6 (PDF)
• and the Pictures to go with SEAS Unit/Cruise 1, Activity 6 (PDF)

Secondary Activities:

• Earth Sciences
• Precipitates & Black Smokers, SEAS Unit/Cruise 3, Activity 2 (PDF)
• Our Changing View of Earth, SEAS Unit/Cruise 1, Activity 1 (PDF)
• Locating Vent Fields Using CTD Data, SEAS Unit/Cruise 3, Activity 4 (PDF)
• and the Graphs to go with SEAS Unit/Cruise 3, Activity 4 (PDF)
• Life Sciences:
• Please Pass the Energy, SEAS Unit/Cruise 4, Activity 1 (PDF)
• Using Photo Images to Explore Life on the Ocean Floor, SEAS Unit/Cruise 4, Activity 3 (PDF)
• and the Images to go with SEAS Unit/Cruise 4, Activity 3 (PDF)
• Change Over Time, SEAS Unit/Cruise 4, Activity 4 (PDF)
• and the Images to go with SEAS Unit/Cruise 4, Activity 4 (PDF)

Related Articles

• Evolution and Biogeography of Deep-Sea Vent and Seep Invertebrates By C.L. Van Dover, C.R. German, K.G. Speer, L.M. Parsons, R.C. Vrijenjoek, Science, V295, 15 Feb 2002, p1253-1257
• Farewell, Alvin
• Armor-Plated Snail Discovered in Deep Sea

Resources

• Hydrothermal Vent Glossary (PDF, 96 KB)
• Hydrothermal Vent Fast Facts (PDF, 42 KB)
• Resources List: Websites, Books, Videos (PDF, 76 KB)