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Ocean Exploration

From Bill Nye the Science Guy · 1998

Ocean Exploration
23 min3rd4th5th6thScienceTechnology
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Summary

Bill dives deep to show how we explore the ocean's hidden world with subs, sonar, and special gear.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Bill dives deep to show how we explore the ocean's hidden world with subs, sonar, and special gear..

  1. Why is the deep ocean so hard to explore?
  2. How does sonar help us 'see' underwater?
  3. What might we still discover in the ocean?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: ocean, submarine, sonar.

Try it: Explain one challenge of exploring the deep ocean and a tool that helps.

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