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Below is a table of lesson plans currently being developed, along with the relevant science standards for each grade level.

Grade Level	Lesson Title	Next Generation Science Standards & Ocean Literacy Principles
Kindergarten	Caterpillars of the Ocean: Larval Coloring Sheets	K-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes OLP 5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems
1st	Get to Know the Babies of the Deep Sea: Larval Matching Worksheets	1-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits OLP 5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems (specifically 5A and 5D)
2nd	Diversity in the Deep Sea	2-LS4-1 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity OLP 5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems (specifically 5A and 5G)
3rd	A Day in the Life of a Larval Biologist	3-LS4-3 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity 3-LS1-1 From molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes OLP 5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems (specifically 5D)
4th	Mazes, Maps, and Making a Living in the Deep Sea	4-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 4-ESS2-2 Earth’s Systems OLP 5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems (specifically 5D)
5th	ALVIN Engineer: Design Your Own Submersible	3-5-ETS1-1 Engineering Design 3-5-ETS1-2 Engineering Design OLP 7: The ocean is largely unexplored (7B, 7D, and 7F)
6th-8th (Middle School)	Anatomy Form & Function: Build Your Own Larva	MS-ETS1-2 Engineering Design MS-LS4-3 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity OLP 5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems (specifically 5D)
9th-12th (High School)	To Feed or Not to Feed? Survival Strategies of Larvae	HS-LS4-5 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity HS-LS2-8 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics OLP 5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems OLP 4: The ocean makes Earth habitable

Project Team

Lesson plans developed by Nadia Stoker and Trish Mace as educational materials accompanying the Born in the Abyss film.
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon

Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (award #2215692)

All Larval Quest materials are licensed under creative commons license CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.