EDUCATORS' RESOURCE GUIDE Produced and published by 3D Entertainment Distribution Written by Dr. Elisabeth Mantello In collaboration with Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society TABLE OF CONTENTS TO EDUCATORS .................................................................................................p 3 III. PART 3. ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................p 4 ACTIVITY 1. DO YOU Know ME? ................................................................. p 20 PLANKton, SOURCE OF LIFE .....................................................................p 4 ACTIVITY 2. discoVER THE ANIMALS OF "SECRET OCEAN" ......... p 21-24 ACTIVITY 3. A. SECRET OCEAN word FIND ......................................... p 25 PART 1. SCENES FROM "SECRET OCEAN" ACTIVITY 3. B. ADD color to THE octoPUS! .................................... p 25 1. CHristmas TREE WORMS .........................................................................p 5 ACTIVITY 4. A. WHERE IS MY MOUTH? ..................................................... p 26 2. GIANT BasKET Star ..................................................................................p 6 ACTIVITY 4. B. WHat DO I USE to eat? .................................................. p 26 3. SEA ANEMONE AND Clown FISH ......................................................p 6 ACTIVITY 5. A. WHO eats WHat? .............................................................. p 27 4. GIANT CLAM AND ZOOXANTHELLAE ................................................p 7 ACTIVITY 5. B. DIFFERENT diets AND waYS OF GETTING food .... p 27 5. Arrow CRAB ...............................................................................................p 8 ACTIVITY 6. WHat IS THEIR Place IN THE food CHAIN? ............. p 28 6. BANDED CLEANER SHRIMP ....................................................................p 8 ACTIVITY 7. HOW DO THEY GET FOOD? .................................................. p 29 7. BlacK-SPotted SEA CUCUMBER .......................................................p 9 ACTIVITY 8. DEFENSE TECHNIQUES Crossword ............................ p 29 8. OctoPUS, THE SOFT INTELLIGENCE .................................................p 10 ACTIVITY 9. HELPFUL relationsHIPS .................................................... p 30 9. GOBIES AND BLENNIES ............................................................................p 11 ACTIVITY 10. WHat DO YOU Know ABOUT PLANKton? MINI QUIZ ... p 30 10. SPotted MORAY EEL ..............................................................................p 11 ACTIVITY 11. SECRET OCEAN FUN facts QUIZ .................................... p 30 11. GIANT HERMIT CRAB .................................................................................p 12 12. CARIBBEAN SPINY Lobster ANSWERS TO activities ......................................................................................... p 31 AND SPANISH SLIPPER Lobster ..............................................................p 11 13. SEA HARES .....................................................................................................p 13 14. MARKET SQUID ...........................................................................................p 13 15. Crown-OF-THORNS ................................................................................p 14 16. RED LIONFISH ..............................................................................................p 15 17. Manta RAY ...................................................................................................p 15 PART 2. SURVIVAL STRATEGIES A. A WORD ABOUT THE LINKS BETWEEN ALL ORGANISMS, LARGE AND SMALL ....................................................p 16 B. EATING TO SURVIVE ..................................................................................p 16 1. Phytoplankton and zooplankton 2. A diversified diet: other food sources 3. Detritus and sediment: the diet of reef recyclers C. DEFENSE MECHANISMS AND PROTECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL .........................................................................p 17 1. Hiding in holes, crevices and caves 2. Chemical weapons 3. Schooling behavior and massive reproduction as protection A WORD ON THE BREAKTHROUGH FILMING TECHNOLOGY 4. Carapaces and shells The images in “Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean” were captured 5. Camouflage thanks to the development of new filming tools that allow underwater 6. The ultimate strategist, the octopus shoots in 3D, Ultra-HD 5K, slow motion, close up, macro, and with D. HELPFUL PARTNERSHIPS .........................................................................p 18 motion control. Three years of research and development were 1. The sea anemone and the clownfish: a win-win collaboration required to obtain these final images. Thanks to these breakthrough 2. The giant clam and its food-producing partners filming techniques, your students will literally dive into this virtually 3. Banded cleaner shrimp, a health service for fish unknown new underwater world as if they were there. 4. The goby, bodyguard to a blind shrimp 5. Manta ray and small fish The film was shot in several underwater environments, including E. A BLUE PLANET WHERE EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED .............p 19 Bimini and other islands in the Bahamas, Fiji and Catalina Island off of Southern California. This Educator’s Guide was written by Dr. Elisabeth Mantello in collaboration with Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society Special thanks to Marine Biologist Holly Lohuis and Dr. Richard Murphy Edited by Alison Martin Illustrations by Joëlle Baron for 3D Entertainment Distribution Produced and published by 3D Entertainment Distribution For additional resources, please visit online www.SECRETOCEAN-THEFILM.com 2 JEAN-MICHEL Cousteau’S SECRET OCEAN © 2015 3D ENTERTAINMENT DISTRIBUTION Ltd. - All rights reserved TO EDUCATORS Using breakthrough technology for the filming of Secret“ Ocean”, Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of ocean pioneer Jacques Cousteau, takes you and your students on a unique dive to encounter animals, seldom seen by even the most experienced divers, such as Christmas tree worms, basket stars, banded cleaner shrimp and tiny fish such as gobies and blennies. During your virtual dive with Jean-Michel Cousteau and biologist Holly Lohuis, you and your students will also come close to larger animals such as the giant clam, hammerhead sharks and a manta ray, as well as follow the octopus, an incredibly intelligent invertebrate that Jacques Cousteau used to call “the soft intelligence”. While protecting the large marine animals such as whales, dolphins and sharks is more than ever essential, one should not forget that these great animals represent only the top of the food chain. “Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean” gives your students a bigger conservation picture by helping them discover the crucial importance of protecting this secret world within the ocean that is the bottom of the food chain on which everything else in the ocean and on our planet depends. This Educator’s Guide has been designed to enhance your students’ experience and enjoyment of the film Secret“ Ocean” by discovering and/or becoming more familiar with the sea creatures they will see. We hope your students will then better understand how much their own life depends on the smallest life forms in the ocean. As “people protect what they love,” we hope your students will fall so much in love with these animals that they will help protect them. How to use this Guide: The Educator’s Guide is divided into three distinct parts. Part 1 and Part 2 are dedicated to the educator. Part 1, “SCENES FROM SECRET OCEAN”, introduces seventeen (17) of the animals appearing in the film. It contains a short identification file for each of these animals, briefly outlining its main characteristics and survival strategies. Animals are presented in order of appearance. Part 2, “SURVIVAL STRATEGIES”, outlines some of the survival strategies these animals have developed. It focuses on the creatures’ adaptation to their environment in order to survive, i.e. their type of diet, ways of catching food and ways of protecting themselves from predators. It also describes how two of these animals – the Crown-of-thorns and the red lionfish - have become destructive invaders due to human errors. Finally, it demonstrates how everything in the sea and on our planet is connected. This relates to marine organisms, to all forms of life on the planet and to humans as we significantly impact the environment. The third part, “ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS”, provides activities for your students to discover and/or learn more about the animals appearing in the film. They can be done before they see “Secret Ocean” and/or after they have seen the film. The “Copy me” pages are meant to be photocopied and distributed to the students. These activities are intended to lead to meaningful student-based research and interesting discussion in the classroom. The material has been developed for students age 10 to 16. Educators will choose and adapt the activities best suited for their particular class. “… On an isolated riverbank in the Amazon, just as we had released a rescued sea otter named Cacha, my father turned to me, full of emotion, and said, “Jean-Michel, people protect what they love.” That became for me a motto of my father’s work and an emblem of the commitment we all must make to the world that surrounds us.” Jean-Michel Cousteau, “My Father, the Captain,” 2010