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Watching the film is not required to carry out any of these lessons, but can serve to enhance students’learning experience of the topics presented in these activities.  \nHost-narrated by oceanographer Sylvia Earle, Ocean Odyssey is an immersive film following a mother and calf humpback whale on their migration from the tropics to Antarctica. On this journey, we learn how ocean currents nurture  \nlife in diverse environments, including tiny phytoplankton in ocean upwellings, clownfish and anemone in the Great Barrier Reef, seabirds on a subtropical island and endangered nurse sharks in an underwater cave. Connecting it all is the understanding that the ocean and life on land are intricately interconnected.  \nThe challenges facing the ocean and its inhabitants cross geographic and ethnic boundaries. Understanding the ocean and its ecosystems is essential to comprehending and protecting this planet on which we live. This is among NOAA’s most important missions, to better understand and protect our ocean and coasts, their ecosystems, and the communities that rely on them.  \nWe must all be stewards for a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable ocean. The first step in that role is education. We must prepare and inspire today’s young people, who will be our leaders tomorrow.  \nWe hope the activities in this guide, and films like Ocean Odyssey which inspired them will help lead you and your students to learn more about our ocean planet, its myriad of wonders beneath the waves, and work to maintain healthy ecosystems that are resilient in the face of change.  \nUSERS NOTE  \nAll of the lessons in this guide have been aligned to major national education standards, including the  Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Ocean Literacy Principles, Common Core State Standards (Mathematics and English Language Arts), and  National Geography Standards. Titles or summaries of standards are at the beginning of each lesson. To access the full standards referenced, please see links in the appendix.  \nThese lessons progress for use from younger to older grade bands, but they all contain aspects and resources which maybe adapted for all grade bands.  \nThis guide can be downloaded online at [https://oceanservice. noaa.gov/education/](https://oceanservice. noaa.gov/education/)[ ](https://oceanservice. noaa.gov/education/)[ocean-odyssey/](ocean-odyssey/)  \nYou can learn more about Ocean Literacy and how to integrate it into your curriculum at: [https://oceanservice. noaa.gov/](https://oceanservice. noaa.gov/)[ ](https://oceanservice. noaa.gov/)[education/literacy.html](education/literacy.html)  \nYou can discover more ocean topics and educational resources for all ages at:  \n[https://oceanservice. noaa.gov/education/](https://oceanservice. noaa.gov/education/)  \n2  \nLESSON 1: OCEAN DWELLERS  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThe importance of ocean currents for marine life is clear. 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