Positives

• Students will learn about the daily migration patterns of small ocean creatures that may have large effects on the global carbon cycle and see the benefits of technological innovations. 

Additional Prerequisites

• It might be helpful to follow the links in the article or review unfamiliar vocabulary terms to help students better understand the article.
  

Differentiation

• This could be a great resource to add to any lesson discussing scientific innovations and technology, predator-prey interactions, the oceans, climate change, the carbon cycle, or food webs.
• Students could discuss the fact that the CALIPSO was designed to monitor the atmosphere, yet it was also able to collect data on the oceans. Students could think of other innovations that had unexpected uses.