Biology Junction
Water Biomes
Water covers more than 70 percent of Earth's surface. Scholars learn about both freshwater and saltwater biomes in a simple presentation. They compare and contrast the differences in oxygen levels, food sources, and sunlight to better...
NOAA
Coastal Dynamics
Life's a beach! The 16th installment of a 23-part NOAA Enrichment in Marine sciences and Oceanography (NEMO) program first examines different types of coasts and how they form. An activity then has learners investigate the shoreline...
Curated OER
Salt Water Revival
Students produce a high tide. In this Marine Biology lesson plan, students visit a tide pool to investigate the creatures response to changes in the tide. Students discuss the results of their experimentation.
WindWise Education
What Factors Influence Offshore Wind?
What is that out in the water on the horizon? Teams work together to study the coastline using maps to determine the best and worst locations to place an offshore wind farm. The teams then build a scale model wind farm to see what it...
Curated OER
Beach Word Search
In this beach worksheet, students analyze 10 words that pertain to things found at the beach. Students find each word in a word search puzzle.
Curated OER
Intertidal Zones
Students explore intertidal zones. In this intertidal zones lesson plan, students work in small groups and use ready-made materials to create a model of intertidal zones. Resources are provided.
Curated OER
Can You SEA Walls?
Learners explore how wave energy that is generated and transferred in the ocean. They explore the aspects of a wave and how its energy affects the ecology of the seashore. Students engage in an activity that uses the nature of science...
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Seashore Sweep
Young scholars gather information about sea animals. For this ocean lesson, students read a story about the ocean and seashore. They discuss the needs of seashore animals and create a Mystery Ocean Animal riddle book. Young scholars...
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Summer Activities-- Match the Seashells
In this summer verbs learning exercise, students cut out 6 shells with verbs such as swimming, surfing, snorkeling and fishing. Students cut out 6 shells with pictures of summer activities. Students glue the verb half to the picture that...
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Beach Word Search
For this beach word search worksheet, students analyze 10 words in a word bank that pertain to the beach. Students find the words in a word search puzzle.