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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Survival Zone: The Intertidal Zone

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students determine water level tidal predictions for a given place for the next month, current status of the area and the local weather. Links are provided for the information. Students answer questions based on the information found,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rocky Intertidal Field Trip

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate tides and the land submerged under them.  In this intertidal field trip, Students visit the intertidal zone and observe the habitats and animals that live there.  Students view the pools under rocks where lobsters...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Every Square Inch Counts

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners monitor the abundance of organisms in photograph quadrats. In this environmental monitoring lesson, students view pictures of rocky intertidal and subtidal marine zones and discuss the importance of monitoring organism...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Magic School Bus Goes to Mussel Beach

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students investigate tides and create a model of an intertidal zone. In this hands-on marine science lesson plan based on a Magic School Bus book, the teacher leads students in a discussion about tides, then helps students model a tide...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ride the Tide

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the cause-and-effect relationship between tides and the rocky coast ecosystem. They complete a worksheet that illustrates the intertidal zone.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Intertidal Zone: Tides and How Creatures Survive

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars study the properties of ocean water and tides and learn about animals that live in intertidal zones. In this intertidal zone instructional activity, students participate in classroom stations to learn about fresh water and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Intertidal Zone: Tides and How Creatures Survive

For Students 4th - 5th
For this intertidal zone worksheet, students study the various marine life creatures and list the characteristic that allows them to stay put in the intertidal zone. Students then draw or cut and paste the marine life and seaweed into...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making a Taxonomic Key

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students work as a team of abalone taxonomists who examine and classify abalones based on their shell characteristics of the four most common species. They also study the visible details of each species shell, make notes and eventually...
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Unit Plan
The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Intertidal Zone

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the intertidal ecosystem. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
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Website
Other

Intertidal Zonation

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides users with a guide to tidepooling adventures along the Mendocino Coast. Users may visit each intertidal zone and observe the various organisms that live there.
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Biomes

For Students 2nd - 6th
Discover the hidden treasures in the different habitats on the earth! The earth is filled with many biomes. Examples of different biomes are listed and include hyperlinks to additional information such as the animals found there.
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Handout
Other

Oregon: Parks and Recreation: Common Intertidal Plants [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This document offers images of common plants in intertidal zones, along with facts about these plants. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: The Intertidal Zone: Littoral Zone Animal Printouts

For Students 1st - 8th
This resource allows teachers to share information about the intertidal zone and the animals that live in it with their students.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: Aquatic Ecosystems

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of aquatic ecosystems. It discusses the difference between freshwater and saltwater ecosystems, then explains what the three ecozones are in a marine ecosystem.
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Website
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: Water Biomes

For Students 1st - 8th
Discover the types of water biomes.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Aquatic Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of aquatic biomes.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Facts About the Marine Biome

For Students 4th - 7th
Describes the characteristics of the marine biome, the plants and animals that live in each of the four ocean zones, coral reefs and estuaries, the climate of the marine biome, and the marine food web.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Oceans: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will illustrate the unique characteristics of oceans and oceanic life. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Oceans."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Oceans: Lesson 2

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson will illustrate the unique characteristics of oceans and oceanic life. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Oceans."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Oceans: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will illustrate the unique characteristics of oceans and oceanic life. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Oceans."