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What Lives in Water?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students learn about a variety of sea creatures. They look at sea creatures pictures and identify the creatures by name and by their unique characteristics. Phonemic Awareness skills are reinforced using the beginning sounds of the...
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Where the Octopus Lives

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this letter O worksheet, students color a large picture of an octopus. Students analyze two pictures of habitats and circle the one that shows where an octopus would live. Students trace and practice upper and lower case letter Oo.
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Crab Multiple Choice Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this crab worksheet, students complete a ten question multiple choice activity pertaining to crabs. Prior knowledge of crabs is assumed.
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Jellyfish Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this jellyfish worksheet, learners analyze ten words in a word box that pertain to jellyfish. Students find these words in a word search puzzle.
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Octopus Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this octopus activity, students read 10 definitions pertaining to the octopus and match them with the corresponding words.
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Ray Multiple Choice Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ray worksheet, students complete a ten question multiple choice activity pertaining to sea rays. Prior knowledge is assumed.
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Ray Reading Comprehension Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this rays worksheet, students read a short factual text about the ray. Students answer 4 short answer questions and color a large picture of a ray.
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Eel Challenge

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this eels worksheet, students complete a ten question multiple choice activity pertaining to eels. Students read each clue or definition and choose the correct word from four choices.
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Little Oyster: Ceramic Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Children will love researching and then creating a bottom dwelling mollusk of their own. They watch clips describing the ocean ecosystem and how oysters fit into their environment. Next, they research what oysters eat and how they look....
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 4 - Dangerous Sea Creatures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Lesson 4 is part of a 22 lesson unit on boat safety and water sports. This lesson is about dangerous sea creatures, mainly in the ocean. There is a link to find pictures of the creatures discussed. It is suggested to click on the...
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I'm a Creature, You're a Creature, Wouldn't You Like to Be a Creature, Too?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders demonstrate an understanding of the lifestyles and habits of the underwater life presented in the previous unit. They classify the various sea creatures according to the ecosystem and then use drama skills to present...
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The Intertidal Zone: Tide and How Creatures Survive

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore oceanography by completing science worksheets. In this tide pools instructional activity, students discuss the forces of the tide pools, the animals that live within them, and the impact they have on the rest of the...
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Sharks: Fact or Fiction

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover the truth about sharks. In this shark lesson, 2nd graders use different resources to help distinguish between fact and fiction with what they have heard about sharks. They complete an attached activity sheet.
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Fishing for Facts!

For Teachers 1st Standards
First graders visit the library or media center to research sea creatures using encyclopedia. They find two facts and research the Internet to find a picture of the sea creature. They create a class sea creature booklet.
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What Colour Are These Animals?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this science coloring worksheet, students examine 8 drawings of sea creatures. Students color the pictures in a realistic way. This page is from the UK.
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Sea Creatures Coloring Pages

For Students Pre-K - K
In this coloring worksheet, students color large cartoon-style drawings of sea creatures including shellfish, sharks, fish, turtles and marine mammals. There are 15 drawings here, one per page.
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Fishy Spelling

For Teachers K - 1st
These seven slides have a cute picture to accompany the name of a water creature. The title gives the focus as learning to spell those words, but you could also use the slides as a theme for other activities.  Looking for vowels, talking...
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Who Am I? - Sea Creatures Picture and Word Match

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this matching worksheet, students match 16 pictures of sea creatures with their names which are located in a word bank at the bottom of the page. They see pictures of a hermit crab, a jellyfish, a clam, and a starfish.
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Creatures of the Sea

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a two-month long unit on the physical characteristics of the oceans and animal environments. They create a "Creatures of the Sea" alphabet book in collaboration with a kindergarten class, conduct Internet...
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ARTQUARIUM

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners identify different underwater creatures, explain the importance of recycling in the community, plan preliminary sketches on paper, and construct and sculpt with chosen materials to create creature in paper mache.
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Picture Scramble: Spider Crab, Sea Nettle, Clearnose Skate

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this science and visual discrimination worksheet, students examine images of a spider crab, seat nettle and clearnose skate. Next to each picture is the same image which has been divided into 9 pieces and scrambled. Students place the...
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Oddball Out: Sea Creatures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this problem solving worksheet, students analyze a row of pictures of various sea creatures to determine which creature is different from the others pictured.
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Who Am I?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students examine 16 detailed pictures of different species of marine invertebrates. Students identify each species. There is no room to write the name under the picture. It is assumed this is an oral activity,...
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"Sea" Me Race

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the ocean habitat. They race each other while portraying a different creature of the sea. They research various types of creatures found in the sea and portray that creature while racing classmate.