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Habitats of the Pond

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore biology by researching habitats for organisms. In this water environment activity, students utilize a magnifying glass to examine the different organisms that live on a nearby pond or lake and explore their habitats....
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Swimming with Crabs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore Earth science by completing several graphic organizer activities in class. In this oceanography lesson, students research ocean inhabitants such as blue crab and oysters. Learners complete graphic organizers about the...
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Immersion Presents Monterey Bay

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars study Monterey Bay. In this Monterey Bay lesson plan, students create a model of upwelling around Monterey Bay. Young scholars simulate surface water movement relative to prevailing winds.
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Why is There a Tidal Bulge Opposite the Moon?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students simulate how the Moon causes ocean tides. In this earth science lesson, students calculate gravitational acceleration using a mathematical formula. They compare the force of attraction between the Earth, Moon and Sun system.
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Genres, Genres Everywhere

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young readers assume the role of Genre Sleuths to investigate the characteristics of folktales, fantasies, and mysteries. For this session you will need to collect a variety of books on a topic you have been studying. Groups then examine...
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Estuarine Currents

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore an estuarine system to gather data on density driven currents. This type of current is contrasted with temperature and wind driven currents.
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Learning Lesson: How it is Currently Done

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students create their own ocean currents by using everyday items. They examine the constant pushing of molecules that makes us feel wind. They discuss how the water moves in the Southern Hemisphere.
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The Inside Current

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore ocean currents and wind patterns. They discover the concept of systems to show how change in one component of a body of water, causes change in other components in that system. Students describe positive and...
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Sea Secrets

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars study the following: For centuries, people have been challenged by the mysteries that lie beneath the blue depths of our ocean planet. Very little was known about the ocean until late in the nineteenth century, although...
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Exploring Marine Objects

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students identify the sources of water on Earth. In this life science instructional activity, students list the different plants and animals that live in the ocean. They explore marine objects in the lab and draw them.
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Winds Over Land vs. Ocean

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore friction and the way it impacts wind over the ocean compared to over land.
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Just Jelly

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify common gelatinous zooplankton in the Canada Basin and their ecological role. They compare and contrast feeding strategies of at least three different types of gelatinous zooplankton.
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Still Movement

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars explore constant motion. Using photography equipment and a dark room, students develop photographs that depict motion. Young scholars demonstrate the proper use of photograph equipment.
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Ocean Floor

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students identify ocean floor features. In this earth science lesson, students predict the object inside a close box to make them realize the difficulties scientists faced then. They label the different zones of the ocean floor after the...
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Plotting Plates

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate plate tectonics and their correlation with natural phenomena like earthquakes and volcanoes. They use the internet to see real-time data about earthquakes and volcanoes. Students plot latitude and longitude...
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The Fear of Exploration Because of... Sea Monsters

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the underestimated cause as to why exploration into the western hemisphere was not common before the 1400's. They reconstruct the causes/effects of exploration to North America.
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Our Changing View of the Earth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners explore the theory of Plate Tectonics. They participate in a simulation in which they re-enact the debate over Plate Tectonics vs. traditional beliefs of stationary continents that were widely accepted during the 1800's and...
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Examining Samples and Asking Testable Research

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students formulate a testable research question containing a comparison and a quantitative measure. They state the null and alternative hypothesis for a testable research question. In addition, they describe some of the abiotic and...
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Activity 3: Using Photo Images to Explore Life on the Ocean Floor

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students work in groups with copies of the three photo images provided with the lesson. They make observations about mussels and clams. Students discuss reasons scientists use a representative sample of a population rather than the...
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Telecollaboration Lesson

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the Caribbean sea and the Arctic ocean. They become familiar with the living conditions of others. Students investigate the geographic location of each area. They become familiar with important events that helped...
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Oceanography Class Quilt

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create and observe a collage of oceanography topics that be placed on quilt tiles in a culmination art project to represent information learned.
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Lights in the Deep

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students describe, compare, and contrast bioluminescence, fluorescence, phosphorescence, and chemiluminescence. They explain the role of three major components of bioluminescent systems. They ex
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If I Can't See It, How Do I Know It's There?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students build a model ocean using a variety of materials representing the various levels of the ocean. They collect data about the ocean floor in a partner activity. They practice working with topographical mapping grids.
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CURRENT AND CLIMATE

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study currents and how they have been used to plot courses for travel. They examine the ocean currents in both the Atlantic and Pacific and discuss their effect on local weather.

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