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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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Handout
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Tropical Oceans: Coral Reefs

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting site about coral reefs. It explores where the reefs are found, what the reefs are, animals that live in the reefs, and preservation of the reefs.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Antilles: What Are the Environmental Factors of a Habitat?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Join Sam on his journey to the bottom of the sea. Explore beautiful animals living in the sea, and learn about the importance of a well-balanced habitat.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Blue Whale for Kids: Learn About the Giant Mammal.

For Students 1st - 9th
What are blue whales? Kids find out about the largest mammal on earth that lives in the ocean.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Dolphins

For Students 1st - 8th
Kids learn how dolphins eat, sleep, and live together. Bottlenose dolphins and orcas travel the ocean in pods.
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Website
Other

Voyage to the Deep: Vent Crab

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about vent crabs in this overview that includes a QuickTime video clip and several photos.
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Interactive
Other

Switch Zoo: Where Do I Live?

For Students 3rd - 8th
In these games, you will move the animals who live in Switch Zoo to their original home continent or ocean.
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Website
Other

New England Aquarium: Climate Change and the Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of videos accompanied by student activity sheets explore the impact of climate change on the ocean and the animals that live in and around it: sea turtles, jellies, whales, shore birds, lobsters, and coral.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Plumbing the Deep: Using Sound Waves to See

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this instructional activity, students learn about echolocation: what it is and how engineers use it to "see" things in the dark, or deep underwater. Also, they learn how animals use echolocation to catch their dinner and travel the...
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Website
Other

Voyage to the Deep: Tubeworm

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is a very brief overview of tubeworms, a hydrothermal vent marine animal.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Teaching With Pourquoi Tales

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features activities that revolve around "Teaching With Pourquoi Tales." Students will learn more about these types of old legends that deal with the natural world.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Iceland: Surtsey

For Students 9th - 10th
Surtsey, a volcanic island approximately 32 km from the south coast of Iceland, is a new island formed by volcanic eruptions that took place from 1963 to 1967. It is all the more outstanding for having been protected since its birth,...