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Life is Weird

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Separate your science class into small groups and assign each a specific deep-sea organism to research. The class will learn about all of the organisms as each group presents their assigned animal. Following their presentations, you can...
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Reef Sharks!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students visit an ocean aquarium exhibit where they can observe Black tip reef sharks. They observe the shark's behavior and read any information exhibited on the walls. They complete a worksheet based on information collected.
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My Own Backyard

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Scholars create a drawing of their own backyards. They will use a visualization technique to sketch their own backyard onto construction paper using oil pastels. Guiding questions are given along with materials for the project....
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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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Lobster Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this lobster vocabulary learning exercise, students analyze 10 words in a word box that pertain to lobsters. Students find each word in a word search puzzle.
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Crab Alphabet Activity

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this crabs learning exercise, students explore crab vocabulary words and practice their alphabetical order knowledge. Students place ten words in ABC order.
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How Big Is A Humpback Whale?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore humpback whales. For this humpback whale lesson, students determine the actual size of humpback whales and use diagrams to identify the major features of the humpback whale.
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On the Trail of the Blue Crab

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read the article "Blue Claw," discuss crab migration, and look at a map of the Hudson River. They complete a worksheet where they must use subtraction to determine the distance migrating crabs travel.Web links, article, and...
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Dining Out With Fishes of the Hudson

For Students 5th
For this reading comprehension worksheet, 5th graders read information and complete 3 activities based on the information they have read.
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Habitats and Adaptations

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students research and describe the habitat and adaptations of a reef animal. After the student is assigned a habitat, they design and draw a cresture adapted to eat each food and to live in each habitat.
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Addition with Regrouping

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this regrouping in addition worksheet, students use the table for the 'Threatened and Endangered Animals' and their numbers to solve the addition problems that utilize regrouping.
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Swimming With the Crabs!

For Students 6th - 9th
In this environmental science activity, students complete a graphic organizer (Frayer model) on blue crabs. They write an article using the given facts.
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Plankton / Phytoplankton

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss the importance of plankton in the ocean ecosystem. For this biology lesson, students identify the different types plankton by observing them under the microscope. They explain how plankton population affect global climate.
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Whales and Sea Ice: Investigating Insulation

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars investigate the properties of insulation as it relates to whales and sea ice. They research whales and examine the atmospheric changes that occur when there are changes in sea ice.
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Whale Blubber

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the purpose and characteristics of whale blubber. They work together to complete an experiment to test the fat as an insulator. They discover how humans use materials to protect them from the cold.
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Marine & Aquatic Habitats Activities - Terrestrial Forests vs. Kelp Forests

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss concept and specificity of habitats, both marine and terrestrial, list similarities and differences in the habitats of a kelp forest and a terrestrial forest, compare types of organisms that occupy corresponding types of...
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Under the Sea Webquest

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in small groups to research a selected species of ocean creature. They conduct Internet research, complete a WebQuest and worksheet, and complete a group oral presentation that includes an illustration of the food...
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Create An Insect

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners create a new species of insect. They create a list of insect characteristics and use this as a springboard to draw an insect of their own. Students write a brief descriptive paragraphs about their insect, giving particular...
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Exploring the Great Salt Lake

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in a scavenger hunt, looking for things that are unique about the ecosystem in and around the lake. They observe and describe a variety of habitats and distinguish living and nonliving elements of...
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Wild Arctic

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore key terms, including food web and food chain. They discuss Arctic plants and animals, devise at least three Arctic food chains and create a food web showing connections among Arctic life.
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Why is a salt marsh important?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discuss the salt marsh. They define the following terms: habitat, water, land and air. Students work in small groups. They are asked why are they going to a salt marsh? Middle schoolers discuss whose habitat is it at...
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The Effects of Temperature Variations on the Heartbeat Rate of Daphnia

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Young scholars use DigiScope technology to investigate Daphinia, popularly known as water fleas. They design, conduct, and report on an experiment to determine the effects of varying water temperatures on the heartbeat rate of Daphnia.
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Invertebrate Vocabulary-- Marine Invertebrate Match

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students study 12 vocabulary words which pertain to marine invertebrates. Students read the definitions which include pronunciation, part of speech and meaning of the name. Students then look at 16 organisms...
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Amazing Arthropods

For Students 4th - 6th
In this amazing arthropods worksheet, learners read for information and assess comprehension. In this true and false, fill in the bank, multiple choice and short answer worksheet, students write answers to ten questions.

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