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Salmon Life Cycle
In this life cycle worksheet, learners fill in the blanks with words about the life cycle of a salmon. Students complete 20 words about the life cycle.
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What Ocean Animals Do Worksheet
In this ocean animals worksheet, students draw lines to match pictures of ocean animals to their descriptions, 6 total. A website reference for additional resources is given.
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Marine Debris Module
Students analyze issues related to the Hawaiian Islands. They examine previous studies by real scientists and create their own study. They use the results of their study to take action in their local community.
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Ocean Life
In this coloring activity worksheet, students color the image of the underwater animals and plants. Students enhance their fine motor skills with the activity.
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Iced In
Introduce junior oceanographers to ice conditions in The Great Lakes. The ice map links are no longer available, so you will not be able to have your class perform the mentioned data activity. You can, however, access the Canadian Ice...
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A Look At Penguin Life
Students read a story about Penguin Life and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this penguin life lesson plan, students respond to literature by researching penguins and creating a Venn diagram to compare/contrast...
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Sea Connections
Pupils, after locating different marine habitats on a globe, play a card game about ecosystems, food webs and organisms.
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So, What's it Doing Today?
Students describe short-term variations in oceanographic parameters in the Gulf Stream. In this ocean habitats lesson plan students use satellite imagery to obtain information in the Gulf Stream.
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Fish Collages
Students discuss sea life and what lives in the ocean. They examine patterns, and create fish collages using ripped construction paper.
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Exploring Limu Diversity
Students explore limu diversity. In this ocean ecosystem lesson, students classify limu according to its physical properties. Students work in small groups to generate scientific observations and sort limu by characteristics.
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Life In the Flood Zone
Pupils discover how floods occur by visiting the Weather Channel's website. They examine the areas of the United States which are more vulnerable for flooding. They research the history of previous floods and how to protect themselves.
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2005 Hidden Ocean Expedition What's Eating You?
Analyze data and make inferences about the trophic position of organisms in the Canada marine food web. After a review of the geography and formula, discuss results and write an essay to improve the understanding of Artic food webs.
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Ocean Letter Match
In this beginning sounds worksheet, students study the pictures of the ocean animals and the letters. Students then draw a line from each picture to the letter with the same beginning sound.
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The Dead Zone: A Marine Horror Story
Learners graph dissolved oxygen versus depth using data taken from NECOP Program. In this marine science lesson, students explain the causes of hypoxia. They recommend possible solutions to this problem.
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Harmful Algal Blooms in Full Bloom
Students calculate the total percentage of samples from the data on the graphs. In this marine science lesson, students analyze the concentration levels over a period of time. They suggest ways to lessen the effect of these blooms.
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Organize Ocean Animal Research
Sixth graders research a variety of ocean animals, organizing the facts in the form of a database. They input the results of the research into the appropriate field of their database for their Oceanography Science Unit.
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Modeling Estuaries
Learners create a model estuary. In this modeling estuaries lesson, students identify characteristics and mix water of varying densities. Learners form a hypothesis, conduct an experiment, and analyze the results.
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Beach Combing: Evidence of Life
Students comb the beach and gather remnants of unfamiliar life forms to make speculations about the origins of their discoveries. In this environments awareness lesson plan, students work in groups to search for evidence of life on the...
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Ocean Life Word Search
In this language arts worksheet, learners will be searching for words that pertain to the ocean. Students will locate the names of 39 vocabulary words directly related to the topic.
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Creature From The Deep
Students become familiar with oceanography terms by writing an oceanography horror story.
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I, Robot, Can Do That!
Assign groups of middle school oceanographers to research one of the following underwater robots; ABE, Herculues, ROPOS, RCV-150, Tiburon, or general purpose ROVs. An included handout guides them through information to be gathered. Each...
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Journey to the Unknown
Go where no one has gone before. Learners experience what it is like to be a scientist exploring new territory. Using audio and a scripted text, pupils take a trip in the depths of the ocean. They follow their trip with a hands-on...
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The Methane Circus
Step right up! An engaging research-centered lesson, the third in a series of six, has young archaeologists study the amazing animals of the Cambrian explosion. Working in groups, they profile a breathtaking and odd creature and learn...
K12 Reader
Ben Franklin
Readers are asked to use the provided graphic organizer to list the main idea and supporting ideas in a passage about the inventions of Benjamin Franklin.