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Under The Sea - Describing an Ocean Picture

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create original complete sentences to describe an ocean picture under the sea. After a lecture/demo, 2nd graders use a software program to create their own undersea scene, complete with pictures and writing.
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How Harmful Is It?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners complete a form that requires them to make decisions about how severely different types of marine debris affect people, animals, vessels, communities. Results are totaled and analyzed to determine which types of marine debris...
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Ocean Exploration Time Lines

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners investigate ocean explorations. They conduct Internet research, and create a chronological timeline of various ocean explorations.
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The Lunar and Terrestrial Tug of War

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, locate, comprehend, interpret, and evaluate information about celestial bodies that influence ocean tides on Earth. They apply this information through graphic representations.
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SURFACE CURRENTS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify five major ocean currents and identify the correlation between ocean circulation and prevailing winds.
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Storybook Art

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners read the book Swimmy, by Leo Lionni. They study his method of illustrating and then create an underwater scene of their own using the same method.
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Paper Collage With Eric Carle

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the illustrating work of Eric Carle. They discuss how the illustrations are made and then decorate their room by creating artwork in the same style.
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Mister Seahorse: Bulletin Board Idea

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write a paragraph about what makes their school so special. They create collage seahorses and display their work on a bulletin board decorated in the style of illustrator Eric Carle.
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Ocean Life

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students research and identify ocean animals characteristics and life styles using the Internet and books. They create a PowerPoint presentation and an iMovie to present to the class.
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Oceanography

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use scientific skills and processes to recognize how living things depend on one another and on the environment for survival and that the human use of natural resources impacts the environment. They research how Earth's...
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Oceanography Illustrated

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders choose a topic for an Oceanography report, discuss copyright law and the need to cite sources. They use the bibliography sheet gather information and graphics. Students complete a research project using research,...
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Ocean Floor Properties and Near Shore Environments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore and model the characteristics of the ocean floor and near shore environments through in-class demonstrations, laboratory activities, and internet research. They use classroom materials to research the characteristics of...
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Caribbean Cruisers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers expand knowledge of Caribbean life. They utilize various research tools including the internet. Students explore scientific concepts related to the ocean. The lessons within this unit are centralized around novels.
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Life on the Surface of the Earth

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover that life occurs on or near the surface of the Earth in land, air, and water. They read the literature selection, 'Whose Forest Is It?' and discuss with students that there are examples of of many living things that...
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An Introduction to the Ocean World

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students comprehend how the organisms that exist within the ocean biome, and categorizing each into producer, consumer, or decomposer. They place various human actions under the headings of "hazard" or "help," illustrating how humans can...
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The Great Water Hunt

For Teachers K
Students create a model of the land to water ratio in a large group and search for all the places water is used at their school while on a Great Water Hunt. They identify where water can be found and compare how much of world is covered...
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To Be Salty Sea Ice Or Not

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore what type of solutions freeze. They design their own experiments to compare how fresh water and salt water freezes. In addition, they write their observations in a journal and complete analysis questions.
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Deep Ocean Currents

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe the interactions of different temperatures of water using colored ice and a thermometer and then compare the results with global ocean current solar heating. They identify where floating ice would be found in the ocean,...
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Temperature Changes: Atmosphere & Ocean

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe temperature differences of water and air in sunlight and darkness. They determine that the sun warms the Earth's surface, which controls global currents and climate, keeping the earth habitable. They discover water and...
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New: Around the World

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify and demonstrate how symbols and models are used to represent features of the environment. They use a map and a globe to label where the students in the book came from, point out the continent, and show which ocean...
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Ocean Word Search

For Students 6th - 8th
In this environment worksheet, students find the words related to the life found in the ocean and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Unit 5 Word Search

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science learning exercise, students find the words that are related to the concepts of currents and underwater landforms. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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What is Climate?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this weather learning exercise, students identify and explain the factors that can affect the climate in each area of the illustrated map. Then they describe the various effects of these factors, such as air pressure systems and the...
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Ocean Water

For Students 7th - 8th
Given data about the composition of ocean water, students complete 5 different questions using a provded table that relate to the ocean water (with elements Chloride, Sodium, Sulfate, and Magnesium). Some questions require calculation,...

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