Oceans: Everything You Need

Oceans Experts Tout Kid Power Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Experts who helped make the new movie Oceans had a message for kids at the blue-carpet premiere of the film: Kids can have a huge role in saving... Read more >	Writing Activities, Lesson Plans Under the Sea Grades: 3–5 Students learn to use a table of contents, index, and glossary to research marine animals. This lesson also requires students to classify marine... Read more >
Online Learning Activities Ocean Life Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Explore how human activities impact sea turtles in Costa Rica and dolphins in New Zealand. Read more >	Writing Activities, Unit Plans Discovering the Deep Grades: 3–5 Presents a comprehensive, hands-on lesson unit plan about the ocean and ocean life that involves extensive reading and research. Read more >
Oceanography Grades: 6–8, 9–12 Offers extensive information on the history, disciplines, and technology of oceanography. Read more >	Writing Activities, Book Resources, Lesson Plans Tremendous Turtles Grades: PreK–K, 1–2 Students learn about turtle shells and anatomy through read-alouds, creating informative posters, and writing about times they've "came out of... Read more >
Articles The Arctic Waters Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Learn about the relationship between the icy polar sea, the reflective sea ice, and the atmosphere. Read more >	Writing Activities, Lesson Plans Homes for Hermit Crabs Grades: 1–2, 3–5 Students appreciate shells by imagining themselves as hermit crabs and painting their own shells. Read more >
Lesson Plans Snazzy Snails Grades: 1–2, 3–5 Explore snails and their shells by observing them up close, taking notes, and researching information. Read more >	Unit Plans Sheltering Shells Grades: 1–2 This is a unit that investigates things with shells. The students take an in-depth look at animals with shells and the different types of shells. Read more >
Lesson Plans Something's Fishy! Grades: PreK–K, 1–2 Presents a lesson on the life cycle and behavior of fish, involving fish-themed reading, games, crafts, and even the observation of a live gold... Read more >	Ocean and Sea Grades: 6–8, 9–12 Classifies bodies of water across the world and describes the geologic features that oceanographers study. Read more >
Writing Activities, Book Resources, Lesson Plans Clifford Saves the Whales Lesson Plan Grades: PreK–K, 1–2 This beginning chapter book featuring Clifford the Big Red Dog will expand children's knowledge of whales and the concept of endangered species.... Read more >	DIMENSIONS OF THE OCEAN AND MARGINAL SEAS Grades: 6–8, 9–12 Presents charts containing data on the dimensions of the world's oceans and marginal seas. Read more >
Articles General Sea Life Facts Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Learn about marine mammals such as whales, dolphins, porpoises and otters. Read more >	Activities and Games, Articles At the Aquarium Grades: PreK–K, 1–2 Students learn about aquatic aquariums while exercises their language arts, social studies, math, art, and music and movement abilities. Read more >
Articles Creatures of the Sea Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 This content resource helps teachers locate online resources on marine wildlife. Web links to SeaWorld, the Franklin Intitute's Treasures At Sea... Read more >	Marine Mammals of the Arctic Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Discover the many marine mammals in Arctic waters, including walruses, seals, and whales. Read more >
Fabien Cousteau Grades: 6–8, 9–12 Fabien Cousteau Slideshow Read more >	Book Resources, Extension Activities Life in the Oceans Extension Activities Grades: PreK–K, 1–2 To demonstrate that an ocean wave is made up of water molecules that go up and down in a circle rather than water moving forward (as a wave seems... Read more >