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Oceans: Everything You Need

Find lesson plans, articles, interviews with scientists, thematic units, book lists, and multimedia resources on ocean life.

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Investigate the Giant Squid: A Science Explorations Activity

Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

Through various online learning activities, students must think like a scientist to discover the world of this mysterious deep-sea creature.

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Listen and Read Activities

Look Into a Tide Pool: A Listen and Read Book, Level A

Grades: 1–2

Early learners discover the world of anemones, hermit crabs, and a host of other animals in this read along book.

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Ocean Books

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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.

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Oceanography

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

Offers extensive information on the history, disciplines, and technology of oceanography.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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Lesson Plans

Snazzy Snails

Grades: 1–2, 3–5

Explore snails and their shells by observing them up close, taking notes, and researching information.

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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.

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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...

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Ocean and Sea

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

Classifies bodies of water across the world and describes the geologic features that oceanographers study.

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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....

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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.

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Articles

General Sea Life Facts

Grades: 3–5, 6–8

Learn about marine mammals such as whales, dolphins, porpoises and otters.

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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.

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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...

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Marine Mammals of the Arctic

Grades: 3–5, 6–8

Discover the many marine mammals in Arctic waters, including walruses, seals, and whales.

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Fabien Cousteau

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

Fabien Cousteau Slideshow

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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...

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