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Time And Money: Time Zones Word Problems
In this math instructional activity, students examine a map of North America with all the time zones marked. Students solve 11 time zone word problems and fill out a chart which displays shipping times.
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The Magic School Bus Goes to Mussel Beach
Students investigate tides and create a model of an intertidal zone. In this hands-on marine science lesson plan based on a Magic School Bus book, the teacher leads students in a discussion about tides, then helps students model a tide...
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Exploring the Beach
Learners explore the beach. In this marine habitat lesson, students inspect sand grains, design beach profiles, classify marine life, and examine natural beach habitats. Learners use spreadsheets to record data from their activities at a...
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Beach Zonation
Young scholars investigate the characteristics of the beach environment and explore beach zonation. After gathering samples from different areas of the beach, students discuss how the beaches work and the characteristic of each zone....
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The Ocean Floor and Shore Zones
Make textbook reading more engaging using this reading activities worksheet, through which scholars review major features found on the ocean floor and the processes that formed these features. They complete 11 terms in a crossword...
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Coasts and Reefs: Shallow Marine Processes
A more thorough presentation on coastal systems would be difficult to find! Detailed diagrams illuminate the offshore, shoreface, foreshore, and backshore zones of beach. The sources and movement of sediments along the coastline are...
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Every Square Inch Counts
Students monitor the abundance of organisms in photograph quadrats. In this environmental monitoring activity, students view pictures of rocky intertidal and subtidal marine zones and discuss the importance of monitoring organism...
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Beach Zonation
Students explore biology by participating in an organism identification activity. In this beach field trip lesson, students identify the different areas of the beach in which organisms reside and discuss the differences between high tide...
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Beach Zonation
Students identify and separate the different zones of the beach by observation. They investigate beach zonation by gathering and comparing sand samples gathered from different areas of the beach.
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Long Island Beach Life
Have your class learn about marine life through this resource. This comprehensive lesson has learners discuss marine life, learn key vocabulary, discuss environmental concerns, and play games related to migration and predator/prey...
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Creatures From the Black Lagoon
Seventh graders make observations at a beach zone, bayou, pond, lake or drainage ditch, or other wetland.
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Ocean Habitats:
Students investigate the creatures of intertidal zones. They explore the adaptations species make to survive .
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Turning the Tide on Trash: Marine Debris Curriculum
Seven pages of fascinating reading on marine debris preface the activities in this lesson plan. Four different activities are employed to simulate how the debris is distributed in the ocean and along beaches. Early ecology learners...
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Intertidal Field Trip
Students explore an intertidal zone. In this science activity, students travel to an intertidal zone. Students collect data and create species accumulation curves.
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The Magic School Bus Goes to Mussel Beach
Pupils participate in a hands-on activity where they explore tidal zones. They explore tides and marine life. This is an experiment that can be accomplished in class.
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Gallery Walk Questions about Energy and Material Cycles
Students state the physical, chemical or biological processes associated with these environments: Pelagic ocean zone, California coat Cave, Indiana Barrier island beach, North Carolina Sand dune, Dunes National Park, Colorado Wetland and...
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Tides and How Creatures Survive
Students discover tidal pools. In this oceanographic lesson, students observe the tides of the earth and the creatures that inhabit the intertidal zones. Students role-play the tidal zones by portraying themselves as animals of the...
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Aquatic Ecosystems
Ninth graders record information on aquatic ecosystems and create a labeled diagram of an ecosystem of their choice. They can choose from an ocean zone, estuary, river, lakes, or beaches. The student has to explain their biome of choice.
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Spelling Plural Nouns – Adding S
In this plural nouns worksheet, students practice adding an s to plural nouns in different situations. Students complete 5 activities total.
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Present/ Future True Conditionals 1
For this language arts worksheet, students read an instruction box about the use of "if" and the result clauses. Students write the correct form of the verbs in 20 sentences containing the word "if." Then students complete sentences with...
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Wildlife
The centerpiece of this lesson plan is a predator-prey simulation in which colored paperclips represent different species of animals camouflaged against a colored background. Relevant follow-up questions are provided. The activity is...
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 25
In this vocabulary multiple choice worksheet, students read 8 sentences that have a missing word. Students examine the 4 word choices that are similar, and select the word that fits the sentence.
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Aquatic Ecosystems
Students study the diversity of marine life and their habitats. For this aquatic ecosystems lesson students complete a lab activity and experiment.
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What is the Rocky shoreline?
Second graders access prior knowledge of the rocky shoreline. In this rocky shoreline lesson plan, 2nd graders create questions about the rocky shoreline. Students define vocabulary related to the rocky shoreline. Students become...