This lesson engages students in an activity to monitor animal foraging behavior on a spatial scale. The students will break into groups and track each other's movements as they move through a pre-determined course. The results will be...

Smithsonian Institution presents ?Ocean Planet: Interdisciplinary Marine Science Activities?. Through this series of six interdisciplinary lessons, students will look at such things as the organisms in different marine ecosystems, the...

A series of lesson plans designed to be used with the Smithsonian Ocean Planet exhibit (available online). Lesson topics include marine ecosystems, pollution of ocean water, animal strandings, and literature.

Find out what types of animals Charles Darwin saw when he visited the Galapagos Islands. A slide show of animals and explanations for their evolution are also featured on this site.

Details how marine mammals at Sea World learn by different techniques, including operant conditioning, positive reinforcer, and others.

This lesson plan gives students a chance to create their own underwater animal out of paper-mache, and their imagination. Provides a colorful photo example, assessment criteria, and a suggested book to use for inspiration.

Use this animal guide to learn the scientific name and discover the habitat, diet, reproduction, physical and unique characteristics of the Japanese spider crab.

Investigate the relationships among kelp forest inhabitants and their relationships to the giant kelp plant. List the parts of a giant kelp plant and construct a model of a kelp forest habitat.

The Leatherback Trust is a non-profit organization of scientists and future scientists to preserve the Leatherback sea turtles and their nesting beaches.

A full description of the endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtle including information about physical characteristics, habitat range, reproduction, threats to its survival, and conservation efforts to help the species.

A group of whales was recently discovered to be swimming with a dolphin, who appears to be accepted as part of the group. This is a rare activity for whales.