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Ocean Animals - Fill in the Missing Vowels
Students look at 8 pictures of ocean animals and fill in the missing vowel for each ocean animal. This worksheet is a very goo way for young learners to practice their vowel sounds and spelling rules.
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Gray Whales
Explore the majestic grey whale while deepening your understanding of animal adaptations. Grey whales from head to toe are specifically designed to fit their environment. Learners will examine the ways in which the flippers, head, body,...
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Animal English Exercise
In this interactive animal science worksheet, learners answer seven true or false questions and six word scrambles based on their knowledge of animals.
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It All Runs Downhill
Examine how pollution makes its way into an ocean with help from a model watershed. Scholars use household items to recreate a mini-watershed, equipped with pollutants, that when mixed with rain drain into a model's body of water. After...
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Water in the Biosphere
Environmental explorers examine the campus and take note of living organisms. Introduce them to the biosphere and the questions of the day: How much water can be found in the biosphere? A slide show helps you along, and even contains a...
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Swimming with Crabs
Learners explore Earth science by completing several graphic organizer activities in class. In this oceanography lesson, students research ocean inhabitants such as blue crab and oysters. Learners complete graphic organizers about the...
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How Big Is A Humpback Whale?
Students explore humpback whales. In this humpback whale lesson, students determine the actual size of humpback whales and use diagrams to identify the major features of the humpback whale.
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El Nino and Its Effects
Students research El Nino and its effects all over North America using Web Resources. Working in teams, they present their findings. They look for connections and relationships between animal behavior and climate.
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Your Favorite Wild Animal
For this research skills worksheet, students select a wild animal and then respond to 5 short answer questions regarding it. In addition, students draw a picture of it and define 6 habitat terms.
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Person, Place, Thing, or Animal: Noun Hunt
In this nouns worksheet, students look over a list of 23 words and put an N next to each one that is a noun and an X next to each word that is not a noun. Students participate in a hunt for nouns.
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Water Words Puzzle
In this water worksheet, students fill in the blanks to a crossword puzzle having to do with water words. Students complete 25 blanks in the crossword.
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Survival in the Open Ocean
Students examine how scientists conduct pelagic research and identify pelagic predators as they study the open-ocean ecosystem. They discuss and conduct small group research of this environment in order to produce a presentation.
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Zoology Word Search Puzzle
In this science worksheet, students look for the words that are related to the concept of zoology that is reviewed in the sheet. They also acquire new vocabulary.
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Picture-Word Match
In this picture and word matching worksheet, students match 3 pictures with their names, drawing lines to match. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Moon Snails
In this moon snails learning exercise, learners read a 2 page article on moon snails, define 8 vocabulary words relating to moon snails and answer 7 short answer questions relating to the article.
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Arctic Smorgasbord
Though the walrus spends roughly one third of its time on land, it eats organisms that live on the bottom of the ocean. The first in a series of five, the lesson uses a variety of plant and animal cards to have scholars build an arctic...
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Whale Song Acrostic
What do whales sing about? Invite your class to imagine the thoughts of whales before writing acrostic poems on the topic. The plan blends together a bit of life science with plenty of opportunities for creativity and writing.
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Build a Polyp
Students research coral polyps. In this coral polyps lesson, students discover the anatomy of a coral polyp and how they feed. Students create an edible coral polyp model.
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Ocean Animals- Fill In the Missing Vowels
In this vowels activity, students look at 8 pictures of ocean animals. Students fill in the missing vowels to complete the name of each animal.
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Visual Vocabulary
Students interpret and name the vocabulary termed acted out by the mime. In this science/language arts/physical education activity, students are given a set of vocabulary terms to discuss within their group. Next, students place all...
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Basket Stars
In this basket stars worksheet, students read a 1 page article on basket stars, define 8 vocabulary words and answer 7 short answer questions in complete sentences.
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Exploring Limu Diversity
Students explore limu diversity. In this ocean ecosystem lesson, students classify limu according to its physical properties. Students work in small groups to generate scientific observations and sort limu by characteristics.
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A or An
In this a or an activity, students put a or an in front of other words. Students put a or an in front of 45 words or phrases.
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Crab Crossword Puzzle
In this crab worksheet, students read ten clues that pertain to sea crabs. Students match these to vocabulary words in a box. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle.