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Composition of Ocean Water
Students experiment to determine the composition of ocean water. In this ocean water composition lesson, students color in a grid that shows the percentage of each of the components of ocean water which include chloride, sodium, sulfate,...
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Keeping Watch on Coral Reefs
Students view a tutorial on coral reefs then investigate corals under stress. In this Earth Science lesson plan students prepare a written report and explain the relationship between coral reefs and their zooxanthellae.
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Hot, Cold, Fresh and Salty
Students observe the effects of layering water and what is more or less saline than normal. For this geoscience lesson students create saline solutions, layer them and observe how the water becomes different temperatures in different...
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Ready, Set, Drift!
Students define data, recover data from the Internet, and use information they obtain to solve problems. In this investigative lesson plan students answer questions on a worksheet and demonstrate the use of a maneuvering board in...
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Are You Getting Thirsty?
Young scholars study droughts and how they affect communities and coastal ecosystems. For this ecosystems lesson students use data to examine drought conditions in certain areas.
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Oil Slick Emergency
Young scholars examine how to recover and remove oil from an oil spill. In this oil spill clean-up lesson students use role play and act like a committee to determine how to clean up an oil spill.
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Shark Encounter
Sixth graders identify fact and fiction about sharks. In this investigative lesson students graph results of a shark survey and label parts of a shark.
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You Are What You Eat: Plastics and Marine Life
Students study the different types of plastics and see which ones sink or remain buoyant. In this ocean environmental lesson plan students complete several handouts, and view a film on PBS.
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Where's the Oxygen?
Students study seawater and how temperature and salinity influence it. In this oxygen lesson plan students complete a lab activity on dissolved oxygen.
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The Oceanographic Yo-Yo
Students examine how oceanographers use chemical and physical parameters of seawater to locate hydrothermal vents. In this ocean lesson students complete an activity and worksheets.
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To See or Not to See
Students identify and discuss key factors that determine how effective color camouflage is in certain habitats. In this investigative lesson students divide into groups and study light.
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What's in that Cake?
Students discover the methods scientists use to investigate Oceanic habitats. In this oceanography lesson plan, students utilize the Internet to identify deep sea submersibles and how they help scientists study the Charleston Bump....
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So, What's it Doing Today?
Students describe short-term variations in oceanographic parameters in the Gulf Stream. In this ocean habitats lesson students use satellite imagery to obtain information in the Gulf Stream.
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Field Trip - San Francisco Bay Model
Students investigate scale models while attending a field trip within the San Francisco Bay Area. In this oceanography lesson, students identify the currents of the Bay Area and discuss how they are created by different tides....
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Coral Bleaching
Students examine the relationship between corals and zooxanthellae, identify stresses to corals, and explain coral bleaching. For this sea life lesson students predict the effects of increased temperatures on coral reefs.
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Group Foraging
Students explore co-operation by researching ocean life. In this fish science instructional activity, students identify many vocabulary terms associated with oceanography and discuss what group foraging means among fish. Students utilize...
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Lesson one
Students study waves and how it erodes a beach. In this energy lesson students complete a lab activity on waves and tides.
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Ocean Currents
Students determine how water and wind affect ocean currents. For this science investigation lesson, students follow the provided steps to enable them to consider how explorers may have used ocean currents to their advantage.
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Biomes: Islands and Evolution
Students discover how islands form, how plant and animal species get there and what the term means. For this biomes lesson students prepare a presentation that describes the life forms and geography of an island.
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Marine Animal and Plant Adaptations
Students examine nature by creating their own animals. In this animal adaptation lesson, students define scientific vocabulary terms dealing with adaptation such as sea stars, sea cucumbers and exoskeleton. Students utilize their...
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Ocean Tides
In this ocean tides worksheet, students read 2 pages about ocean tides and answer true or false questions about it. Students complete 10 questions.
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Create a Hawaiian Tako Lure
Learners create a tako lure. In this Hawaiian culture instructional activity, students research how Hawaiians use natural resources to survive. Learners are introduced to new vocabulary and create an octopus lure.
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Beach Zonation
Students explore biology by participating in an organism identification activity. In this beach field trip activity, students identify the different areas of the beach in which organisms reside and discuss the differences between high...
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Clam Hooping
Students explore ocean biology by capturing organisms on a beach. For this clam collecting lesson, students identify the clam species and discuss the anatomy of a clam as well as the importance they provide as a meal. Students utilize a...
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