Lesson Plan

Ocean Discovery

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Immerse your young marine biologists in the world of marine animals. The lesson includes several activities that are age-appropriate for preschoolers and kindergartners, including coloring pages, gluing feathers and sand onto paper cutouts of animals, and constructing a penguin and a walrus.

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Instructional Ideas
  • Use some of the exercises and projects in a unit about sea animals or marine life
Classroom Considerations
  • Some activities require you to enlarge three outlines of animals on a copy machine up to 200% of the original size
  • Much of the lesson is based on the assumption that your class will visit Sea World in the near future
Pros
  • Lists clear, attainable objectives for the lesson
  • Provides a glossary of terms, as well as descriptions of each animal
  • Includes a bibliography with additional resources and links
Cons
  • None
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