Oceanography Lesson Plans

From Selecting a Harbor: Oceanography and the Impact of Oil Spills to A MODEL OF SEA-FLOOR, find teacher approved oceanography lesson plans that inspire student learning.

Selecting a Harbor: Oceanography and the Impact of Oil Spills

73 Views: 6th - 9th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students complete lab activities involving the scientific method to investigate ecological principles of interaction and balance between living and natural worlds; students role play resident experts in Oil Spill!, an event-based science module.

Tools of the Trade

29 Views: 7th - 12th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students construct functional replicas of oceanographic tools and demonstrate and explain their use.

Sampling the Ocean Floor

43 Views: 3rd - 12th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students sample goodies from an unseen ocean floor and try to accurately describe their composition. This simulation helps students explain the limitations of sampling and the problem of obtaining representative samples of sea floor sediments.

Oceanography: Density: Designing a Hydrometer Lab

87 Views: 6th - 8th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students explore water density and design a hydrometer to measure density. This activity is part of Ocean World's home site and excellent resources and links are provided.

Coral Bleaching: Making Our Oceans Whiter

98 Views: 6th - 12th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students study coral reefs and the controversy over coral bleaching. They role-play a debate over the issue and come up with a compromise to protect the reefs and the economies that depend on them.

Wetland Transects

21 Views: 6th - 12th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students lay out transect lines beside a local stream or river. There they record species of plants and insects living around the stream. By doing so, students explore how to use transect sampling techniques, use a variety of methods to sample species.

A Star to Steer Her By

33 Views: 6th - 12th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students determine their latitude using a protracdtor and/or cross-staff to find the altitude of Polaris.

Specialized for the Sea

37 Views: Kindergarten - 2nd Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students use pictures and make a mural to investigate how ocean animals are adapted to certain parts of their environment.

Fish Tank Territories

61 Views: 3rd - 9th Grade; Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

Students observe swimming and resting patterns of aquarium fish to determine how different parts of the habitat are used. Different pairs of students should compare their results after several days to look for daily patterns.

A MODEL OF SEA-FLOOR