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- 1st - 4th
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Students research marine organisms in preparation for a visit to an aquarium. They visit an aquarium to complete research on a marine animal and then share the information with the class post-visit. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students describe marine biology/biologists; explore the life and work of Tierney Thys; describe how technological advances help us study the ocean and its life forms; identify and describe some lesser-known ocean species, and create murals. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Student perform observations of live reptiles to find out about a family of marine reptiles. They answer a series of questions and discuss their answers with the rest of the class. They handle model specimens of the marine reptile they observed. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students review the three different marine environments: coral reefs, open ocean and bottom ocean. They create large dioramas of these environments using larger moving and appliance boxes. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students observe a demonstration using colored water and bread, which shows them the effects concentrated toxins have on marine animals. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students brainstorm list of people and jobs they think are needed to rescue distressed marine animal, review entire Inside View: Riverhead Foundation site, create revised list, compare and contrast original class list to revised list, and report their findings to classmates. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students visit a Marine Biology study area 2-3 times and write a report after the last visit. They participate in the Marine Biology field trips working with lab partners. They complete data sheets to write their primitive environmental impact statements for their reports. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students begin by using clay to model fertilization and early development of sea urchins and chordates. They move on to mixing live sea urchin sperm and ova together to observe, diagram and record events occurring in fertilization and development over a 1-2 day period. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students learn about the life and work of Tierney Thys. They describe marine biology and what marine biologists do. Students identify and describe different types of jobs that people do related to marine biology. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students discuss the different threats to various marine life. Through research, groups examine threats to specific marine life, evaluate the situation, and develop possible solutions to help marine life regain stability. Conservation worksheets are completed during research. Full Review »