Jellyfish Lesson Plans

In this lesson students read Click Magazine and become familiar with the ocean and its creatures.  In this ocean activity students examine articles and gather information about various sea animals.  In this lesson students write sentences about their imaginary whale watching trip. In this lesson students play Go Fish and discover new facts. students draw an illustration based on the stories.

1st graders complete a unit on oceans. They build models of the ocean, make flipbooks, and perform an experiment to see which items float in salt water and freshwater.

Students construct plankton models from materials of various shapes and densities to simulate adaptations that slow sinking. They race their models and calculate sinking rates. They discuss the importance of these small sea creatures.

1st graders explore compound words an their use in text. They locate, create, separate and define compound words found in meaningful text and print. In addition, they create a Compound Word bank, create words using strips, and creata class book.

In this lesson students employ poetry as a medium to relay information and express views about significant environmental issues that exist today and to assess their effects on The State of the Planet as we enter the next millennium.

Students draw time lines showing the differences between the turtle species' breathing times. They write paragraphs describing their time lines and explaining how the Crittercam study might help sea turtle conservation efforts.

In this lesson 8th graders investigate the question, "how does understanding the properties and characteristics of light help us to enhance our quality of life?". They apply knowledge gained though the unit in order to create an optical device.

In this lesson students define the word colossal, then read a news article about an enormous squid caught off Antarctica. In this animal studies and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with dictionary and vocabulary activities, then students read the news article and participate in a think-pair-share discussion. Lesson includes interdisciplinary follow-up activities.

Learners improve their reading and recognition of alphabet letters. In this alphabet letters lesson, learners complete 26 activities for each letter in the alphabet to help them comprehend representations of the letters.

Students explore ocean pollution.  In this ecology lesson, students view a video entitled This Pretty Planet and identify common biodegradable products. Students participate in activities designed to simulate the negative effects of pollution on plants and animals, and brainstorm ways they can help keep the ocean clean.