Marine Animals Lesson Plans

Students engage in a lesson which serves as an introduction to the ideas and implications of animal tracking. They monitor animal foraging behavior on a spatial scale. The students break into groups and track each other's movements as they move through a pre-determined course. Students also engage in a creative design activity, focusing on how they would design a tag for a marine animal of their choice.

Students identify types of marine animals and their habitats.  In this aquatic lesson students find animals that have You Tube videos and create a presentation on the facts about the animal they researched.

Students investigate marine animals. In this marine animals lesson, students research marine mammals and fish. Students log on to Second Life and explore the habitats of marine animals. Working individually, students produce diagrams of marine mammals and fish.

In this lesson students study the life cycle of a crab and the larval stages of marine animals. In this marine animals lesson, students watch a puppet introduction to a crab's life cycle.  In this lesson students learn about crab moulting and their life cycle stages. In this lesson students view pictures of the stages and learn the varieties of crabs. As extension, students may study crabs in various learning stations.

This lesson has students distinguish between various plants and animals using pictures of the different organisms and explore the feeding habits of marine animals. They engage in a hands-on activity demonstrating various feeding habits of the mammals.

This lesson has students name and describe six venomous marine animals. After participating in an activity, they define new vocabulary words. In groups, they complete worksheets to use while researching a specific venomous animal of their choice. They present their findings to the class.

4th graders identify the life cycle of a crab and other marine animals. In this marine life lesson, 4th graders complete a crab puppet activity, explore crab moulting, research the life cycle stages of a crab, and identify crab varieties.

This lesson has students discover the concept of bioluminescence. They identify marine animals who have use this and why. They work together to test the function of bioluminescence as camouflage.

This lesson has students create various models that help them comprehend the underwater capabilities of marine animals and humans.

Learners describe what it means for a marine animal or fish to be threatened or endangered after playing game simulating extinction.