Marine Biology Lesson Plans

Learners 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.

Learners design a research project about a Marine Protected Area they chose. In this marine biology lesson, learners gather fish count and catch data then graph them. They create an information poster about their findings.

In this lesson students compare data from a healty and unhealthy reef ecosystem. In this marine biology lesson, students identify which sample is stressed. They formulate a hypothesis on why the reef is stressed and support their hypothesis with proven scientific investigations.

Learners 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.

This lesson has students learn about the life and work of Tierney Thys. They describe marine biology and what marine biologists do. This lesson has students identify and describe different types of jobs that people do related to marine biology.

Learners view provided Power Point presentations about dolphins and sea turtles in Kenya and practice species identification using photographs. In this marine taxonomy lesson, learners watch video clips and read articles on dolphin and sea turtle research. They practice species identification using photographs.

In this lesson learners participate in an experiment of comparing the squid and octopus. The lesson integrates technology for learners to find information about the anatomy of their dead specimens.

In this lesson learners 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.

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.

This lesson has learners study the ecology, habitats, geographic range and feeding habits of narwhals. They determine at least three reasons for the decline in the narwhal populations and complete the accompanying worksheets.