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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine three broad ocean habitats-the intertidal zone, the open ocean, and the abyss-and find out about some specific adaptations animals have made in each of these regions. They design games to help other students match species to their ocean. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine three ocean habitats; the intertidal zone, the pelagic zone and the abyss. They study the adaptations that animals living in these zones have made. They write a paragraph about what would happen to an animal if where located in the wrong zone. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students investigate the creatures of intertidal zones. They explore the adaptations species make to survive . Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students interact with "The Magic School Bus" through ocean tours. They conduct experiments, create multimedia reports and play games. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students participate in a hands-on activity where they explore tidal zones. They explore tides and marine life. This is an experiment that can be accomplished in class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 9th
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Students participate in an activity in which they explore the various zones of the ocean. They clean up a mock oil spill and discuss the effects an oil spill has on each of the ocean zones. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine the challenges facing organisms living in an intertidal zone. Working in groups, they design organisms from common materials that exhibit adaptive features. After discussing the organisms, they can modify them to increase the odds of survival. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students examine the cause-and-effect relationship between tides and the rocky coast ecosystem. They complete a worksheet that illustrates the intertidal zone. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students review the terms and concepts: evolution, selection, biotic, and abiotic factors. They come up with hypotheses about limpet shell types based on what we discuss about intertidal environments. Students use ratios to compare shell types, and (at some point) test the hypotheses. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students research the diverse animal and plant life that inhabit the intertidal zones along the Pacific rocky coast. As students progress through this lesson, they begin to recognize distinct behaviors, adaptations, and characteristics of the coastal animals and plants in their aquatic habitats. Full Review »
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