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45 Kelp forests Lesson Plans
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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students reinforce their study of oceanic life through a videoconference with an Ocean Institute which provides materials for the experience. Questions are prepared and data recorded by the students. 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
- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students examine the economic and ecological benefits of forest canopies. They read and discuss an article, answer questions, conduct research, draw field sketches of a canopy ecosystem, conduct a feasibility study, or prepare tourist information. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students read about Californian ecosystems emphasizing five native habitat types including: woodlands, Redwood forests, Kelp forests, salt marshes and chaparral. They play a game that matches life forms to habitats using clues. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students create posters that show how a shark is a major predator in kelp forests and coral reefs after studying the food webs for these ecosystems. They determine that fish are important animals in the ocean's web of life. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine how sand is formed by erosion and that it can be moved by streams, rivers, and ocean currents in this unit of lessons. They study waves and currents, and structures that change how sand moves by creating story charts, postcards, and participating in a role play. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss concept and specificity of habitats, both marine and terrestrial, list similarities and differences in the habitats of a kelp forest and a terrestrial forest, compare types of organisms that occupy corresponding types of ecosystem habitats, and create two different habitats. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students prepare for a trip to an aquarium by identifying otters, their body parts and behaviors as they read "Pup's Supper", do an otter pantomime and make a puppet. After their field trip, they complete a Venn Diagram of Otter behaviors. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students study about the national marine sanctuaries found in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and off the coast of American Samoa. They explore information that includes breeding and feeding grounds of whales, sea lions, sharks, and sea turtles; significant coral reefs and kelp forest habitats; and the remains of the U.S. Monitor, a Civil War ironclad sunk off the coast of North Carolina. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students identify marine mammals according to specific characteristics. Students read about marine mammals and list their characteristics. Next, students play a Whale and Otter game on the playground to simulate whales swimming across the ocean. Finally students create a book model of a kelp forest. Full Review »
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