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- 9th - 12th
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Students experience, through a "dig," the historical discovery of fossils which increasingly link whales to earlier land-dwelling mammals. They encounter the intermediate forms which show changes that lead to the modern whale. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore recent advances in the study of sea life and how the people who do this work may ultimately affect the sea-its health and inhabitants. They investigate different careers in ocean study. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students engage in this introduction to an integrated marine science unit which culminates in an early fall trip to Hammocks Beach State Park. The unit is designed to hook students into science and provide joyful learning across the curriculum. Full Review »
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- 6th - 10th
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Students participate in an online whale watching game. They identify the reasons for migration and describe the route. They make predictions on what would happen if the ways did not migrate. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students complete a worksheet while watching a film about whales. They examine the human impact on whale migration and identify adaptations the whale has acquired in able to survive. They discover how global warming has effected the whales as well. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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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. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students reflect and investigate how a seacoast is the dynamic border between two worlds-the terrestrial and the marine. In the realm of life science, we can observe marine animals that inhabit the shoreline and tidepools. In the realm of Earth science, we can observe how the ocean's currents, waves, and winds sculpt the shoreline, alternately carrying off and depositing sand. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students identify producers and consumers and construct a food chain from four marine ecosystems. They describe the delicate balance among organisms in each environment. In groups, students discuss the human activities that upset the balance in marine environments. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students research particular characteristics of the Beluga whale as it applies to the role in each student is assigned. Students work cooperatively to design a proposal for a new home for the baby Beluga. Students present their proposal to a panel of judges to determine the best proposal as outlined in the included rubric. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students compare and contrast the characteristics of baleen and toothed whales. They view and discuss a video on whales and their behavior. In small groups they research a particular whale species to create a game piece for a, "Who Am I" twenty questions game. Full Review »
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