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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students use ice water, a glove, and vegetable shortening to simulate the insulating effects of blubber. They research sea mammals focusing on their adaptive insulating abilities in cold water. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students study the importance of global ocean currents, sea water chemistry, and cultural issues surrounding sea ice. In the field, students travel to the floe edge with their teacher and an elder to drill holes in the ice and measure its thickness. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students explore the similarities and differences between ocean mammals and fish. The characteristics of the life forms observed are placed onto a graph. The classroom becomes the botom of the sea and is explored to gain the required data. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students identify and examine the different characteristics of mammals. They discover what they eat and how they give birth to their young. They view video clips to help them identify characteristics. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students complete a unit on the oceans of the world. They explore various websites, compare/contrast ocean mammals and fish, identify coral reefs on a map, label the oceans on a world map, define ocean conservation vocabulary, and list ways the oceans help us. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students investigate how mammals maintain a fairly constant body temperature under various conditions by engaging in an animal classification activity. They experiment with Crisco in gloved hands and icy water to understand the characteristics of blubber and how it helps maintain body temperature. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students examine the difference between sea mammals and other ocean organisms. They also note the similarities between land and sea mammals. They participate in assembling a chart that displays the differences between mammals and fish. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students comprehend the difference between monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals. They are able to compare and contrast these organisms (Australian mammals) with other mammals. Students are able to identify Australian mammals. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students examine the diference between monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals and are able to contast these organisms with other mammals. They learn about unique variation and diversity of mammals located in Australia. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate blubber and its uses. They conduct an experiment using cold water, ice and gloves to simulate the insulation of blubber for sea mammals. Full Review »
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