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Sea World

Marine Animal Husbandry and Training

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Step into the role of a zoo director with several activities about animal training and running a zoo. Kids calculate the amount of food each animal needs, design a habitat for penguins, decide how to breed bottlenose dolphins, and train...
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Underwater Animals

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars investigate mammals and blubber. In this science lesson plan abut the sea, students perform an experiment that will help them in discovering how blubber keeps sea mammals warm.
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Common Marine Mammals Word Search

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science worksheet, learners find the names of 20 common marine mammals in a word search puzzle. The word bank has a detailed color drawing of each mammal.
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Animals Are Different

For Students K - 1st
Each animal is different! Showcase animal characteristics through a series of questions based on simple images of well-known animals. This worksheet has learners examining 8 animals: rabbit, penguin, parrot, dolphin, bear, ostrich, duck,...
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Marine Life, Oceans, Lakes and Rivers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the types of organisms found in oceans. In groups, they read articles about the research done at certain sites. They work together to research their own water ecosystems and report the findings to the class. To end...
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NOAA

Vertebrates II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Mammals of the ocean unite! Or not. The 20th installment of a 23-part NOAA Enrichment in Marine sciences and Oceanography (NEMO) program investigates how warm-blooded marine mammals survive in water. In the class activity, learners use...
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Sea Life

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to animals of the sea. There are 18 marine animals located in the word search.
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Waves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the different parts of a wave. In this physics lesson, students explain how animals communicate using sound waves. They discuss the effect of Navy's sonar on dolphins and whales.
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What is Cultural Evolution?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students comprehend what is meant by Cultural Evolution and that it primarily applies at Human Evolution, but that there are examples in higher mammals such as a killer whales, dolphins and great apes of particular groups by exploring...
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Island Survival

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students participate in a simulation of life on a deserted island. They work with their group to develop an island survival plan and summarize it in a journal. Students use a worksheet and challenge cards to earn points. They will be...
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Echolocation Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils explore echolocation of animals. They examine how dolphins and other echolocating animals use their senses to locate and identify objects without using their sense of sight. Through experimentation, they discover how sound waves...
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Noise Underwater

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders predict with reasoning how a sound will be heard underwater and record and communicate their findings. They listen to the difference in the way noise sounds underwater verses out of water and relate this to how whales and...
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Organizer
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Compare Animals

For Students K - 1st
In this Venn diagram worksheet, students are asked to compare a dolphin's attributes with the characteristic of an animal of their choosing. Lines are given to write a short response about comparing the two animals.
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Australian Fauna Word Search

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Australian fauna word search worksheet, student locate 20 words hidden in the puzzles. They find words such as cassowary, dolphin, goanna, and kookaburra.
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Color Me

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this color me worksheet, learners color and illustrate four unique animals: wood duck, brook trout, moose and pacific white-sided dolphin.
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Can You Hear It?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students work together to discover the concept of echolocation. They examine dolphins and their behaviors. They discuss how humans could use this information to help them in their everyday lives as well.
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Become a Marine Biologist for the Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm different ways to track whales, dolphins, and propoises as a class. In groups, they discuss the positives and negatives of each method. After watching a video, they identify the characteristics of cetacean species...
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Posters and People

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create and design posters reflecting the types of litter harmful to aquatic wildlife. They explain the dangers of fishing line to aquatic wildlife, plastic bags to dolphins, and fish nets to fish. They design a poster to...
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Mangrove Ecosystem

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Eager ecologists explore ecosystems through video and photographs of a Mangrove. They discuss the animals in this habitat and how they interact with each other after reading and discussing "The Sea, the Storm and the Mangrove Tangle."...
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California Academy of Science

Fish Prints

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
What do a dead fish, conservation, and paint have in common? The answer is a great lesson about fish anatomy, fun print making techniques, and unsustainable fishing practices. The class will start by making fish prints with a...
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American Museum of Natural History

Mammal Flipbooks

For Students 6th - 12th
Scholars follow eight steps to create a flipbook and discover key facts about mammals' locomotion.
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Sea World

Seaworld Science Activity

For Teachers K - 4th
A fun collection of activities about marine life would be a great addition to your elementary science unit. From cute penguins to scary sharks, the unit features crafts, experiments, and basic research projects that will teach your...
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How to Hide in the Ocean

For Teachers K - 8th
Students observe and discuss the advantages of camouflage, then try their hands at designing a well-camouflaged fish.
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Wildlife

For Teachers 5th - 7th
First, biology pupils research land and marine habitats along the route of skipper Rich Wilson's Great American II. Then, using colored paper clips scattered across a colored paper background, they play the predator-prey game to...

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