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Boats Graph

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read from the Bible about the travels of Paul, particularly the boat rides. They trace Paul's travels on a map of Asia Minor. Students review a field trip they took and make a graph showing the numbers of each type of boat they...
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Great Salt Lake Introductory lesson

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the Great Salt Lake. Using the internet, they identify web sites that contain information on the Great Salt Lake. After researching the website, 4th graders answer questions and list information they collected...
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What Is A Dinosaur?

For Teachers K - 4th
Students use the question of "What is a dinosaur?" in order to establish the context for a class investigation. They use a variety of resources in order to gather information. Students compare and contrast the similarities or differences...
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Shark Attack

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students examine the white shark. They think critically about a set of shark facts and predict whether the statements are true or false. Students describe a year in the life of a white shark living in the Red Triangle. They create a...
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Interest Survey

For Students 6th - 7th
In this science and social studies worksheet, students complete a survey about their interests. Students check each subject that they are interested in, such as killer whales, Thomas Edison, and magnets.
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Whale Echolocation

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students demonstrate how a whale uses echolocation to track food and identify one other animal that also uses echolocation. In this echolocation lesson, students play a game where one child (the whale) is blindfolded and gives a signal...
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Biological Communities

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify consumers and producers in different communities. Students collect a variety of soil samples and record organisms found in the samples.
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Shape and Colors: Rectangles, Squares, Triangles, Ovals and Circles

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this shape and color worksheet, students trace rectangles, coloring them brown, squares, coloring them grey, triangles, coloring them purple, ovals, coloring them neon green, and circles, coloring them blue. Students also color a...
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ESL-Homonyms #2

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL homonym worksheet, students complete a set of 20 multiple choice questions, choosing the homonym that correctly completes a set of sentences. Worksheet is labeled as a quiz, but is appropriate for practice.
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Literature-based Skill Building: Holes by Louis Sachar

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading skills worksheet, students complete several literature-based skill building activities for the book 'Holes' by Louis Sachar.
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The Dead Zone: A Marine Horror Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers graph dissolved oxygen versus depth using data taken from NECOP Program. In this marine science lesson, students explain the causes of hypoxia. They recommend possible solutions to this problem.
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Coral Reefs Endangered

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners research where in the world coral reefs are located. For this ecology lesson, students create food chains and food web. They simulate growing coral reefs to understand their characteristics better.
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And Now for Something Completely Different...

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify organisms that are typical a part of a hydrothermal vent. They examine why hydrothermal vents are short-lived.
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Where Did They Come From?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain hydrothermal vents and the process in which species and the hydrothermal vents become isolated.
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John Fitch: Pioneer Steamboat Inventor

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the transportation revolution brought about through the use of steam power to move boats over water. They practice note taking skills by taking notes from an article.
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Zoology Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science activity, middle schoolers look for the words that are related to the concept of zoology that is reviewed in the sheet. They also acquire new vocabulary.
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Picture-Word Match

For Students K - 1st
In this picture and word matching worksheet, students match 3 pictures with their names, drawing lines to match. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Bermuda: Search for Deep Water Caves 2009: Out of Darkness

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers analyze the three models on the origin of troglobitic fauna. In this life science lesson, students also consider how the Zonation model explains the fauna's origin. They also use the Internet to research solutional and...
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Animals: Ocean Beasties

For Students Pre-K - K
See some of the amazing animals that live in the ocean. Each page has one animal name and a photograph. Includes audio narration in English and Turkish with text in English.
Website
Boise State University

Boise State University: Ocean Exploration: Abyssopelagic (Abyssal) Zone

For Students 1st - 9th
Learn about the very cold, dark region of the ocean known as the abyss. Includes information on the origin of the name of this ocean zone, as well as information on its depth and animal life.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Ocean Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed website that was a companion to a 1995 traveling exhibit of the Smithsonian. Links to lesson plans and other educational materials are at the bottom of the page. Enter the exhibition to explore the world of the ocean.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Ocean Zones

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discover more about the underocean environment at this site that surveys animals, environmental factors such as light and temperature, currents, animals, plants, and the like.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Pacific Ocean: What Can We Find on a Beach?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Josephine lives on the Marshall Islands. Follow her to the beach and find out what kinds of plants and animals live there.
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Ocean Tracks: Fact or Artifact? Interpreting Patterns in Ocean Tracks Data [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ever wonder where marine animals go? How fast they swim? How deep they dive? Electronic tagging has opened a new window into the world of the open ocean. Ocean Tracks gives you access to data collected by tags on real live migrating...

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