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Energy and Biomass Pyramids

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Young scientists play tag as they act out the food pyramid in the ocean ecosystem. Energy circles pass from the smaller prey to the predators and at the end of the activity, a data chart and analysis questions allow pupils to apply their...
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Architects of the Coral Reef

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Coral Reefs are the focus of a life science lesson plan. Upper graders look at how coral reefs are formed, how the animals and plants reproduce, and the variety of ways that humans benefit from coral reefs around the world. Groups of...
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Going Under

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore the different zones of life in the ocean.
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Ocean Life Zones Notes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this ocean zones worksheet, students label the ocean diagram with the different zones. Then students write in animals that live in each of the zones and research basic information about those animals. This worksheet has 6 fill in the...
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Food Webs

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners create a bulletin board display illustrating food chains they make from a list of ocean organisms. Students also play a game showing what happens when one of the organisms is removed from the food chain and how they are all...
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Investigating Ocean Life

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the various forms of ocean life. They research a creature that lives in the ocean. Students use their research information to create a series of HyperStudio stacks about their sea creature.
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How Harmful Is It?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students complete a form that requires them to make decisions about how severely different types of marine debris affect people, animals, vessels, communities. Results are totaled and analyzed to determine which types of marine debris...
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Ocean Worksheet - Practice Counting

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this ocean animals counting worksheet, learners count the number of jellyfish, and then circle or color the correct number from the options at the bottom of the page. There are 6 jellyfish on the worksheet.
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The Coast is Clear

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this environmental worksheet, students become aware of the animals that inhabit the sea coast by reading a paragraph and coloring the picture. Students learn the importance of keeping beaches clean.
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Ocean Habitats:

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate the creatures of intertidal zones. They explore the adaptations species make to survive .
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Animal Movement in Water

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore oceanography by participating in field trip activities. In this fish characteristics lesson plan, students attend a trip to a local beach or reservoir and collect different specimens in order to examine them. Students...
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A Rainbow Under the Sea: How Do Animals Survive in the Ocean?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, with adult help, create a PowerPoint presentation on a selected ocean animal.
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Life in the Ocean

For Students 9th - 12th
In this ocean life instructional activity, students review the animal and plant plankton and photosynthesis in the ocean. Students fill in the blank of 15 statements and then find these terms in a word search.
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OCEAN PAINTINGS

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research animal life in a coral reef. They learn and use the wax-resist technique for painting, and create a picture of an ocean animal.
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Ocean Animals

For Students 4th - 5th
In these ocean life worksheets, students color the animals, cut each one out, and glue each one onto the ocean. Students then draw a color other animals to fill their ocean scene.
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Oceans

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students gain an understanding of the number of oceans and their names by learning a song. They become aware that there are three zones of the ocean and explore the plants and animals that are found at each level.
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Ocean Animals Word Scramble

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this worksheet on ocean animals learners will examine eight pictures and scrambled names of different ocean animals, then write the unscrambled name on a blank line.
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Ocean Animals

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Very young learners identify ocean animal pictures by their correct name and create a book of ocean animals. They read books and lean ocean animal vocabulary using the SMART Board. A well-designed lesson!
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9th Grade

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders discuss the principal source of energy entering the marine ecosystem. They name some of the autotrophs at the Maui Ocean Center. Students name some of the heterotrophs at Maui Ocean Center. They are taught that plants are...
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What's That?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Meant to be a simulation of a deep-sea exploration, this requires that another lesson be completed first. In that lesson, titled "Animals of the Lost City," marine biology buffs construct murals of benthic communities. In this lesson,...
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Follow a Fish

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students choose a fish from anywhere within the Ocean Center. They observe it for a given time, recording its behavior. Students comprehend the concept that living things have individual characteristics that enable them to live in their...
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Wildlife

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
The centerpiece of this lesson plan is a predator-prey simulation in which colored paperclips represent different species of animals camouflaged against a colored background. Relevant follow-up questions are provided. The activity is...
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Week 8 - Sea Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using a magnifier, mini marine biologists examine the barbules of a bird feather. They swirl the it into a mixture of oil and water and then re-examine the feather. After the activity, discuss how the oily feathers pose a problem to...
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Photosynthesis

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students are introduced to the process of photosynthesis. In groups, they test the effects of the lack of sunlight on plant leaves and compare the results with their hypothesis. They note the characteristics that plants and animals share...

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