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Wind Circulation, Surface Currents and Climate

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe connections between wind patterns, surface currents, and ocean climate zones. In small groups, they color the ocean climate zones in four different shades of blue. Students then answer questions like what four...
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Come On Down!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars research the implementation of a research vessel used for ocean exploration.  In buoyancy lesson students will construct a device that shows neutral buoyancy.
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Seafloor Block Model

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students construct a 3-D block model of the ocean floor to study fundamental earth processes. This is a preconstructed cut out that allows the students to put it together but then to add their own colors as well. There is an evaluation...
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Fishing for the Future

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research Hawaii's fishing regulations. In this conservation lesson, students explore the reasons behind ocean conservation. Resources are provided.
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Fish Collages

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discuss sea life and what lives in the ocean. They examine patterns, and create fish collages using ripped construction paper.
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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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Oceans Socratic Questioning

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a whole class discussion of ocean-floor structures and plate tectonics. They respond to prompts in a structured sequence that lead them to conclusions about the role of plate tectonics in the creation of sea-floor...
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Salty Sea Water

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners conduct an experiment to find out if there is salt in the ocean. In this scientific inquiry lesson, students pour a cup of salt water onto an aluminum plate and observe the changes over a few days. Learners complete an included...
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Sea State

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the process of wave formation and analyze the relationship between the ocean and the atmosphere.  In this oceans lesson students use buoys to cast real time sea state conditions. 
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Lesson tow

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study the ocean and its characteristics.  In this oceans lesson plan students complete a lab activity and are able to predict temperature of certain depths. 
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Mapping the Blue Part

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders determine the location of specific features of the stimulated ocean floor. The features include the continental shelf, continental slope, an ocean trench, and a mid-oceaniz ridge.
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A Bioluminescent Gallery

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the different types of luminescence in deep sea organisms. In this bioluminescence lesson, students investigate how color and light aide deep ocean organisms by describing the characteristics of the habitat and...
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So, What's it Doing Today?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe short-term variations in oceanographic parameters in the Gulf Stream.  In this ocean habitats lesson students use satellite imagery to obtain information in the Gulf Stream. 
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Oceanography

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the importance of oceans in supporting life on earth and identify resources obtained from the ocean.
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New: Around the World

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify and demonstrate how symbols and models are used to represent features of the environment. They use a map and a globe to label where the students in the book came from, point out the continent, and show which ocean...
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Lesson Six

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the ocean and its vast resources.  In this oceans instructional activity students complete a "seaweed candy" activity then eat their creation.
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You Are What You Eat: Plastics and Marine Life

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study the different types of plastics and see which ones sink or remain buoyant.  In this ocean environmental lesson plan students complete several handouts, and view a film on PBS.
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The Oceanographic Yo-Yo

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine how oceanographers use chemical and physical parameters of seawater to locate hydrothermal vents.  In this ocean lesson plan students complete an activity and worksheets. 
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Why is There a Tidal Bulge Opposite the Moon?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students simulate how the Moon causes ocean tides. In this earth science lesson, students calculate gravitational acceleration using a mathematical formula. They compare the force of attraction between the Earth, Moon and Sun system.
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Oceans and Weather

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students analyze the impact the ocean and its currents have on weather. In this oceans and weather activity, students analyze data comparing inland and coastal weather, and analyze satellite data for evidence of El Nino.
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Exploring Limu Diversity

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore limu diversity. In this ocean ecosystem lesson, students classify limu according to its physical properties. Young scholars work in small groups to generate scientific observations and sort limu by characteristics.
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The Lunar and Terrestrial Tug of War

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, locate, comprehend, interpret, and evaluate information about celestial bodies that influence ocean tides on Earth. They apply this information through graphic representations.
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Mazes

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this mazes worksheet, student analyze the most efficient strategy to assist a young salmon find its way to the ocean through an interesting maze.
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the Journey of the Pacific Salmon in the Open Ocean and Fishing

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss salmon and their life cycle.  In this salmon life cycle lesson, 3rd graders recognize the difficulties researching the life cycle of salmon as they migrate.  Students conduct an experiment and create a game.

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