Six different lessons comprise this unit on marine debris. Science, language arts, social studies, and art projects make this an ideal interdisciplinary unit. The result will be well-informed future citizens who can help make a...

Something’s fishy! Assign each of your pupils an individual sea creature and investigate the oceans. Young oceanographers utilize Kidspiration software to research a creature, illustrate an image, and create fact cards about their...

Beautiful sea creatures help teach young children about colors in a simple cut-and-paste activity. After looking at fun illustrations of fish, dolphins, crabs, and octopi, youngsters must cut out and match a series of colored...

Third graders create an ocean fish environment. In this ocean life lesson, 3rd graders create an ocean environment from clay. Students paint their sculptures with realistic colors emphasizing contrast, texture, and patterns.

Students investigate the effects of the food chain on all animals by creating a food web.  In this seafood instructional activity, students discuss energy flow and research a specific marine organism of their choice.  Students...

In this number 8 worksheet, students count the number of ocean animals on the worksheet, trace the number 8 three times and the word eight twice. Students print the number and word 8 five times each on their own.

In this coloring activity, students color large cartoon-style drawings of sea creatures including shellfish, sharks, fish, turtles and marine mammals. There are 15 drawings here, one per page.

After exploring the wonders of ocean life found in tidal pools, explore ocean life through ceramic art. Kids use texturing and the pinch-and-pull technique to create starfish, just like the ones found at the seashore. Suggested...

Groups of students create magazines that contain stories and images of one aspect of the ocean, and ocean life. The expectations for the final products are quite high, so this lesson will require some effort to properly implement. A...

Students look at 8 pictures of ocean animals and fill in the missing vowel for each ocean animal. This learning exercise is a very goo way for young learners to practice their vowel sounds and spelling rules.

Learners research marine ecosystems by creating class presentations.  In this oceanography lesson, students research the different locations of marine sanctuaries by identifying them on a transparency map in class.  Learners...

This simple lesson plan introduces children to basic marine life as well as to show them the necessity of protecting aquatic environments. Some famous marine life animals are introduced via vocabulary words, then children cut out...

Third graders demonstrate an understanding of the lifestyles and habits of the underwater life presented in the previous unit. They classify the various sea creatures according to the ecosystem and then use drama skills to present...

In this ocean life coloring book instructional activity, students assemble a personal ocean life book and then color each page with a type of fish on it with appropriate colors.

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.

In this ocean animals worksheet, students look at six pictures of ocean animals and then draw a line from each ocean animal to the description that matches it best.

Students examine nature by creating their own animals. In this animal adaptation activity, students define scientific vocabulary terms dealing with adaptation such as sea stars, sea cucumbers and exoskeleton. Students utilize their...

For this picture matching worksheet, students draw lines to match 6 color pictures of common ocean animals to their identical copies in another column.

Students explore sea life. In this cross curriculum fine arts, science, and P.E. "dolphins" lesson, students sing songs and play games about dolphins, perform water experiments, create mosaics, and use their five senses to explore sand...

In this science coloring worksheet, students examine 8 drawings of sea creatures. Students color the pictures in a realistic way. This page is from the UK.

Students explore oceanography by conducting an environmental experiment in class. For this oil spill lesson, students discuss the human need for oil and what is at stake when we drill for oil in our oceans. Students read a book in class...

High Schoolers observe the paintings and drawings of Robert Harris, and do a study of the ocean that delves into human and physical geography. Learners make prints, listen to music, create a database, and perform research on a specific...

Students explore the types of plants and animals that can be found in the ocean. They browse books and/or magazines to identify and gain a knowledge base of plant and animal life found in the ocean, then create a collage.

As part of a study of food chains and food webs, class members complete a series of worksheets that trace a marine chain from producers to consumers or decomposers. After studying a food chain example, young marine biologists make up...