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Coral Reefs

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students research an inhabitant of a Caribbean coral reef using a list of common organisms that live on or near it. Students then write a description of their organism and draw a picture or a 3-D model of it. Eventually they all work...
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Exploring Life in the Coral Reef

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study life forms in coral reefs. For this ocean life lesson, students study life in coral reefs as they create a coral reef sculpture.
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AUSTRALIA

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the different types of barrier reefs and how they are formed.  In this barrier reef lesson plan students complete several activities on coral reefs.
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Deep Sea Coral Biodiversity

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research life forms of both tropical coral reefs and deep-sea coral reefs to discover the biodiversity of the ecosystems. They compare and contrast the diversity and adaptations of the two eco-systems, and draw a picture showing...
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Who Lives in the Sea? A class book (Elementary, Science)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils, assigned an alphabet letter, do research on a sea animal whose name begins with that assigned alphabet. All of the assignments then be turned into a class book.
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Great Blobs of Jelly!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explain how zoo-plankton have an impact on the global process.  In this ocean zoo-plankton lesson students calculate carbon flux and plankton densities. 
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Proper Nouns

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this activity to help your class identify proper nouns. They circle the proper nouns in 16 sentences. Answer key is provided. 
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Sea Scape

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars learn about and make models of coral reefs. In this reef ecosystem lesson, the class locates a number of coral reefs on a map. They learn how a coral reef is a balanced ecosystem that depends upon all of it's plant and...
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It's the Law

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explain various scientific laws used in SCUBA diving. For this theory based lesson, students examine and explain how temperature, density, and salinity relate to SCUBA diving using various scientific laws to engage their learning.
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Deep Sea Coral Biodiversity

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research life forms on tropical coral reefs in order to explore the biodiversity of the ecosystem.  In this biodiversity lesson students work in groups and complete their coral reef activity. 
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Facts About Australia: Fill-In-The-Blank

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this geography worksheet on Australia, students fill in blanks in a paragraph about Australia with words from a word bank; the paragraph contains basic facts about geography, settlement, etc.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Jungle Adventure

For Students 4th - 8th
In this present perfect and present continuous verbs worksheet, students complete 8 sentences using the correct tense of the verbs in parentheses and write a descriptive email using the words listed in the word bank.
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Do You Have the Key?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students practice using a dichotomous key. In this classification instructional activity, students read an article about scientific exploration and identification of new species. They use a dichotomous key to identify objects and create...
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Staying Up

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students will explain the Archimedes's Principle. In this lesson on plankton, students will describe three factors that can affect the buoyancy of plankton. This lesson contains extensive background information, extensions, and multiple...
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Field Trip Earth

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Take a field trip around Earth by way of satellite images. Learners watch a video lesson that describes different images taken from orbiting satellites. They then test their visual skills in a 14-question online quiz. 
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Spotlight on Australia: Research Skills

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Australia research worksheet, learners use the Internet or library to find answers to a set of questions about Australia. Answers are included. Worksheet gives a reference web site for additional activities.
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Cnidarians

For Students 9th - 12th
In this cnidarians worksheet, students will read 4 descriptions and identify each as either the polyp or medusa form of cnidarian. Then students will complete 3 short answer questions about the characteristics of cnidarians. Finally,...
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Spotlight on Australia 2

For Students 6th - 9th
For this Australia facts worksheet, students use the Internet or library to help them respond to 10 short answer, multiple choice, and true or false questions.
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General Knowledge Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
In this general knowledge worksheet, students attempt to answer 30 trivia questions on subjects ranging from art, geography, films, books and popular culture. The directions say to listen and answer. It is unclear how this is to be used;...
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Total English Advanced: Describing and Recommending Places

For Students 7th - 10th
In this describing and recommending places worksheet, students work with partners to use the vocabulary provided to write descriptions of the places listed.
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Australia: Introductory Lesson

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explore Australia. In this global studies lesson, students listen to audio clips and watch video clips that introduce them to the the nation-continent. Young scholars discuss what they already know about Australia and what...
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Ocean Drifters

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students define terms, and identify three ways in which plankton are adapted for life in the open ocean.  In this ocean drift activity students design a planktonic organism. 
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Math Skills-Writing Scientific Notation

For Students 9th - 11th
In this scientific notation worksheet, students perform basic math functions and express their answers in scientific notation.
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Fish Sorting

For Students 7th - 9th
In this classification worksheet, students are given nine pictures of different types of fish. They cut them out and use a key to classify each into a category based on their characteristics.