Oceanography

Students explore oceanography by reading a nonfiction book in class. In this scuba diving lesson plan, students read the book For the Love of Scuba in class and analyze the techniques and equipment used in ocean exploration. Students...

Students explore biology by researching fishing equipment. In this oceanography activity, students discuss the impact of human technology on the fish population. Students utilize marbles as a visual aide and complete fish population...

Students explore oceanography by researching migrating fish. In this Pacific Salmon lesson, students participate in a board game activity in which they move a salmon through their annual journey to the spawning habitat upstream. Students...

Students explore biology by participating in a field trip. In this oceanography lesson, students define the survival characteristics of bottom dwelling creatures also known as ocean grazers. Students attend a class field trip to a beach...

Students explore oceanography by examining a beach. In this living things lesson, students define the terms abiotic and biotic and practice identifying living and non-living things that have been previously found on a beach. Students...

Learners explore biology by reading a science book in class. In this oceanography lesson, students read the book Crabs and identify the traits and characteristics of the bottom dwelling creatures. Learners complete a vocabulary activity...

Students investigate Ocean life by participating in an arts and crafts project.  In this oceanography lesson, students discuss sea creatures, specifically jellyfish.  Students are given coffee filters, markers, wax paper and wiggle eyes...

Learners discover the anatomy of a fish by identifying its body parts.  In this oceanography lesson, students view a live fish in their classroom and draw a poster of the fish one body part at a time while identifying it.  Learners...

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.

Young scholars become familiar with oceanography terms by writing an oceanography horror story.