Under the Sea

Take a trip under the sea with a set of ocean-themed graphic organizers. Useful for a narrative writing unit, the worksheets are a great way to show kids how to brainstorm their ideas, including the characters, settings, problems, and...

Marine invertebrates offer us many new options for developing pharmaceutical drugs, such as w-conotoxin MVIIA, which is extracted from the cone snail and is a potent painkiller. The instructional activity encourages scholars to research...

For this Looking at Food Chains worksheet, students read about a food chain under the sea and underline important information. Next, students fill in a graphic organizer about food chains based on the information they just read.

Tropical fish are a great subject for any art project, they are colorful, interesting, and can go along with under water themed stories read in class, learner written narratives, or Marine Biology units. This set of instructions will...

So many shapes in our vast oceans. Young explorers can discover new shapes in a variety of ways in this instructional activity. One way is having free exploration with a pattern shape kit handed out by the teacher. Another is by viewing...

Placing a thermometer and a glass tube into a flask of cold water and sealing it, you can expose it to heat and very visually demonstrate thermal expansion to your earth science class. Follow it with a discussion about how the increasing...

Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of ecosystems. They focus upon conducting research to find information about the water ecosystem. The facts are used as influence to create a drawing of an underwater...

Learners explore the concept of sea turtles. In this sea turtle lesson, students research the life cycle and the characteristics of sea turtles. Learners also create a brochure for Leatherback sea turtles.

Students conduct an experiment. In this water and sea level lesson, students conduct an experiment to see what happens to water levels when they are exposed to heat and discuss the effects of global warming on sea level.

"Sea Monsters 3," the final video of a three-part series, takes a close look at the styxosaurus. It resembles a long-neck dinosaur under the sea. This video will also discuss the dolichorhynchops and the herperornis.