Lesson plans and resources for teaching and learning about Marine Animals
Who eats who?
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/discovery/who-eats-who/index.html
Find out who's eating who in the ocean, and build your own food chain. Online game, classroom activities and downloadable fact sheets.
SeaShells.org
http://www.seashells.org/
"devoted to the answering of all your questions you might have about seashells, beachcombing, cleaning seashells, preserving sealife, identifying your seashells, and more."
Sea Dwellers
http://www.pbs.org/oceanrealm/seadwellers/index.html
Now is your chance to get up close and personal with some of the most fearsome and fascinating creatures that roam the ocean\'s depths.
Ocean Art
Grades Preschool-K - Children create an ocean picture with showing sea creatures in their habitat.
URL: http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/OceanArt.shtml
Leatherback Sea Turtles and Their Special Compasses
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/track-leatherback-sea-turtles/
Students will learn some basic information about leatherbacks and hypothesize why individual leatherbacks were able to find their way from Costa Rica to the Galápagos Islands without any obvious navigational aids.
Sea Life
Have fun with the ocean with this sea life theme - songs, fingerplays, art projects, and center activities
URL: http://www.angelfire.com/fl/preschoolfunzone/sealife.html
Echoes: What Animals Can Teach Scientists
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reference/nocturnal-animals-explained/
Students will learn that some animals have an unusual way of figuring out what is around them in the dark.
Ocean
This unit will develop an awareness of ocean life by exploring a variety of topics such as, What is an ocean? Oceans verses Lakes, Sea Life, and Seashore Environment. These topics will be explored through the integration of language arts, science, math, visual arts and spatial abilities.
URL: http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/PreK98Oceans.htm
Sea Animals Arts and Crafts
http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/seaanimals/art.htm
Simple and fun ideas for ocean art.
Under the Sea
Grades K-2 - Children will create an undersea environment in their classroom while researching interesting facts about their favorite sea creatures.
URL: http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/fishy/under.html
Fun activities and facts about marine life from Pivotal Network Member, DirectTVDeals
Free Kindergarten Math Worksheets
http://www.kidzone.ws/math/kindergarten.htm
Trace sheets for various sea creatures.
Fish Aren't Afraid of the Dark
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reference/bioluminescence-animals-ocean-glowing/
In this lesson, students will be introduced to the concept of bioluminescence and will consider how animals benefit from having their own light sources.
Life on Australian Seashores: Understanding Tidal Zones
http://www.mesa.edu.au/friends/seashores/tide_levels.html
General information on tidal zones and sea life that inhabit them.
Wax Resist Fish
(Kindergarten) Make a fish that looks like it swimming through water using crayons and watercolors.
Sea Animals Theme
http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/seaanimals/index.htm
Links to activities related to the sea.
Shark Surprise
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/fishy/shark1.html
Children will practice their observational skills and reinforce their familiarity with different types of fish while creating their own card game.
Ocean Animals Colouring Pages
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/cp_ocean.htm
Collection of colouring pages for infant classes.
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/ocean.html
activities with ocean animals
Ocean Animal Printouts
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/oceanlife.shtml
Information and printouts related to the ocean theme.
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/oceanlinks.htm
Wonders of the Seas
Short lessons with images of selected sea creatures including sponges, cnidarians, mollusks, echinoderms, arthropods, sperm whales, manatees, and sharks. From the Oceanic Research Group.
http://www.oceanicresearch.org/education/wonders/lesson.html