OceansOceansED 417-01ED 417-01

Kendra CombsKendra Combs

Casey McBrideCasey McBride

2nd Grade2nd Grade

Table of ContentsTable of Contents American Heritage• activities• websites

People in Societies• activities• websites

World Interactions• activities • websites

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities• activities• websites

Table of Contents Table of Contents Cont’d.Cont’d.

Democratic Processes• activities

• websites

Decision Making and Resources• activities

• websites

Science, Technology, and Society• activities

• websites

MaterialsMaterials Library books art materials ocean sounds CD CD player Internet access magazines writing materials journals world maps cut outs of different types of fish blue jello gummy candy clear plastic cups

ObjectivesObjectives Students will use various techniques and skills to perform

each instructional objective from each of the strands. Students will record and review their work on a daily

basis. Students will create a portfolio of their work relating to the

ocean unit to be displayed at the end of the unit. Students will write messages for a suggestion box relating

to the unit. Students will pass an oceans evaluative test with 90%

accuracy.

AmericanAmericanHeritageHeritage

ActivitiesActivities Students will go to oceanlinks site and report the weather on one

American beach. Students will go to the oceanoasis site and locate the beach featured on

the site on a map. After reading and looking at a book about Christopher Columbus,

students will draw a map of the ocean that he sailed on. Research and find out the difference between the length of time it took

C. Columbus to travel over the ocean and how long it would take him today.

Write a fictional story about a day at the nearest ocean.

WebsitesWebsiteswww.mystic.org/www.mystic.org/www.oceanoasis.comwww.oceanlinks.comwww.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/oceanshttp://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/oceans.html

People in SocietiesPeople in Societies

ActivitiesActivities Research the Christmas customs of countries bordering oceans and if

these customs have been influenced by their proximity to the water. Show pictures to the students of an ocean that has been polluted with

trash. Have them draw pictures of the way the oceans should look if people would stop littering.

Students will research a ocean occupation and report their findings to the class.

Students will study a culture dependent on the oceans and construct a book or collage on their findings.

In groups, students will think of three different ways that other people might use the oceans. They will write these ideas down and present them to their group members.

WebsitesWebsiteshttp://neaq.org/www.mic.hawaii.edu/aquarium/www.hboi.eduwww.bev.net/education/SeaWorld/homepage.htmlwww.hitachizosen.co.jp/info/kaiyukan/kaiyukan-e

.html

WorldWorldInteractionsInteractions

ActivitiesActivities Students will create a map of the world depiciting how much of the

world is covered with water. Students will create the classroom into an “ocean” and properly locate

the four oceans. In groups students will research animal and plant life of the ocean and

make a presentation to the class in the form of a book or collage. After reading about whales at the Whale Information Network site, the

students will create a graph showing the effects of commercial whaling on different species of whales. This will show students the actual number of whales that are harmed by fishing.

Have students visit the Jason project site and locate the shark tracking data files. Based on the data have students plot their own shark charts.

WebsitesWebsiteswww.jasonproject.orghttp://chopper.macmedia.com.au/whales/whales3.

htmlhttp://school.discovery.com/spring97/themes/h2oc

eans/index.htmlhttp://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/squid.htmlwww.sips.state.nc.us/EHNR/DMF

Citizenship Rights Citizenship Rights and and

ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities

ActivitiesActivities Each student develops a “Ship’s Log” and will record writings,

research, and observations they have noted throughout the unit. As a class, write a letter to the Marine Conservation voicing their

concerns and offering suggestions for stopping pollution to our oceans.

Students will create and sign a petition about an ocean related issue. In small groups, students will create posters advocating marine life

rights. In small groups, students will make up lyrics to a song about dolphins

and fish. The melody will be Mary Had A Little Lamb.

WebsitesWebsiteshttp://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.htmlhttp://aqua.ucsd.edu/www.usw.nps.navy.mil/~millercw/aq/www.objectlinks.com/manatee/index.htmwww.turtles.org/

Democratic Democratic ProcessesProcesses

ActivitiesActivities Students will vote on an ocean related issue. Students will stage a debate about an ocean related issue. Students can perform a skit with a president, senate, and people that

want an ocean related law put into effect. With assistance, the students can look on the Internet to find

organizations that fight for oceans. They must write down the web addresses.

The students can use a map of the oceans to determine which country they think should be able to sail on the oceans and why.

WebsitesWebsites www.state.gov/www/global/oes/index.html www.oceansconservation.com www.oceans2001.com www.epa.gov/OWOW/ www.websites.noaa.gov/guide/sciences/oce

an/oplats.html

Decision Making Decision Making and Resourcesand Resources

ActivitiesActivities Students will fill out a math worksheet that uses a bar graph to depict

the number and types of fish in one of the oceans. Students will look at and respond in their journals to the next slide.

They must think about what the slide says and how it relates to the oceans resources.

After listening to a recording of ocean sounds, students will list as many things that they think they heard.

Using the class setup (in oceans) and the fish cutouts, students must engage in trades for fish by crossing oceans. Have a class discussion about the activity when it is over.

Write four sentences on why we should or should not litter in the oceans.

WebsitesWebsites http://inspire.ospi.wednet.edu:8001/curric/oceans/

ocolor/index.html www.learningpage.com www.oceanoasis.com www.nationalgeographic.comwww.nationalgeographic.com www.volvooceanadventure.org/article.php/home/www.volvooceanadventure.org/article.php/home/

htmlhtml

Science, Science, Technology, and Technology, and

SocietySociety

ActivitiesActivities Students will devote a part of the classroom wall as a sea

creature/animal display. This will include pictures, biological facts, food chains, and life cycles.

Students will create a classroom compass on the wall and correctly position it.

Using a Venn diagram, compare two oceans and find at least three similarities and three differences.

Make a collage from magazine cut-outs that depicts many products, food or industrial, that come from the ocean.

Using blue jello, gummy candy, and clear plastic cups, make mini-oceans. Students will label and talk about their ocean.

WebsitesWebsiteshttp://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/

curriculum/oceans/open.htmlcurriculum/oceans/open.htmlhttp://www.sptimes.com/aquarium/default.htmlhttp://www.sptimes.com/aquarium/default.htmlhttp://www.webcom.com/~iwcwww/http://www.webcom.com/~iwcwww/

whale_adoption/babytale.htmlwhale_adoption/babytale.htmlhttp://www.netzone.com:80/~drewgrgich/http://www.netzone.com:80/~drewgrgich/

picshark.htmlpicshark.htmlwww.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/oceans