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LESSON PLANS AND ACTIVITIES

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  • Introduction to Latitude and Longitude

    / National Geographic Xpeditions

    This lesson introduces students to latitude and longitude. They will look at lines of latitude and longitude on a United States map and discuss the reasons why these lines are helpful. Students will also discuss the ways that temperatures vary with latitude and will explain the clothes they might wear at specific latitudes.
    For more information: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/

    Grades: K-2

  • Understanding Sea Level Using Real Data

    / NOAA Ocean Data Education (NODE) Project

    Five lessons at increasing levels of sophistication incorporate real data from NOAA to help students understand how sea level is measured and monitored. For more information: http://www.dataintheclassroom.org.

    Grades: 6-8

  • Mapping the Ocean Floor

    Stefanie Frump / COSEE-Central Gulf of Mexico

    After an introduction in which students try to identify hidden objects by the sounds they make when shaken in a box, students use string to map a model ocean floor by taking depth readings to simulate sonar.

    Grades: 3-5

  • Shark!

    / Sea World Education

    Students explore the natural history of sharks and recognize that humans are an interconnected part of sharks’ ecosystems.

    For more information:
    http://seaworld.org

    Grades: 3-5, 6-8

  • 1st Grade Moorea Coral Reef LTER Education Curriculum

    / Moorea Coral Reef LTER Education

    These multidisciplinary lessons and activities include “What do scientists do?”, “What is a coral reef?” and “Fish Feeding.” For more information and to download the lesson plans and activities, go to http://mcr.lternet.edu/education/.

    Grades: K-2

  • Alaska Sea Grant Fishing for the Future

    / Alaska Sea Grant

    In an interactive game, students simulate fishery activity to demonstrate the effect of new technology and overfishing. They then rewrite the rules of the game in an effort to establish a sustainable practice.

    For more information: http://seagrant.uaf.edu/marine-ed/curriculum/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=174.

    Grades: 3-5, 6-8

  • In Search of the Giant Squid

    / Smithsonian Institution

    In this series of lessons, worksheets and activities, students will get acquainted with the habits, biology, and range of the giant squid. Students will understand the challenges in finding a “relatively small” giant squid within a vast and deep habitat and will also learn about the ever-improving technological resources needed to find a live giant squid.

    Grades: 6-8

  • Head to Foot

    / NOAA

    The lesson begins with a broader introduction on new species discovered around seamounts, then narrows down through mollusks to focus on squids. Students research and write reports on squids covering their body forms, feeding behavior, movement, and interesting facts.

    Grades: 3-5, 6-8

  • Fishing for the Future

    / WETA/PBS Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture Series

    Through a fishing simulation, students model several consecutive seasons of a commercial fishery and explore how technology, population growth, and sustainable practices impact fish catch and fisheries management. For more information: http://www.pbs.org/emptyoceans/educators/activities.html.

    Grades: 6-8, 9-12

  • Net Results

    / WETA/PBS Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture Series

    Students will study and replicate a model of the factors affecting fisheries populations in the Chesapeake Bay (or any other bay). Through a game they will investigate how decisions by watermen, recreational fisherpeople, and lawmakers influence and are influenced by economics and the abundance or scarcity of fish and shellfish stocks.

    For more information: http://www.pbs.org/emptyoceans/educators/activities.html.

    Grades: 9-12