
Ocean Learning Objectives
1. Know how much of the world is covered with water.
2. Name the five oceans and the major seas.
3. Name the countries bordering the oceans.
4. Know the difference between salt and fresh water.
5. Know the foods that we eat which come from the oceans.
6. Students will have a concept of environmental issues affecting the ocean and
its organisms.
7. Know the food chains, life cycles and plant life found in the oceans.
8. Know how oceans/seas effect our weather.
9. Name and locate the island nations of the world.
10. Know the animal and plant life of the different oceans.
11. Name the major explorers who sailed the seas and why they are famous.

"What do you know about the ocean?"
"What would you like to learn about the ocean?"

In our classrooms :
Writing
Poetry/Songs
Author Title
Publisher
Armour, Richard. Strange Monsters of the Sea. McGraw-Hill.
Bender, Lione. Creatures of the Deep. Gloucester Press.
Foster, John. Sea Poems. Oxford.
Heard, Georgia. Creatures of the Earth, Sea, and Sky. Boyds Mill.
Hopkins, Lee B. "The Sea Is Calling Me," Harcourt Instructor Staff Poetry Place Anthology Instructor.
Donnell, Elizabeth. Twelve Days of Summer.
Morrow Jr. Books.
Prelutsky, Jack. The Random House Book of Poetry for Children. Random
House.
Windham, Sophie. The Mermaid and Other Sea Poems. Scholastic.
Worth, Valerie. All the Small Poems. Farrar,Straus.
Early
Multi-age students will:
Older
Multi-age Students will :
History/Social Studies
Marrine Ichthyologist-study fish, their habitats, the food they eat, their
relationship to their environment, etc.
·Marine Ecologists-study
the relationships between sea creatures and their environment, like the effects
of pollution on a particular species, etc.
·Captain/Crew of a ship-work
on a commercial boat or cruise ship
·Navigatiors-use
directions to determine the ship ís on course at sea
Math
Health/Science

Discussion questions
1. Why is the ocean salty?
2. Why did the egg float in the salty jar?
3. Would you rather swim in salt or fresh water? Why or why not?
4. In Oceanarium many types of fish are featured. Have the students choose their favorite fish and then proceed to the following activities.
·Materials needed: banner
paper; markers, paint or crayons; yarn, old newspaper, scissors, hole puncher.
·Ask students to draw the outline of their favorite fish on a large piece of
banner paper (approximately 2 feet long).
·Next have them cut out the outline and trace its exact dimensions on a second
sheet of banner paper. Instruct them to cut out the second outline also.
·They can now decorate their fish the way it is presented in Oceanarium.
·Staple both sides together leaving an opening to stuff newspaper in between
them.
·When the fish is stuffed finish stapling it.
·Punch a hole at each end of the fish and tie yarn through it.
·Hang fish from the ceiling or around the classroom and have student try to
identify their proper names.

Discussion Questions
1. Why did you choose your fish as your favorite?
2. What is the normal length of your fish.
3. Can you tell the class any interesting facts about your favorite type of fish?
4. View the video Jack, the Seal and the Sea.
·This activity will help students understand the dangers that plastic resents to the oceans and its inhabitants. Collect several plastics objects such as a garbage bag, food bag, wrappings from a food item, toy car or a drinking straw. Students should form small groups and select a plastic object to discuss. Each group should discuss and list the problems each plastic item could present to ocean life. Have them share their list with the class.
·As a class, write a letter to the following address voicing your concerns and offering suggestions for stopping pollution to our oceans.

Marine Conservation 1725 DeSales Street, NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036
Arts/Crafts
IX. Internet Resources
1. The Jason Project
http://www.jasonproject.org
Websight based on an investigation by Dr. Robert Ballard and other researchers
into the marine ecology and habitats of Southern Florida. A teacher's guide is
available.
2. Oceans:
A Study via Remote Sensing Introduction http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/curriculum/oceans/open.html
This site uses data collected from ocean buoys and ships in various science and
math activities.
3. H2Oceans
(Discovery Channel) http://school.discovery.com/spring97/themes/h2oceans/index.html
This page offers a variety of information to help explain and explore the
H2Oceans theme, including an overview, a complete list of programs, interesting
theme-related classroom activities, and useful links.
4. In
Search Of The Giant Squid/Smithsonian
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/squid.html
This online exhibit explores and interprets the mystery, beauty, and complexity
of giant squids.
5.
Ocean Planet/Smithsonian
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html
The Ocean Planet site is a companion exihibit to the Smithsonian Institutuion's
National Museum Of Natural History traveling exhibition.
6. Harbor Branch
Oceanographic Institution
http://www.hboi.edu
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution a non-profit organization involved in
research and education in marine biology, aquaculture, and ocean engineering.
7. Ocean
Color
http://inspire.ospi.wednet.edu:8001/curric/oceans/ocolor/index.html
This site is an online activity that uses graphics to draw conclusions about
plant production in the world's oceans.
8. North
Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries
http://www.sips.state.nc.us/EHNR/DMF
Sponsored by a state agency. Features a kid's page and activities for children
which are instructional as well as fun. An interactive fish quiz is included.
9. Sea
World
http://www.bev.net/education/SeaWorld/homepage.html
Website organized around three topics; Animal Info.; Career Info; and
Educational Resources.
10. Welcome to
Mystic Seaport
http://www.mystic.org/
Based on the waterfront site in Connecticut which tell stories of America and
the sea.
11. The Birch
Aquarium
http://aqua.ucsd.edu/
Part of the Scripps Oceanography Institute and features extensive lesson plans
for teachers.
12.
The Florida Aquarium
http://www.sptimes.com/aquarium/default.html
A virtual visit to Tampa Bay's newest attraction. Contains sections titled:
Habitats; Hands On; and Play Pond.
13.Monterey
Bay Aquarium On-Line
http://www.usw.nps.navy.mil/~millercw/aq/
A handy "e-q" guide helps the user find information and the smoothest
path. Topics include: Habitats Path; and At The Core: Conservation, Research
& Education.
14. New England
Aquarium
http://www.neaq.org/
Sponsored by the New England Aquarium of Boston, MA., offers a rich resource on
oceans and maritime life.
15. Osaka
Aquarium
http://www.hitachizosen.co.jp/info/kaiyukan/kaiyukan-e.html
This Japanese aquarium featuring diverse environments found along the "Ring
of Fire." Includes information about the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Panama,
and the Tasman Sea. Each category tell what the water temperature is and lists
what creatures are present.
16. Waikiki
Aquarium
http://www.mic.hawaii.edu/aquarium/
Focuses on the aquatic life of Hawaii and the tropical Pacific Ocean. Has good
information on animals and plants. The Discovery Page is probably best page for
kids, featuring a monthly word scramble and an animal of the month, which comes
with a coloring sheet.
17. Baby's
Tale
http://www.webcom.com/~iwcwww/whale_adoption/babytale.html
Contains basic information about the birth and infancy of baby whales.
18.
The Great White Shark Facts
http://www.netzone.com:80/~drewgrgich/picshark.html
Subtitled "The Cold-Hard Facts", gives good basic information on this
creature kids, as well as many adults, are fascinated by.
19. Keiko
The Killer Whale
http://www.ohwy.com/or/k/keiko.htm
Tells the story of the killer whale whose life is the basis for the movies Free
Willy and Free Willy II.
20. The
Penguin Page
http://www.vni.net/~kwelch/penguins/
(Site is not working properly but it would be worth trying to see if it is
fixed.)
21. Save
The Manatee Club
http://www.objectlinks.com/manatee/index.htm
Seeks to educate the public about the environmental fragility of this animal and
offers much to the classroom teacher.
22. Sea Turtle
Trax
http://www.turtles.org/
Designed to educate people about the wonder & beauty of the marine turtle.
23. South
Australian Whale Center
http://www.webmedia.com.au/whales/whcent.html
Features a menu marked with whale icons from which the student can explore
different facets of whales.
24. Whale
Information Network
http://chopper.macmedia.com.au/whales/whales3.html
Keeps a record of whale sightings and characteristics.
25. Whales:
A Thematic Web Unit
http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/Whales
A table of contents guides teachers to resources such as a bibliography, book
reviews, a glossary of whale terms, homework ideas and lesson plans.
26.
The History of Pirates
http://www.filmzone.com/cutthroat/highseas/highseas.html
Offers too much graphic and gory info for children to use independently. There
is useful information that is best pulled by teachers and used independently of
the Website.
27. Lighthouse
Getaway!
http://zuma.lib.utk.edu/lights/lights.html
Contains information on lighthouses in New England, the Outer Banks, California,
Oregon and other locations. Beautiful, fast-loading photographs are the most
striking feature.
Workbook/Activity Resources
1.Kids Discover Oceans - booklet with articles and activities.
2.Oscar's Ocean - integrated unit for primary (mostly) grades by Interact. Very good pictures for all grades.
3. A Week At The Beach - supplemental activity guide.
4. Aquatic Project Wild - education program of activities for K - high school.
5. Atlas of Exploration - books on explorers.
6. The Ocean - grades 2-3; intergrated activities for whole language.
7. Tide Pools and Coral Reefs - primary grades; thematic unit activities.
8. Oceans - intermediate grades; thematic unit activites.
9. Sea Animals - early childhood; thematic unit activities.
10. Endangered Oceans - K-4th; background information, resource material, activities, and patterns.
11. Sharks by Rhoda Blumberg (Avon Books; 1976)
12. The Usborne Book Of Ocean Facts by Anita Ganeri
13. Protecting the Oceans by John Baines (Steck-Vaughn; 1991)
14. Sharks by Kay Richards (Willowisp Press)
15. Sharks In Questions-The Smithsonian Answer Book by Victor G. Springer
16. Osborne Mysteries & Marvels of Ocean Life by Rick Morris (1983)
17. Starfish by Edith Thacher Hurd (1962)
18. Oceanography by Marion B. Carr (Golden Press)
Video
Resources
1.Animal Classifications 20 Minutes 3rd Grade
If You Were A Fish
2.Bill Nye 30 Minutes 1st -3rd Grade
Oceanography
Fish
Waves
Ocean Waves
3. Community Of Living Things 15 Minutes
3rd Grade
Creeks and Oceans
4. Magic School Bus 30 Minutes 1-3rd Grade
Wet All Over
Ups and Downs
5. Nature Scene 30 Minutes 3rd Grade
Huntington
South Atlantic Beach
Hunting Island
Memories of the Sea S
C From Mountains to the Sea
6. Outside With Slim Goodbody 15 Minutes
3rd Grade
Our Watery World
7. Palmetto Places 28 Minutes 3rd Grade
Georgetown
St. Helena
8. Reading Rainbow 30 Minutes K- 3rd Grade
Louie The Fish
Come A Tide
Three By The Sea
Dive To Coral Reefs
Seashore Surprises
Humphrey The Lost Whale
Jack, The Seal, And The Sea
Sunken Treasures
Is There A House For Hermit Crab?
My Little Island
Sam The Sea Cow
9. Sandlappers Corner 15 Minutes 3rd Grade
Places To See - Carolina Coast
10. Seahouse 5 Minutes K-3rd Grade Lessons
1-20:
Marine Life/Relationship Among Living Things
11. Stories and Poems From Long Ago 15
Minutes 3rd Grade
Stories Of The Sea
12. 3-2-1 Classroom Contact 15 Minutes 3rd
Grade
Oceans 3-D Environment
Antarctic Animals: Living On The Edge
13. 3-2-1 Contact 30 Minutes 3rd Grade
Oceans - By The Sea Oceans - Of The Sea Oceans - On The Sea Oceans - In The
Sea
14. World Of Nature 15 Minutes K-3rd Grade
Saving The Manatee Sea Lions: Lessons On The Beach
15. Doors of Wonder 30 Minutes K-3rd Grade
The Rainbow Fish
16. Great Plains National ITV Libraray 30
Minutes K-3rd Grade
Jack, The Seal, And The Sea
Sea-faring
recipes:
1. Tuna In a Cone - Drain one 6 1/2 ounce can of tuna and place in a mixing bow.
Add 1/3 cup mayonnaise; 2 tbsp. sweet pickle relish; 1/4 tsp. salt and stir with
fork. Scoop mixture into ice cream cone and top with an olive, pickle slice or
cherry tomato.
2. Starfish Sandwiches - Make sandwiches using salmon spread, fish cakes or sardines. Add cheese. With a star-shaped cookie cutter, press out a star shape. Decorate your Starfish with cream cheese, pimento eyes and olive mouths.
3. Imitation Eels - Make blue gelatin and pour
into a new, unused fish bowl. Fill with gummy worms. Once the gelatin sets, the
bowl resembles a mini aquarium.
Book
Selections
Fiction
Author Title Publisher
Clements, Andrew. Big Al. Scholastic. This is one
of my favorites
Cole, Joanna. The Magic School on the Ocean Floor. Scholastic.
Cooney, Barbara. Hattie and the Wild Wave. Viking.
Cooney, Barbara. Island Boy. Viking .
Cummings, Priscilla. Chadwick and the Garplegrungen. Tidewater.
Ehlert, Lois. Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On. Harcourt .
Gibbons, Gail. Beacons of Light: Lighthouses. Morrow .
Guiberson, Brenda. Lobster Boat. Holt.
Heller, Ruth. How to Hide an Octopus & Other Sea Creatures. Grosset .
Hulme, Joy. Sea Squares. Hyperion.
Kimmel, Eric. Anansi Goes Fishing. Holiday.
Kipling, Rudyard. New Illustrated Just So Stories. Doubleday.
Koch, Michelle. By the Sea. Greenwillow.
Levinson, Riki. Our Home Is the Sea. Penguin.
Liddledale, Freya. The Magic Fish. Scholastic.
Lionni, Leo. Swimmy. Knopf.
Martin, Antoinette T. Famous Seaweed Soup.Whitman.
McDonald, Megan. Is This a House for Hermit Crab? Orchard.
Paraskevas, Betty. Monster Beach. Harcourt Brace.
Pallota, Jerry. Going Lobstering. Charlesbridge.
Roop, Peter & Connie. Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie. Carolrhoda.
Swift,Hildegarde &Ward.The Little Red Lighthouse. Voyager.
Tafuri, Nancy. Follow Me! Greenwillow .
Van Allsburg, Chris. The Wretched Stone. Houghton .
Waber, Bernard. I Was All Thumgs. Houghton .
Walton, Rick & Ann. Something's Fishy! Jokes About Sea Creatures. Lerner.
Zolotow, Charlotte. The Seashore Book.
HarperCollins.
Nonfiction
Adler, David. Over Amazing Ocean. Troll.
Bendick, Jeanne. Exploring an Ocean Tide Pool. Holt.
Bramwell, Martyn. The Oceans. F. Watts.
Cole, Joanna The Magic School Bus On The Ocean Floor. Scholastic.
Donnelly, Judy. The Titanic Lost . . .and Found. Random House.
Doubilet, Anne. Under the Sea from A to Z. Crown.
Feeny, Stephanie. Sand To Sea: Marine Life of Hawaii.U. of Hawaii
French, Vivian. Why The Sea Is Salty? Reader's Digest Press.
Gibbons, Gail. Sunken Treasure. HarperCollins.
Hirschi, Ron. Ocean. Bantam Books.
Hirschi, Ron. Where Are My Puffins, Whales, and Seals? Bantam Books.
Jenson, Dr. Anthony. Under Sea Mission. Gareth Stevens.
Lauber, Patricia. An Octopus Is Amazing. HarperCollins.
MacDonald, Suse. Sea Shapes. Harcourt .
Matthew, Rupert. Record Breakers of the Sea. Troll.
McMillan, Bruce. Beach for Birds. Houghton.
Mud-Ruth, Maria. The Ultimate Ocean Book. Western .
Nielson, Barbara. The Great Barrier Reef.Gallery.
Oppenheim, Joanne. Oceanarium. Bantam Books.
Pallota, Jerry. The Ocean Alphabet Book. Charlesbridge.
Pallota, Jerry. The Underwater Alphabet Book. Charlesbridge.
Parker, Steve. Eyewitness Books-Seashore. Knopf.
Pope, Joyce. Seashore. Knopf.
Robbins, Ken. Boats. Scholastic .
Rotner, Shelley & Kreisler. Ocean Day. Macmillan .
Rowland, Della. Whales and Dolphins. Macmillan.
Segaloff, Nat & Erickson. A Reef Comes to Life. Watts.
Simon, Seymour. Oceans. Morrow Jr.
Sipera, Paul P. I Can Be An Oceanographer Children's Press.
Taylor, Barbara. Shoreline. Dorling Kindersley.
Tayntor, Elizabeth. Dive to the Coral Reefs. Crown.
Wallace, Karen. Think of an Eel.Candlewick .
Wheeler, Alwyne. Fishes. Usborne-Haye.
Zim, Herbert & Ingle. Seashore. Golden
Book.
Interactive
Multimedia
1. Microsoft Oceans (CD-ROM): Explore The Mysterious World of the Deep.
2. The Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean (Microsoft Home)

