Alphabet Skills & Reading Comp. - Oceans Theme		Internet Reading Comp. - Oceans Theme
	Alphabet Skills- Oceans Theme 1		Ocean Teaching Theme
	Internet Summary Writing - Oceans		Ocean Worksheets

Ocean Lesson Plans

1. Backpack Science "Sink Or Float"- Through the use of backpacks, students will be able to check out a book with a science related hands on activity. The story will be recorded along with the activities involved with sink or float. Backpacks are made for each of the units at the second grade level.
2. Introduction of Oceans and Sea Life- Given the opportunity to practice and review information about ocean life with their teams, students will independently: 1. Name and describe two major habitats of the oceans. 2. Identify three animals that live in the ocean.
3. Let's Make Waves- The most effective way to help children replace a misconception is to give them an experience that directly challenges it. In this simple set of activities children use wind to create waves and use marbles to model energy moving through water.
4. Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor- "With the Internet, students will be able to embark on a journey to the ocean floor. Students will learn to read and write informational material."

1. Ocean Art- Children create an ocean picture with showing sea creatures in their habitat.
2. Ocean Exploration Time Lines- Students use suggested online or library sources to create time lines of various ocean explorations.
3. Ocean Life Mural- Students draw pictures of marine life. Students work together to create a mural.
4. Ocean Mysteries, Legends, and Customs- Students use the Internet to research mysteries, legends, and customs related to the ocean. Students choose one topic and create a short story about it.
5. Ocean Puzzle Fun- Students complete word search, word scramble, and maze puzzles with an ocean theme.
6. Ocean Sensory Center- To feel and experience the ocean in the sand/water table.
7. Ocean Unit- An idea for a unit!
8. Oceans and Undersea Life- Students will study the oceans and seas of the world, the animal life that swims in them and the countries that border them.
9. Others in and Around the Water- A collection of poems.
10. Oceans of the World- Students use the Internet or library sources to compare and contrast information about the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans. Students also locate the oceans on a world map.
11. Oceans: True or False?- Students take a quiz to test their knowledge of the oceans. (This activity might be used at the start or end of an oceans unit.)
12. Ride the Wave!- Students learn about sonar and how sonar works.
13. Save the Oceans Poster- Students work in pairs to create posters showing things people can do to protect and preserve the oceans.
14. Shark Surprise- Children will practice their observational skills and reinforce their familiarity with different types of fish while creating their own card game.
15. The Ocean Floor- My students found this very interesting and loved to see what that they had copied their ocean floor onto a graph, and of course, paper maché is always messy fun!
16. The Rainbow Fish- Builds on the book "The Rainbow Fish".
17. The Rainbow Fish: Other Activities- Cut many different fish out of paper plates, one for each child. The ridges on the plates make really great fins.
18. There Are Algae in Your House!- Demonstrate that, although we sometimes can neither smell nor taste them, many ingredients in our foods and household products come from the sea. Investigate the foods you eat to determine what algae derivatives they contain.
19. Under the Sea- Children will create an undersea environment in their classroom while researching interesting facts about their favorite sea creatures.
20. Watercolor Rainbow Fish- After reading the book and discussing it, we make rainbow fish with watercolors.
21. Whales: A Thematic Unit- This web document provides a thematic unit for cooperative learning across an integrated curriculum which is an interactive resource for teachers, students and parents.
22. Whale Times- Find out how your favorite animals survive in the sea. What they eat, where they live and much more.
23. Whale You Be My Valentine?- A coloring sheet.
24. Words from the Ocean- Identify how the modern meaning of several words has changed from the sense they originally had in maritime cultures. Recognize how the ocean's prominence in our culture has shaped our language.