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1. Plankton
Plankton Goals: The students will learn the significance of plankton in the ocean. The students will create their own plankton. The students will learn about the different varieties of plankton. Materials: resources on plankton pictures of plankton paper markers, crayons, etc. Time: This project should take...

2. Urban Effects On Inshore Plankton
Urban Effects On Inshore Plankton Arnam, Steve Roosevelt H.S 3849 W. Foster Ave. 3436 W. Wilson Ave. Chicago,IL 60625 Chicago,Il. 60625 1-312-463-5178 1-312-509-4900 Behavioral Objectives This lab activity in counting plankton, reinforces the use of the microscope. Differences encountered in count may lead to an exercise in graphing...

3. 4. Pond Water - Lesson Plan | My Science Box
...Watersheds Geology Tectonics Physiology Genetics Exploratorium Drop Box About Home » Ecology » 4. Pond Water 4. Pond Water - Lesson Plan Lesson Plan Creek visit: 1. Describe the general plan for the field trip and the goals of the day: 1) to get a sense of the creek environment and 2) to collect a plankton sample to take back to the classroom. You may want to show students where you are going on a map. 2. Set out behavioral guidelines for the trip. 3. Go to the creek. 4. At the creek, tell students that they will be doing a sense of place activity in which they will observe their surroundings using ea...

4. COAST - Marine & Aquatic Habitats Activities - Marine Ecology
...increase adaptability to a specific zone. Animals that are sessile spend part or all of their lives secured to some type natural or man-made substrate (surface). These creatures rely on the sea to bring them food, nutrients, and sufficient oxygen. The food upon which most of these animals depend is plankton (phytoplankton and zooplankton), which is comprised of free-floating, microscopic plants and animals. In the plankton-rich waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern Atlantic, additional stresses exist such as silting, which smothers the animal; currents, which can remove food sources; submar...

5. Aquatic Safari
...e scientific name. Have students work individually or in pairs to complete the work sheet. Extension: Ask students to create a chart or an illustrated book about the marine animals on the work sheet. Assessment Evaluate students on their work sheet answers. ANSWER KEY: SEAHORSE Hippocampus; 2"-14"; plankton, fish larvae. SUNFLOWER CORAL Goniopora; to 3'; plankton. PILOT WHALE Globicephala macrorhynchus; 13.1'-17.7'; squid, fish. BLUE WHALE Balaenoptera musculus; 70'-85'; krill. HARBOR SEAL -- Phoca vitulina; 5.6'-6.6'; squid, crustaceans, mollusks, fish. GRAY WHALE Eschrichtius robustus; 43'-46'; inver...

6. Lyndsey2
...food chain is suitable for students age 8years +. The construction of a food web is higher level and could be aimed at 10-14 years depending on ability. BACKGROUND On the Bermudian coral reefs all the living things feed on each other. The energy obtained from sunlight moves from plants such as phytoplankton and algae to the first animal and onto the second and so on. However animals do not just feed on one type of food, they feed on a variety. In a place like a coral reef there are many different feeding relationships which are connected together to form a food web. The Coral Website contains informati...

7. Blue Planet: Open Ocean
...s its habitat? + Is it prey? (if yes, list predators) + Is it a predator? (if yes, list prey) + Both prey and predator? + Does it help other species survive? + How do other species help it survive? + Fun fact 5. To help students select an animal from the video, you may provide the following list: + plankton + hammerhead shark + triggerfish + spinner dolphin + baleen whale + striped marlin + sardine + manta ray + surgeonfish + yellowfin tuna + spotted dolphin + sailfish + mackerel + blue shark + pilot whale + sunfish + jellyfish + olive ridley turtle + shearwater 6. Have students use print and online re...

8. Vanessa's Land Hermit Crab Care 101
...he lifecycles of hermit crabs or other animals Discussion : Overview of what we have learned today Sequence of Activities: Introduction: "As we learnt last week, the land hermit crab starts its life in the sea. After hatching from eggs laid in the ocean by their mother, the young become part of the plankton of the sea. A month or so later when they have developed into a crab they crawl ashore in search for a shell. We will now learn a little more about this fascinating lifecycle and then learn the names of the body parts of a land hermit crab, as well as their uses." Exposition: Show labelled image of...

9. Is That a Whale?
...reparation: Procedures/ 1.)Introduce the lesson by explaining Activities: that there are two main types of whales, baleen and toothed. Baleen whales have no teeth, but hundreds of thin plates in their mouths called baleen. These baleen are made of the same material as fingernails. Baleen whales eat plankton-masses of tiny plants and animals that drift in the water. The function of baleen is to strain plankton from the water. There are 10 types of baleen whales, most of the larger whales. Toothed whales have teeth. Some eat fish and other such animals as squid and cuttlefish. Toothed whales do not chew...

10. Journey North Gray Whales
...es and Draw Conclusions Make Text-to-the-World Connections Examine Author's Craft: How do authors make nonfiction texts "reader-friendly"? (About Reading Strategies) Vocabulary Cetacean, parasites, infested, barnacles, nutrient-rich, larvae, reproduction, nursery lagoons, host-specific, crustacean, plankton, colonies, tail flukes, whale lice, topsmelt, marine plants, school, miniscule, groom, groomers, protein-rich, drag, resistance Read Revisit Reflect Read Set the Stage for Reading Read aloud the title of the selection, Hitchhikers: Free Rides on Gray Whales. Read aloud the first paragraph and the tw...