Teaching young students about the ocean is an exciting way to start your year since many children have spent time at these large bodies of water during their summer break. If they haven’t, learning about the ocean at a young age will encourage them to be better stewards of our earth.
Curriki Summer of Content award winner Melissa Webber has put together a fantastic unit titled Oceans Alive! which is geared for new teachers. It gives an overview of the oceans, introduces new vocabulary and provides hands on experiments to learn about density. In these eight lessons, students will gain an understanding of the basic scientific principles of tides, ocean zones, animal/plant life, and the food chain.
Other sites to visit to make your Ocean unit even better are:
- Ocean Writing Activities
- Mrs. McGowan’s First Grade Ocean Activities
- Attention All Beach Goers: The Ocean Needs Your Help!
- Experiments: Why Don’t Big Ships Sink?
- At the end of your studies, students always love to make fish prints on T-shirts or on rice paper. Here is a link that will show you how.
Have fun. Ideas are endless when it comes time to study the ocean!
Curriki
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