The Ocean

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The Ocean

• By Jennifer Hall

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Analyze Learners

• The unit plan will focus on third graders about
  the age of eight.
• All students will be on a third grade level with
  no special needs.
• Students will only need to have little knowledge
  of the ocean.

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Materials

• Books
• Magazines
• Internet
• Worksheets
• Art Supplies (construction paper, scissors, glue)

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WV Content and State Objectives

• SC.3.4.1 identify the structures of living
  things, including their systems and explain their
  functions (e.g., roots absorb water, circulatory
  system to move materials).
• SC.3.4.3 compare physical characteristics and
  behaviors of living organisms and explain how
  they are adapted to a specific environment (e.g.,
  beaks and feet in birds, seed dispersal,
  camouflage, different types of flowers).
• SC.3.4.4 observe and describe relationships among
  organisms in an ecosystem (e.g., sequencing food
  chains, behavior, adaptations, factors that
  effect populations, predator-prey relationships).
• SC.3.3.2 use models as representations of real
  things.
• SC.3.2.1 demonstrate curiosity, initiative and
  creativity by planning and conducting simple
  investigations.

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Media and Materials

• The unit will be broken up into five days.
• First focusing on what type of creatures live in
  the ocean and how they interact with each other.
• Then students will learn about sonar and how
  waves work through hands on activity.
• Last students will learn about pollution and how
  it can be harmful to the ocean.

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Days 1-3

• Research sea creatures and their environment
  using books and internet
• Prepare brief summary and create students sea
  creature out of art supplies
• Present the creature students researched to the
  class

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Day 4

• Students will learn how sonar works.
• Will demonstrate how sonar works by using water,
  overhead projector, glass pie plate, and eye
  dropper
• Explain that oceanographers are people who study
  the ocean by using sonar to track detect and
  locate objects underwater.

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Day 5

• Class demonstration of how oil spills work by
  using oil, water, and cocoa powder to show how
  oil spills can stay on top of water
• The effects of oil spills on the ocean and the
  creatures that live there
• Also talk about other types of pollution

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Learner Participation

• Group Activities
• Presentations
• Teacher demonstration
• Worksheets

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Evaluate and Revise

• Small quizzes on what they learned that day
• Take home assignments
• In class discussions of activities