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This activity integrates art and science as students use books and other sources to learn more about the creatures that live in the ocean. Once they have learned about various sea creatures and their habitats, they will construct an undersea environment in their classroom.
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This is the education section of a larger site about the Aquarius underwater habitat in the Florida Keys. It includes classroom activities exploring concepts of buoyancy, pressure and light; a series of classroom activities exploring the biology of corals; and an on-line book about coral reef biology.
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WhaleTimes
will
take
young
users
on
an
adventure
to
the
ocean.
This
resource
provides
a
wealth
of
information
and
pictures
on
popular
sea
life,
such
as
whales,
seals,
sea
lions,
sharks,
penguins,
and
walruses.
It
helps
the
user
to
find
out
how
animals
survive
in
the
sea,
what
they
eat,
where
they
live
and
much
more.
There
are
several
computer
activities
for
young
kids,
and
a
list
of
books
that
focus
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A
learning
activity
for
the
"All
About
Earth:
Our
World
on
Stage"
book
in
the
Elementary
GLOBE
series.
In
pairs,
students
will
create
experimental
conditions
in
terrariums
in
order
to
study
what
plants
need
to
live.
Variables
to
study
include
the
presence
or
absence
of
soil,
water,
and
sunlight.
Students
will
record
the
growth
of
radish
plants
as
well
as
observations
of
"the
water
cycle"
in
their
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A
learning
activity
for
the
"All
About
Earth:
Our
World
on
Stage"
book
in
the
Elementary
GLOBE
series.
One
of
the
"big
ideas"
in
Earth
system
science
is
the
notion
of
interaction
among
parts
of
the
Earth
system.
In
the
Elementary
GLOBE
book
All
About
Earth:
Our
World
on
Stage,
the
children
in
Ms.
Patel's
class
discuss
instances
of
how
the
four
major
spheres
of
Earth's
system
interact.
They
symbolize
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The
class
will
brainstorm,
write,
create,
and
produce
a
play
in
which
they
represent
how
all
the
Earth
systems
are
interconnected.
This
play
can
be
based
on
the
Elementary
GLOBE
book
"All
About
Earth:
Our
World
on
Stage"
or
on
other
student-generated
topics
representing
interconnections
of
the
Earth
systems.
The
purpose
of
the
play
is
to
serve
as
a
performance
assessment
providing
students
with
the
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Using
a
color
chart,
students
will
make
observations
outside
during
each
of
the
four
seasons.
During
each
session,
they
will
try
to
find
as
many
colors
as
possible
and
record
what
they
see.
As
a
class,
they
will
make
charts
describing
the
colors
they
find
in
each
season.
At
the
end
of
the
school
year,
students
will
compare
their
results
and
generate
conclusions
about
variations
in
colors
in
nature
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Discover marine creatures from the tiny zooxanthellae that make the coral reefs home to the giant mammals of the vast seas. This resource provides very clear explanations and pictures to teach about the marine ecosystems of shorelines, temperate oceans, tropical oceans.
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This site provides excellent background information on deserts. Large print and superb pictures make this site very appealing to younger students. Topics include: What is a Desert Like?, Types of Deserts, What causes Deserts?, Deserts of the World, Desert Plants, Desert Animals, and links to other desert sites.
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A
learning
activity
for
the
Scoop
on
Soils
book
in
the
Elementary
GLOBE
Series.
Students
will
make
predictions
about
what
they
think
they
will
find
in
a
sample
of
soil.
They
will
investigate
the
sample
and
sort
out
the
various
items
they
find.
Next
they
will
spend
time
outside
observing
one
or
more
sites
to
see
what
they
find
in
the
soil.
After
recording
and
sharing
their
observations
they
will
create
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