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American Field Guide: Ocean Habitats, the Intertidal Zone
http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/teachers/oceans/oceans_sum.html
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This website integrates video footage and information with lesson plans and activities to teach students about the intertidal zone of the oceans. This zone is a habitat for only a few species due to extreme fluctuations in moisture level, heat, salinity, and sunlight. The activities in this unit are designed to enable students to investigate the creatures of these zones and how they have adapted to the conditions that they live in. This site contains lesson plans, worksheets, objectives, and related links.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Module / Unit
    • Presentation / Demo
  • Visual:
    • Video
Subject:
  • Ocean Sciences:
    • Biological oceanography
Technical requirements:
Adobe Acrobat reader
Real Media or Windows Media plug-in needed for videos. Netzip or Stuffit expander needed for slide show download.
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright 2001 Oregon Public Broadcasting and PBS
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-002-481
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 5-8:
      • C - Life science:
        • Diversity and adaptations of organisms
        • Regulation and behavior
        • Reproduction and heredity
    • 9-12:
      • C - Life science:
        • Biological evolution
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: Oregon Public Broadcasting
http://www.opb.org