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You must complete seven of the Individual Activities.
When you see the
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you must complete that activity.
Facilitator's Notes are in this font and bulleted.
1. Attention All A.R. Readers…
MI: Interpersonal
LS: Extraversion, Introversion, Sensing, Thinking, Judging
Read an A.R. book about the ocean. Write a 2-sentence summary about the book and share it with your team. When your summary is complete, take an A.R. test. If you don't have A.R., take this quiz after you read the book The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole.
2. Express Yourself
MI: Musical/Rhythmic; Naturalist; Interpersonal
LS: Extraversion, Sensing, Thinking, Perceiving
Be familiar with haiku poems before introducing this activity. Visit the web site below for examples of different haikus. You must approve the haiku or song prior to student's presentation.
Choose a topic and write a haiku, rap or song and perform it in front of the class. Your teacher prior to your presentation must approve the haiku or song. Some suggestions include an ocean animal, oceanography, or currents. The web site below will give the exact guidelines needed in writing a haiku. Use the graphic organizer to help you. You will be graded using this rubric.
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/haiku.htm
3. Build-a-Boat (home activity)
MI: Mathematical/Logical; Visual/Spatial; Bodily/Kinesthetic; Interpersonal; Intrapersonal
LS: Extraversion, Sensing, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging, Perceiving
Refer to the Team Activity#2 Emergency 911 guidelines for the materials needed! Click on hyperlink below.
Choosing material from home, construct a boat that you think will be able to rescue animals. Use the guidelines from Emergency 911!. Bring in the boat you made and have your teacher test it.
4. Captain, We Have a Problem… (home activity)
MI: Logical/Mathematical
LS: Introversion, Sensing, Thinking, Intuition, Judging
Visit the web site www.enchantedlearning.com/morsecode/notopad.shtml for examples of Morse Code. You need to explain Morse Code to the students prior to introducing this activity.
Create a Morse code system that you would be able to use to signal ships of a disaster on the water. Your Morse code must include a chart explaining how it works. You should know that the Morse code system that you create will be used by all ships make it very easy to understand. You may use the web site below for examples of Morse code.
www.enchantedlearning.com/morsecode/notopad.shtml
5.
A Tale of a Whale
MI: Logical/Mathematical
LS: Extraversion, Sensing, Thinking
Students need a mini-lesson on bar graphs in order to complete this activity.
Use the lengths of whale species to help understand basic math concepts. Use the web site below to learn about the different lengths of whales as well as why their lengths are important. Construct a bar graph with the different lengths of whales. Make sure to properly label the bar graph.
http://www.seaworld.org/animal%2Dinfo/info%2Dbooks/baleen/physical-characteristics.htm#size
6.
Ocean Occupations
MI: Verbal/Linguistic; Interpersonal
LS: Extraversion, Introversion, Intuition, Feeling, Perceiving
Students need to be reviewed on the basic writing procedures in order to complete this activity.
Find out more about one of the following ocean related occupations and visit the web site http://oceanlink.island.net/ask/answerscar.html to learn more about the ocean occupation you are interested in. Report your findings to the class or write a short report titled, “A Week in the Life of a ______________.” Include in your report/presentation how you think this job might change in the future. Use this graphic organizer to help you organize your research. Also you should send an email to a scientist in the ocean career of your choice stating what your project is about and ask them a question regarding the career you are interested in. Be sure to print out your email and stick it in your portfolio. You will be graded on this using this rubric.
7.
I Can't See You...
MI: Verbal/Linguistic
LS: Introversion, Sensing, Thinking, Judging
Did you know that some animals can be right in front of you and you didn't even know it? Visit the web sites below to find out more about this. Then, write three sentences in your own words on how one sea animal uses adaptations to survive in it's habitat.
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=3803
Play the hide and seek game after you are done reading about what camouflage is. http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/hide/gestalt.HTMLX
Click on each of the pictures at the left under the word camouflage.
http://www.reefimages.com/Camouflage/camouflage_index.html
8. You Scratch My Back, Maybe I'll Scratch Yours...
MI: Naturalist; Visual/Spatial
LS: Extraversion, Introversion, Intuition, Thinking, Judging
Did you know that animals sometimes survive in it's environment by using help from other animals or plants? Visit the web sites below showing what symbiosis is. Then, create a chart showing how symbiosis is used in relation to animals and plants in it's environment. Then write at least two sentences explaining in words how the organisms use symbiosis in relation to the picture.
http://www.coralreefalliance.org/professorpolyp/2002/november.html
http://www.ms-starship.com/sciencenew/symbiosis.htm
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/coral/coral3.htm
9. Oil Schmoil
MI: Visual/Spatial; Verbal/Linguistic; Naturalist
LS: Introversion, Feeling, Sensing, Judging
Review procedures and rules when writing email.
Read the book Oil Spill! by Melvin Berger to learn how oil spills are contained once they happen as well as to find out how to prevent them from happening. What do you think about how this? What do you think should be done to help? Write an email to Exxon Valdez stating the dangers of oil spills and preventative measures that could be taken to stop any future spills. Be sure to make a copy of this email for yourself to put in your portfolio.
10. Do You See What I See?
MI: Naturalist; Visual/Spatial; Intrapersonal; Verbal/Linguistic
LS: Extraversion, Intuition, Sensing, Feeling, Thinking
Have you ever seen pictures of the devastation that an oil spill causes? Visit the web sites below to see pictures from real oil spills. Write a free verse poem stating the feelings that you felt when you saw those pictures.
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/kids/kids.html
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/tours/tour.html
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/photos/exxon/exxon.html
http://environment.about.com/library/images/bloilspillindex.htm
11. Ocean Journey
MI: Verbal/Linguistic; Logical/Mathematical
LS: Introversion, Sensing, Thinking, Perceiving
Students need to know basic Internet skills in order to complete this activity.
Complete the given Ocean Web quest to learn more about what the ocean is and the things found in the ocean.
12.
Ready, Set, ...Range, Median, & Mode!
MI: Logical/Mathematical
LS: Introversion, Sensing, Intuition, Thinking, Judging
Students need to know how to find the range, median and mode of numbers.
There are many different types of animals that are in the ocean. Their sizes are all very different. The biggest ocean creature could be the size of at least a basketball court while the smallest ocean creature could be as small as a pin's head. Complete the worksheet to find out the huge span of size differences that can be encountered in the ocean.
13.
Animal Math
MI: Logical/Mathematical
LS: Introversion, Sensing, Intuition, Thinking, Judging
Students need to have knowledge on how to complete two step story problems including clue/key word vocabulary.
Did you ever know how big a beluga whale is when it is born? How many sea horses could fit in an aquarium if laid down on their side? Click here to complete these real-life story problems to find out these answers and many more! Make sure you print it out and put it in your portfolio!
14. What Happened Next? (home activity)
MI: Verbal/Linguistic
LS: Introversion, Sensing, Feeling, Perceiving
Students need to be reviewed on the basic writing procedures in order to complete this activity.
Finish the story to put a conclusion to Bill's summer vacation. I am dying to know what happens. Click here to read the story and to finish it. You will be graded on this using this rubric. Make sure you print it out and put it in your portfolio!
15. What is Word?
MI: Logical/Mathematical
LS: Introversion, Sensing, Thinking, Judging
The teacher needs to make Microsoft Word available to the students on the computer. Students need to know basic knowledge of the operations of the computer.
Have you ever used Microsoft Word before? It is a program that is used in the real world for word processing. To become familiar with Microsoft Word, first you need to print out these directions. After they are printed out, start up Microsoft Word to begin!
16. Overlapping Oceans
MI: Logical/Mathematical
LS: Extraversion, Sensing, Thinking, Perceiving
Before introducing this activity, do a mini-lesson on Venn Diagrams.
Are oceans and lakes the same? If not, what is different about them? Using the information you already know about lakes and oceans, fill out the Venn Diagram to compare them.
