Come to play in the sun!
Come to splash in the water!
Come to have fun!"
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| Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Teacher's Page | Credits |
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1.
You
and your partner will choose an animal that lives in the ocean and find
out what it looks like, what its habitat is like, and what it eats.
2.
You
will use the Internet links provided in the Resources section below to
find your information.
3.
You
and your partner will record your findings on worksheets. As you
explore the Internet sites, look for answers to the questions below. Answer
the questions on your worksheets in complete sentences.
| 1. What is the name of your ocean animal? |
| 2. What does your ocean animal look like? |
| 3. What is your ocean animal's habitat like? |
| 4. What does your ocean animal eat? |
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5.
What plants or animals are part of your ocean
animal's food chain? |
TO GET YOUR WORKSHEETS, CLICK HERE, THEN PRINT.
RESOURCES
Check
these Internet sites in the order that they are listed, so that
you will be able to find information that you can read and understand easily!
4.
You
and your partner will create a shoebox diorama of your sea animal in its
habitat. The diorama should show CLEARLY your ocean animal, its habitat,
and other sealife that live in this marine biome. Your teacher will
provide you with materials that you can use to create your diorama.
5.
You
and your partner will divide poster paper into three sections.
6.
You
and your partner will attach your completed worksheets to the first section
of the poster.
7.
On
the second section of the poster, you will draw a picture of your sea animal
thriving in its habitat. At the bottom of the habitat illustration,
you will draw the animal's food chain. You will label the parts of
this food chain. You will give this section of the poster an appropriate
title.
8.
On
the third section of the poster, you will draw a picture of your sea animal
in a habitat that has been harmed by litter and other kinds of pollution.
In this drawing, use the information that you obtained from the Internet
to help you to consider and to illustrate possible harmful effects to your
animal and to your animal's food chain. At the bottom of this habitat
illustration, you will draw the food chain. You will label the parts
of this food chain. Below your labeled food chain, write at least
two sentences to explain the effect that you believe pollution could have
on your ocean animal, its habitat, and its food chain. You will give
this section of the poster an appropriate title.
9.
The
dioramas and posters that you and your classmates produce will be put on
display in your school's media center and in your classroom.
10.Your
teacher will inform your parents and other interested residents in
your community that your ocean animal projects are on display in your school.
Your teacher will communicate this information by means of the newsletter
link on your class web page.
11.You
and your teacher will take digital photos of the ocean animal habitat dioramas.
You and your teacher will write a brief story of your class's ocean animal
project in MS Word, insert a photo, and email the story to appropriate
newspapers in your community.
12.You
will be evaluated on the following:
Your
level of participation and cooperation.
The
quality of information that you gathered from your research, using five
facts to answer the questions on your worksheet.
The
accuracy, the detail, and the neatness of your diorama and poster projects.
13.Your
teacher will use the evaluation rubric
on the Evaluation Page to grade your work. Each student partner will
receive his own grade.
| Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Teacher's Page | Credits |