All About Oceans - Submitted by Susan D.
K-2nd
Library List:
The
Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor, by Joanna Cole
Commotion
in the Ocean, by Giles Andraea
A
House for Hermit Crab, by Eric Carle
The
Twelve Days of Summer, by Elizabeth Lee O'Donnell
Leroy
the Lobster and Crabby the Crab, by Edward Harriman
Wish
for a Fish, by Bonnie Worth
The
Great Animal Search, by Caroline Young
The
Great Undersea Search, by Kate Needham
CREATION OF THE OCEAN. Read Genesis 1. Review creation of the seas
and animals of the sea. Draw picture of creation of the seas. For writers,
label the picture (eg, God made the sea on the third day). For those
just learning to write, write the words and have them trace the letters,
or have them copy the Bible verse.
WHAT IS AN OCEAN. Use five senses to brainstorm what an ocean is. What
does it look like, smell like, sound like, taste like, feel like.
THE WORLD'S OCEANS. Locate the major oceans on a world map. Show how
the oceans are all connected. Use a blank world map to label and color
the oceans. Identify other large bodies of water on the map. Discuss
the difference between an ocean, sea, and lake.
OCEAN LITERATURE. Read Commotion in the Ocean. Discuss rhyming.
Find rhyming pairs. Older writers can create their own rhyme about the
ocean.
Read A House for Hermit Crab. Use this to discuss the months
of the year. What are some characteristics or things you know about
each month? Make a box of months. Find one item to represent each month
and place it in the box (eg, a seashell for August and a red bow for
December). Or, draw a picture representing each month. Learn about the
author, Eric
Carle, at his website. Read another story of Eric Carle's. Discuss
how he creates his artwork. Use his technique to make your own ocean
scene.
Read The Twelve Days of Summer. Use this for a discussion of
summer as a season. What is the weather like in the summer? What are
some things you like to do in the summer? What kind of clothes do you
wear in the summer?
Read Leroy the Lobster and Crabby the Crab. What are some of
the words used to describe objects and characters in the story? Act
out these adjectives: lazy, creepy, mysterious, savage, frightened,
awful, awesome. Discuss how Leroy felt about the book he found. What
about Crabby? What was the most exciting part of the story? How did
you feel at that part? How did Leroy and Crabby escape? What treasure
did they bring home?
OCEAN WAVES. Fill a shallow pan with water. Blow on the water from one
end. Notice the waves, their shape, their motion. The moon pulls on
the earth. The easiest place to see this is in the waves. Wind can also
affect waves. What are the waves like in a big storm? Use National
Geographic's online wave simulator to understand the characteristics
of waves.
SALT WATER. Complete the lab on Making
Salt Water (under Elementary/Water Cycle/Grade 1).
OCEAN ZONES. Read Wish for a Fish. Make a diagram of the ocean
zones. Use brown construction paper to create the ocean floor, black
for the midnight zone and the abyss, dark blue for the twilight zone,
and light blue for the sunlit zone. Cut out and paste pictures of animals
and plants that belong in each zone, or draw your own pictures.
OCEAN ANIMALS. Use Commotion in the Ocean, The Twelve Days of Summer,
or Wish for a Fish to make a list of ocean animals. Identify
which animals are mammals, birds, fish, or invertebrates.
Search for sea animals in The Great Animal Search, "By the
Sea."
Choose one animal to learn more about. Draw a picture of the animal.
Write a brief report (scaled to your young writer's abilities) describing
where the animal lives, what kind of animal it is, what it eats, or
anything interesting about the animal.
Make a waxed paper animal Use scrapings or bits of old crayons to make
a picture of the animal on waxed paper. Place another sheet of waxed
paper on top. Iron on a low setting until the crayon has melted and
the waxed paper is stuck together. Cut out around the animal, put a
string through the top, and hang it up.
CORAL REEFS. Read a book about coral reefs. Use a shoebox to make a
diorama of a coral reef. Be sure to include at least one animal and
one plant found in a coral reef.
Search for hidden images in The Great Undersea Search, "Coral
Dives."
MORE ABOUT THE OCEAN. Read The Magic School Bus On the Ocean Floor.
On a large sheet of paper, draw and color a diagram of the ocean, some
of its parts, its animals and birds, just like Miss Frizzle's class
does at the end of the story.
FIELD TRIP. Take a field trip to the ocean. Before going, make a list
of things to look for, such as waves, intertidal zone, the high tide
mark, tidal pools, and creatures of the tidal pools. Use this list for
a scavenger hunt while at the ocean.
Or, take a field trip to an aquarium.
Ocean Life Notebooking
Crab
Coral
Reef
Coral Reef with
Diver
Dolphins
Flying
Fish
Jellyfish
Orca
Puffer
Fish
School
of Fish
Seahorse
Sea Turtle
Shark
Ocean Life Coloring
Clown
Fish
Crab
Flying
Fish
Hammerhead
Shark
Jellyfish
Manta
Ray
Puffer
Fish
Sea Horse
Starfish
Sword
Fish
Whale