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Chapter 5

Oceans and Coasts

Internet Resources

These links were chosen for their educational value and do not necessarily reflect the view of the author or the U.S. Department of State.

Classroom Activities and Lessons

Pre-fabricated lesson plans and activities intended for classroom use; can be adapted for different age groups and language proficiency levels:

• http://voyager.snc.edu/Ocean%20Pollution/beach_sweep.html
  Beach Sweep
  Lesson for students who have access to a local beach. Students pick up litter and debris at the beach, which will help make them active in preserving the health and beauty of oceans and coasts.
• http://search.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/990310wednesday.html
  Fishing for Solutions
  Lesson in which students work in committees to investigate the ecological and economic issues related to overfishing the world’s marine resources.
• http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/currkits/ocean/market/proced.html
  Ocean Market
  Lesson in which students identify some consumer goods that come from the ocean, classify them into groups, identify their sources, and calculate the cost of buying such goods.
• http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/currkits/ocean/pollution/lesson1/
  proced.html
  Pollution Solution
  Lesson in which students predict the effects of an oil spill on a marine environment and establish a list of solutions to avoid unnecessary pollution.
  
• http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/currkits/ocean/reflect/proced.html
  Reflections on the Sea
  Lesson in which students explore the influence of oceans on language and literature by identify some words and expression associated with boats, ships, and sailing.
• http://search.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/980922tuesday.html
  Rescue at Sea: Marine Conservation
  Lesson in which students examine stereotypes that they may have regarding scientists. Students then read and discuss a newspaper article on the work of a marine conservationist and how one particular scientist "breaks the mold" of their previous concepts of scientists.
• http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/currkits/ocean/connect/proced.html
  Sea Connections
  Lesson in which students identify some of the features of the ocean and draw a profile of the ocean using data points.
• http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/currkits/ocean/secrets/proced.html
  Sea Secrets
  Lesson in which students identify plants and animals that live in different marine ecosystems, construct a food chain from a marine ecosystem, and list some human activities that can upset the balance in marine environments.
• http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/currkits/ocean/stranded/proced.html
  Stranded Along the Coast
  Lesson in which students identify several species of marine animals hat might become stranded, distinguish the animals’ characteristics and habits, identify coastal features, and then form hypotheses based on the data.
• http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/education_lesson2.html
  Words from the Ocean
  Lesson in which students identify how the modern meaning of several words has changed from the sense they originally had in maritime cultures, examine how the ocean's prominence has shaped the English language, and construct hypotheses as to the original, ocean-related meanings of some everyday words.

  
  

Exploitable Content

Content that can be used to create theme-related lessons:

• http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/education_help.html
  Help for Ocean Planet
  A collection of 10 brief stories about people and organizations that are taking actions to keep oceans and coasts healthy.
• http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/
  education_marine_life_factsheet.html
  Marine Life Fact sheet
  List of marine life facts come from the Smithsonian Institution's Ocean Planet exhibition.
• http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/popular_science.html
  Popular Science Special Oceans Issue
  Complete texts of 18 different articles from the Popular Science magazine special issue on oceans.
• http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/education_threats.html
  Threats to the Health of the Oceans
  Fact sheet listing seventeen different dangers to the health of the world’s oceans.
• http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/popsci.html
  PopSci For Kids Special Oceans Issue
  A collection of eleven articles from the PopSci for Kids magazine special issue on oceans.

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