Targhee Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I'm looking for any help/suggestions/resources for a unit on seashore (and general ocean) ecology. This is for a 1st grader, and tag-along pre-K. I want to cover: animals habitats (especially tide pools) tides water cycle rocks, shells, sand island communities (people living on islands, not necessarily exotic) other?? I am looking for all sorts of materials and ideas: books (fiction and non-, readers [3rd grade level or so]) DVDs (documentary, reading rainbow, movies, etc.) crafts lapbooking experiments worksheets journaling coloring/drawing museums/centers (western washington) other?? I have a few ideas, and I am hoping to make this a spectacular backdrop for our next spring term. I am planning to culminate with a 3-5 day camping trip to the coast (northwest). I would love to hear from anyone who already knows of resources/ideas/etc. that they have seen or used, to help get me going in the right direction. Anything you think is really great!! TIA:thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom to 3 Island Boys Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Here are a few on-line resources (some of them are specific to the Northwest): -Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (in Washington State): Offers classes and Lesson plans: http://www.padillabay.gov/ Their curriculum download page: http://padillabay.gov/educationcurriculum.asp -Seaworld.org - actually has some neat references, including an animal sounds library and animal fact sheets: http://seaworld.org/ -Washington State Department of Ecology Classroom activity guides: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/services/ee/curricul.html -Treasures at Sea - exploring the ocean through literature. Has writing, art, and interactive activities. Has a list of Books with web-based learning activities and other ocean related books: http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/main.html -Bridge - Sea Grant Ocean Sciences Education Center. Has Lesson plans, organized by grade: http://www.marine-ed.org/bridge/ -Enchanted Learning - has many ocean/seashore related lessons (the water cycle, ocean animals, intertidal zone, tides, waves, ocean prints and crafts, etc.): http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/ I hope these are the kinds of things you are looking for and at least get you started! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia in WA Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I don't know if this will be helpful (depending on where you live in W. WA) but someone on my group's list just put this info up....... Trained Naturalists will be at these seven local beaches on these dates. Look for signs at the entrance to the beach. Naturalists are at: South Alki, Golden Gardens, Carkeek Park, Lincoln Park, Richmond Beach, Des Moines and Seahurst. June 1, 9am-11:30am; June 4 & 5, 10:30am-2:30pm June 7, noon-4pm; June 8, 1:30pm-4pm June 21, noon-3pm; June 22, 12:30pm-3:30pm July 3, 10am -2pm; July 4, 11am-3pm; July 5, 11:30am-3:30pm; July 6, noon-3pm July 19, 11:30am-2:30pm; July 20, 11:30am-2:30pm Aug 2, 11:30am-2:30pm Beach Naturalists will also be at the Olympic Sculpture Park! June 4, 11am-2pm; June 5, 11:30am-2pm; June 7 1pm-3pm July 4, 11:30am-2:30pm; July 5, noon-2pm Aug 2, 11am-1pm We just went to our first tide pool yesterday and it was wonderful. We are doing the Green Hour Challenge and have choosen the Puget Sound as our focus area. There is much to see. LearningPage.com has some great downloads for your kid's ages. HTHs, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 We've about 3/4 way through a month long study on the ocean using three FIAR books (Gramma's Walk, All Those Secrets of the World and Night of the Moonjellies). We go to the beach next week as part of our "study". :) These are some of the books and videos we've enjoyed: Books (all are picture books): Fiction: Gramma's Walk by Anna Grossnickle Hines When the Tide is Low by Shelia Cole The Sea and I by Harutaka Nakawatari Shells! Shells! Shells! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace (is "fiction" but has great photos of shells and very informative) Hello, Ocean by Pam Munoz Ryan (great discussion of 5 senses) A Gift From the Sea by Kate Banks A Beautiful Seashell by Ruth Lercher Bornstein The Disappearing Island by Corinne Demas A Flag for Grandma by Sally Grindley The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow The Big Big Sea by Martin Waddell Little Rabbit and the Sea by Gavin Bishop Atlantic by Brian Karas Pagoo by Holling C. Hollings (Technically fiction I guess but chock-full of info on tide pool life, about the life of a hermit crab. It's long..we're using it as a read-aloud. Lots of intersting sketches of marine life.) A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet Crab Moon by Ruth Horowitz Moving Day by Robert Kalan The Girl Who Danced with Dolphins by Frank DeSaix Down at the Bottom of the Deep Dark Sea by Rebecca Jones Night of the Moonjellies by Mark Shasha Out of the Ocean by Debra Frasier Those Summers by Aliki Louie's Goose and Gotcha Louie! by H.M. Ehrlich (very sweet books for a Pre-schooler) Non-fiction: Animals Without Bones: Crabs Creatures that Glow by Joanne Barkan (the book glows in the dark) Nature's Children series: Jellyfish A True Book series: Jellyfish by Elaine Landau Sea Jellies: Rainbows in the Sea by Elizabeth Tayntor Gowell Dolphin Talk: Whistles, Clicks and Clapping Jaws by Wendy Pfeffer Wild About Dolphins by Nicola Davies The Magic School Bus Gets Crabby by Kristin Earhart The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole Shark In the Sea by Joanne Ryder (I think these are shelved under fiction. They are a series called "Just for a Day" where the author has the reader imagine what it is to be a shark. Very good.) Sea Elf by Joanne Ryder World Book's Science and Nature Guides Seashells and Peterson's Field Guide to Shells of the Atlantic (I'm taking these with us on vacation. The first one is really nice for kids.) DVD's: Ocean (DK Eyewitness video) The Blue Planet (excellent, from the Discovery Channel...similar to the Planet Earth series.) Popular Mechanics for Kids: Super Sea Creatures Reading Rainbow Ocean Life (actually two episodes on one DVD...one about whales and one about manatees) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 There is a One Small Square book about the Seashore. Those books are fabulous. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow and Wendell Minor Beachcombing: Exploring the Seashore by Jim Arnosky Seashore (DK Eyewitness Books) by DK Publishing One Small Square Seashore by Donald M. Silver and Patricia Wynne This Is the Sea That Feeds Us by Robert F. Baldwin and Don Dyen Seashore Food Chains by John Crossingham and Bobbie Kalman In One Tidepool: Crabs, Snails, and Salty Tails (Sharing Nature With Children Book) by Anthony D. Fredericks and Jennifer Dirubbio ACTIVITY BOOKS Seashore Plants and Animals Coloring Book by Dot Barlowe Seashore Life Coloring Book (Colouring Books) by Anthony D'Attilio Seashore Activity Book by Patricia J. Wynne Seashore Life Sticker Picture: With 33 Reusable Peel-and-Apply Stickers (Sticker Picture Books) by Jan Sovak Rivers, Ponds, And Seashore (Discovering Nature) by Sally Hewitt and for readers I would use some of the titles Alice listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthmother Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 http://www.oceansalive.org/home.cfm www.learningpage.com learning page has ocean pictures to color hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambam Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I second the Burgess Seashore Book for Children. Other books: Fish do the Strangest Things by Leonora & Arthur Hornblow Sea Creatures do Amazing Things by Arthur Myers Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanne Cole - also this supplemental website - http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score//Magic/magictg.htm Peterson's A field guide to Seashores Coloring Book Fiction: The Secret Oceans by Betty Ballantine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Thanks to everyone for all the great info and references! Can't wait to hit the books and then hit the beach! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 I second One Small Square Seashore as well as the Burgess seashore book. Also, here are some others: Kingfisher Young People....Oceans Under the Sea When Turtles Come to Town Q & A About Sharks Bill Nye’s Big Blue Ocean Magic School Bus.... Ocean Floor DK Eyewitness Seashore Exploring an Ocean Tidepool Sharks, Gibbons Sharks, Maynard Tide Pools, Rood Usborne What’s Under the Sea? Oceans and Rivers What Makes an Ocean Wave? At Home in a Tide Pool Oceans and Beaches DK Eyewitness Shell DK Picturepedia Sea Life At the Ocean Starfish: Stars of the Sea Seashells, Crabs and Sea Stars, Christiane Tibbitts Sea Jellies: Rainbows of the Sea, Elizabeth Gowell Gentle Giant Octopus, Karen Wallace Seashore Surprises, Rose Wyler Seashells by the Seashore, Marianne Berkes Is This a House for Hermit Crab? Megan McDonald Hermit Crabs, Sylvia Johnson Discovering Crabs and Lobsters, Jill Bailey Lobsters: Gangsters of the Sea, Mary Cerullo The Blue Lobster: A Life Cycle, Carol and Donald Carrick Animals that Live in Shells, Dean Morris Mollusks, Joy Richardson A First Look at Seashells, Millicent Selsam Shells are Skeletons, Joana Victor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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