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Lesson
Plans
These
are professional lesson plans that have been
developed by other sources. Expedition Planet
Earth has searched for curriculum that covers
relevant topics and provide these links to use
at your own discretion.
Grades
3-6
Wave
Heights
In this lesson, students will learn about the
varying heights of ocean waves and what causes
the variation. They will begin by learning the
parts of a wave, and then discuss the meaning
of wave height and wavelength in terms of various
points of reference. A demonstration will spark
discussion about how geography affects wave
heights, and will allow students to experiment
with various forces to create different sized
waves. Students will use the National Geographic
Wave Simulator to experiment with creating different
types of waves, and will draw waves based on
the heights and lengths of familiar structures
around the school.
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Why
Do Whales Make Sounds?
Scientists believe that whales vocalize to locate
one another, to find mates, and to socialize.
Each whale species, like the orca, has its own
set of sounds, and populations, or groups, of
whales within the same species often make calls
that differ from other populations. Whales also
use their ability to emit sounds to help them
navigate in a process called echolocation, in
which the sounds bounce back to them from objects
and the ocean floor.
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Using
Photography to Help Save the Oceans
In this lesson, students will learn about the
importance of ocean conservation. They will
think about how photography can help humans
understand the impact they are having on the
oceans by looking at the photography of David
Doubilet. They will look at animals that are
endangered because of human behavior, and choose
one to study in depth. Finally, students will
draw the animal they choose and describe why
it is in peril and how it can be protected.
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Water
Currents
To demonstrate that ocean currents are influenced
by changes in water density. To observe how
temperature and salinity affect water density
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Oceans:
A Fact Haiku
The
sound and movement of ocean waves may be called
poetry in motion. This lesson uses the ocean
to teach students about a form of Japanese poetry.
After learning about haiku, and hearing haiku,
students listen to the ocean to inspire them
in writing their own haiku.
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The
Ocean and Human Medicine
Students may already know that many plants have
medicinal properties; in this lesson, they will
learn that some marine animals have also been
shown to benefit humans medically. Students
will learn about two species of marine animal—Bugula
neritina and the horseshoe crab—and their
medical benefits (or potential benefits). They
will conclude by writing speeches discussing
the relationship between ocean health and human
medicine.
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Pilot
Whales' Place in the Ocean
Pilot whales are extremely social animals, living
in pods that sometimes contain hundreds of individuals.
Their social bonding is so strong that they
sometimes follow each other to their deaths
upon beaches, an event which happened in 2002
on Cape Cod. Students will learn about pilot
whales' sociability and bonding and will consider
how Crittercam might help scientists learn more
about their social behaviors. Students will
write research plans proposing questions that
scientists could ask when using Crittercam to
study pilot whale social behavior in deep water.
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What
We Can Learn From Maps
It's important for students to learn how maps
can be used to provide information about a variety
of activities, distributions, and earth and
ocean features. For example, marine maps can
show areas of fishing activity, climate variation,
fish distribution, and currents. Comparing maps
with all of these features tells us something
valuable about the relationship between these
variables and the overall geographic area that
has been mapped. This type of comparison is
one of the fundamental advantages of GIS, or
geographic information systems. Students will
create their own maps—first of their state
and then of a part of the ocean—and compare
the data they've mapped to explain some of the
things the maps show.
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