Pop-up Barnacle Purpose of activity: To learn about a common, but often overlooked, member of the ocean community: the barnacle. These creatures are downright fascinating. (Also, this activity provides good practice for following instructions, and cutting and gluing skills.) Description of activity: The barnacle pops up when you open the page and its cirripeds...
Vampire squid activity Purpose of activity: To learn about the vampire squid (which is neither a vampire nor a squid!). It is a cephalopod (related to octopi and squids) that lives in the deep ocean in complete darkness. It has blue blood and can glow in the dark. Pretty cool. Target age group: Ages...
Cuttlefish art project idea Purpose of activity: To appreciate how good cuttlefish are at camouflage Description: Students paint a white paper cuttlefish to match a printed background Target age group: Any age Time allowance: 20-30 minutes Materials needed: Printed background pages of coral reefs, white paper for cuttlefish (can print and use pattern page below if you want to), clear...
Glow-in-the-dark deep sea fish This sample was colored by one of my middle school students. The white dots glow in the dark. Purpose of activity: To learn about the luminescence of deep sea fish as well as to enjoy doing an art project. Description of activity: A pattern is printed onto black paper. Students use...
Stingray Hand Puppet Purpose of activity: Appreciation of an ocean animal, and a chance to practice craft skills such as cutting and gluing. Description of activity: A hand puppet made from fabric Target age group: Ages 5-9 Time needed: This depends upon how much you have prepared ahead of time, and if you are working with a group. ...
Purpose of activity: To learn about the ecosystems that exist at various levels in the ocean. Description of activity: Three bingo boards "stacked" so that the bingo game is three-dimensional. The top board is the sunlight zone, the middle is the twilight zone (where there is very little light) and the...
Purpose of activity: Primarily to learn about twelve very different types of sharks, but secondarily to practice visual discrimination (having to look very carefully at similar shapes and determine the differences) as parts of sharks are matched up. Description of activity: Pictures of sharks are cut into three pieces. Players play...
Purpose of activity: To review classifcation of marine invertebrate phyla and classes Target age group: ages 8-14 Description: This is a Bingo-type game, where a Bingo is achieved by filling the four squares of one of the oceans. You can use your own pictures (I used digital pictures projected onto a screen...
Southern Ocean card games Purpose of activity: To learn about the food web in the oceans around Antarctica Description: This is a set of 36 cards and instructions for 4 games you can play with them. (The first game is an introductory activity, helping players become familiar with the creatures and the...
The Echinoderm Game Purpose of activity: To learn about various types of echinoderms and appreciate their beauty and diversity. Description: This is a set of 48 cards showing various kind of echinoderms: sea stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sand dollars (sea biscuits), sea lilies, feather stars and crinoids. There are three activities...
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