Lesson Plan #5

Seaworthy Presentations

Duration:        3 to 5 days

Objectives:     The student will identify creatures that live in the ocean.
                        The student will identify various ocean plant life.
                        The student will complete a HyperStudio presentation on an ocean        
                        creature.    

Materials:    HyperStudio or any multimedia program can be used.

Key Vocabulary:  food chain, kelp, marine, seaweed, habitat, coral reef, crustaceans, camouflage, mollusks

Procedures:  

• Students are assigned partners to work with.  They will research an ocean dwelling creature of their choice.  No two teams should have the same choice.
• Have the students go to a variety of websites to gather information on the sea creature they choose
• They will need the name of the animal, its habitat/eating habits, an illustration and interesting facts about the animal.

Creating the HyperStudio Presentation

1. Students will be creating four cards in their stack.  A Title card, Habitat/Eating Habits card, Illustration card, and a card for the Interesting Facts.
2. The title card needs to include the title and students' names.
3. Click Here for HyperStudio Basics.
4. After students have created their cards, take your class on a virtual fieldtrip.  Gather your students around the computer or if you have access to a projector, project their work for easier viewing.  Ask the children to present their own HyperStudio Card Stacks.

  Online resources for Ocean Animals can be found at

Marine Life a great site to learn about marine life and get marine life fact sheets

Oceans of the World facts about the oceans, food chains, coral reefs, ocean life and the ocean floor

Marine Life Facts Ocean Planet's marine life facts

Biggest, Smallest, Fastest, Deepest: Marine Animal Records everything you ever wanted to know about animal records

Assessment:

 Students multimedia presentations will be evaluated using a 5 Point Rubric.

Home Learning:

 Students will write ocean poetry in their electronic journal.  The students will write a diamonte poem on a sea creature studied in class.  Have them follow the following pattern:

Noun (sea animal 1)

Adjective, adjective (sea animal 1)

Participle, participle, participle (sea animal 1)

Noun, noun (sea animal1): noun, noun (sea animal 2)

Participle, participle, participle (sea animal 2)

Adjective, adjective (sea animal 2)

Noun (sea animal 2)

Diamonte Poetry example: