Island Explorers Curriculum

Unit 1: What is the Ocean?

1. "Exploring Ocean Features"
2. "Sand & Soil Studies"
3. "Ride The Waves"
4. "How Does the Moon Affect the Tides?"
5. "Ocean Layers"

Unit 2: What Lives in the Ocean?

1. "A Recipe for Life"
2. "Evolutionary Alphabet Soup"
3. "Convergent Concentration"
4. "Plankton Activities 1"
5. "Plankton Activities 2"
6. "Fish: Outside"
7. "Fish: Inside"
8. "Critters Classified"

Unit 3: How do Organisms Interact with Each Other?

1. "Quadrat Craze"
2. "Kelp Forest Reading Area"
3. "Zonation and Distribution Part I"
4. "Zonation and Distribution Part II"
5. "Food Web"

Unit 4: Human Impact on the Oceans

1. "A Shortage in the Sea"
2. "Toxins in the Marine Environment"
3. "Extinction is Forever"
4. "ECO Challenge"
5. "Down the Drain"

 

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