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Resources for Kids

Are you embarking on your ocean curriculum? Still, looking for some good ideas? This is the perfect place for you. Below is a list of resources, from online sources only, to help inspire your own ocean curriculum at home or in the classroom. 

Resources List

General

 

Ocean Literacy 

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World Ocean Day for Schools Website

 

Unit 1 Oceanography 

 

One Big Ocean

Highly Recommended! A Fantastic set of lessons for children ages 5-7 by Encountered Edu 

 

Weather and Climate

Weather Wiz Kids 

NASA probably know what they’re doing so check out climate kids 

 

Ocean Exploration

The NSF (National Science Foundation) has a collection of classroom resources

 

Including ‘I want to be’ , Arctic and Antarctic and Exploring with Alvin 

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Unit 2 Marine Biology

 

Ocean Plants

 

As a marine biologist, I’d avoid most of the information for kids, online, regarding ocean plants – this is because it’s either incorrect or simplified to a level of being incorrect. To put it simply but still correctly, there’s true-plants (the seagrass) and plant-like organisms (seaweeds and phytoplankton) with multiple seaweed groups (red, brown and green). It’s easy to pass on common misconceptions when teaching specialised subjects. It’s just very challenging to teach. I would recommend grabbing some ID cards, if you can go to a museum, aquarium or local beach then great, and doing some basic ID activities like treasure hunts.

 

Ocean Animals

 

An example of a lesson about ocean animals – maybe you could make something similar?

 

Ocean Ecosystems

 

NatGeoKids activity on deep ocean ecosystems

 

Monterey Bay Aquarium live cams (recommended to me by Cassie (aged 9))

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Georgia Aquarium live stream (recommended to me by Cassie (aged 9))

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Unit 3 People and the Ocean

 

The Earth is our Home

Highly Recommended!  Our Ocean and us by Encountered Edu 

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Ocean Conservation

Highly Recommended!  Our Ocean in Crisis

 

Eco-Schools Lesson plan on litter

 

An example of a litter resource pack from Herefordshire Council 

 

Free resources for teaching about the impacts of littering by Bin It 

 

Ocean History

An example of a lesson plan for ‘Visiting the Beach 100 years ago’ – perfect for ocean history 

 

Lesson ideas on the seaside in the past by Keystage History: KS1 History Help 100 years ago 

 

Learning about international events is an important part of history.  Learn about the Titanic from BBC Bitesize

 

Learning about famous people is another important part of history. Check out this great example of a lesson on Captain James Cook

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Unit 4: Prehistoric Oceans

 

Everybody loves dinosaurs! This great website by LGfL is one of my favourite Dinosaur resources

 

 

Answer Booklets 

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