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1. Animoto video on key information relating to the oceans (20 min)

2. Tidepools (Nearpod) (20 min)

http://bit.ly/12kerUP

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Label Maps- interactive game and printout

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The official companion to the Disney feature film.

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Intro

1. label physical and electronic map

2. Oceans Movie (40 min)

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1. What is atmospheric pressure- short intro and diagram on board (10 min)

2. Message in a bttole (words of affirmation)- bottle will be thrown into body of water and talk about garbage in oceans - http://5gyres.org/

3.Spelling Test- orally given and students spell the words on paper

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5 Gyres empowers action against the global health crisis of plastic pollution through science, art, education, and adventure.

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Students must read the game as they play, and there is a short quiz after. OR, play as a class with short quiz after if time or reading abilities do not allow.

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The Migration Game - National Marine Sanctuaries

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Ocean Exploration

1. Timeline- http://bit.ly/1rVvOHK. Jigsaw activity.

Groups of 2 to 3 research different part and present to class.

Add to class timeline (40 min)

2. Scales and maps. How many feet would Marco Polo have to travel to get from one place to another (30)

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Sea life continued

1. Free write: A Day in the life of..... (students pick a sea animal,

research, then give a brief presentation to the class about

their animal (45)- add animals to ocean zones

2. Survey of student's favorite animal (poll everywhere)- graph result (10 min)

3. "The Rainbow Fish" animated story (10 min)

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http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/my-ocean/?ar_a=1

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The ocean floor

1. Play dough model of the ocean floor.

- include 1 artifact. ex. Titanic (whole class)

2. Read "The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor"

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Sea life

1. Skype in a zoo keeper (30 min) Bronx zoo

3. Whale migration game (10 min)

4. Quiz on whale migration (10 min)

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Ocean zones, waves/currents, (blendspace lesson)

1. depths of the ocean app (http://bit.ly/1vBjjMf)

a. talk about specific names, decreasing sunlight, into to atmospheric pressure

b. Bill Nye Ocean Currents (23 minutes)

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Why are oceans important?

1. Quiz from Day 1 on Near pod (key ocean facts and geography)- 10 min

3. Brainstroming free write- why do you think the ocean is important? - 10 min

3. Prezi- why are the oceans important (15)- http://tinyurl.com/pdbe74s

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Spelling and multiplication

1. Spelling practice- words from the ocean unit

(nearpod, picture to word)- (15 min)

2. Multiplication tables and subtraction with goldfish- (20)

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Color and label the ocean

zones. After student's learn about

sea life, they will add one animal

to each zone

Create the ocean zones in a jar.

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Are you learning about the ocean this summer? Teach your child about the five layers of an ocean (also called ocean zones) by creating this layered jar. This is the perfect union of two science experiments: a lesson on liquid density and learning about ocean zones. I was inspired by Playdough to Plato's Rainbow in a Jar and this post from KCEdventures for learning about the ocean zones.
The depth is characterized by the amount of light that each zone receives. The amazing thing about the ocean is that there are creatures/organisms that live in each of these zones, although most all living creatures/plants live in the sunlight zone. Go here to see a diagram with more information.

Here's what you'll need: A clear jar, food coloring, corn syrup, oil, dish soap, water, rubbing alcohol and funnels.
You'll pour 3/4 cup of each liquid into your glass jar for each ocean layer (or less for a smaller jar).
Going from the bottom to the top:

Trench Zone (Hadalpelagic Zone): Corn Syrup (tinted black)

Abyss (Abyssopelagic Zone): Dish soap (tinted purple)

Midnight Zone (Bathypelagic Zone): Water (tinted dark green)

Twilight Zone (Mesopelagic Zone): Oil (tinted dark blue)

Sunlight Zone (Epipelagic Zone): Rubbing Alcohol (tinted light blue)

1. Add some black food coloring to 3/4 cup of corn syrup and pour into the bottom of your glass jar.

2. Mix blue food coloring into 3/4 cup of dish soap. Our dish soap was already blue, but I added a little more blue food coloring to make it darker (in hindsight I would have added less coloring as it was darker than I wanted). Add it to the jar using a funnel.

3. Put blue food coloring in 3/4 cup of water and use a funnel to slowly and carefully layer it on top of the dish soap.

4. Next, you'll add your oil. Obviously, water in the "midnight zone" is not actually yellow. But this was the best I could do as I found it was virtually impossible to change the color of oil (and believe me, I tried). :) Edited to add: A sweet reader e-mailed and said that you can dye oil using oil-based food coloring found at a bakery supply store or .

5. Finally, you will add 3/4 cup of rubbing alcohol. You'll want to use a dropper to slowly add it to the top of the oil, making sure not to break the barrier between the oil and water.

All five layers!

Add some labels and put in front of a light source to see the layers best! Do some research and investigate the creatures that live at each of the depths of the ocean!
Check out our other science experiments and stay tuned for more ocean activities!
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Make Your Own Ocean Zones in a Jar - I Can Teach My Child!

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by - This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy. Are you learning about the ocean this summer? Teach your child about the five layers of an ocean (also called ocean zones) by creating this layered jar. This is the perfect union of two science experiments: a lesson on liquid density and learning about ocean zones.

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Transform the classroom into an ocean.

1. Students draw any sea life

2. Students present their creature and key

information

3. Creatures are put on walls, hung

from celing, etc.

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1. The Oceans (geography) (DONE)

4. Sea Life- fish, plants. coral, whales, dolphins, etc. (DONE)

5. Underwater landmarks and artifacts (DONE)

3. Waves, currents, tide pools (DONE)

6. Atmospheric pressure- how it increases and decreases (DONE)

7. Exploration- timeline (DONE)

2. Importance of oceans and water in history (history) (DONE)