Conservation: Out of the Ocean Lesson Plan

Grade Level

3rd-5th Grade

Objectives

Students will increase their awareness that what goes into our ocean can either be ingested, entangle marine animals or wash out of the ocean onto land. Students will demonstrate their knowledge that every high tide leaves an array of objects on the beach by writing an ocean journal of the various objects they have found. Students will research their discoveries by tracing each item back to its use, or misuse, before it ended up into the ocean and onto shore. Students will combine their concept of “story” and environmental awareness in a creative way.

Florida Sunshine State Standards:

Language Arts LA.B.1.2 The student uses the writing process effectively.
Language Arts LA.B.2.2.3 The student writes for a variety of occasions, audiences, and purposes.
Language Arts LA.B.2.2.5 The student creates narratives in which ideas, details, and events are in logical order and are relevant to the story line.
Science SC.D. 2.2.1 The student knows that reusing, recycling, and reducing the use of natural resources improve and protect the quality of life.
Social Studies SS.B.2.2.3: The student understands how human activity affects the physical environment.

National Standards:

Content Standard F (K-4) – Changes in Environments: Changes in environments can be natural or influenced by humans. Some changes are good, some are bad, and some are neither good nor bad. Pollution is a change in the environment that can influence the health, survival, or activities of organisms, including humans.
Content Standard F (5-8) – Natural hazards: Human activities also can induce hazards through resource acquisition, urban growth, land-use decisions, and waste disposal. Such activities can accelerate many natural changes.