Coral Reef: Whale Jump Lesson Plan

Grade Level

3rd-5th Grade

Objectives

Students will be able to compare and contrast the various lengths of examples of marine life in an active way and identify the need to protect them.

Florida Sunshine State Standards:

Mathematics MA.A.3.2.2 The student selects the appropriate operation to solve specific problems involving addition, subtraction, and multiplication of whole numbers, decimals, and fractions, and division of whole numbers.
Mathematics MA.B.2.2.1: The student uses direct and indirect measures to calculate and compare measurable characteristics.
Science SC.G.1.2.1 The student knows ways that plants, animals, and protists interact.
Science SC.G.1.2.2 The student knows that living things compete in a climatic region with other living things and that structural adaptations make them fit for an environment.
Social Studies SS.B.2.2.3 The student understands how human activity affects the physical environment.

National Standards:

Content Standard A (K-4, 5-8) Understandings about Scientific Inquiry:
Mathematics is important in all aspects of scientific inquiry.
Content Standard C (K-4) – Characteristics of Organisms: Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. For example, humans have distinct body structures for walking, holding, seeing, and talking.
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.