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Questions
and Links. 1. How do baby animals grow underwater? 2. What are the 5 oceans in the world? What are their names? 3. How does seaweed grow? 4. Where is the deepest spot in the ocean? 5. What is the difference between an ocean and a sea? 6. How cold is the bottom of the ocean? 7. Why is the beach sometimes called the ocean and not the sea? 8. Why does the colour of the ocean change when you are out deeper? 9. Why does the ocean have salt water? 10. How does waste get out into the sea? 11. Why are there fish and other creatures? 12. Where does the water come from? 13. What makes the waves? 14. How does sand get to the bottom of the sea / ocean? 15. How did they get their names? 16. How do you separate the oceans? 17. What are the smallest ocean and the smallest sea? 18. Why can’t we breathe in water? 19. What is a sea? 20. Which sea creatures live in which sea? 21. What is a whirlpool? 22. Why are the Red Sea and the Black Sea, a sea and not a lake? 23. How do we get pure water when the seas are salt water? 24. What causes a tidal wave? 25. How do lakes form? 26. What sea is the titanic in? 27. Are there any fresh water seas or oceans? 28. What are the length and width and depth of the oceans?
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some more
questions if you like, when you have done a little research. You may be prompted by your research.
Some useful websites to check out and find information for the topic. Print a couple of pages that are useful to the topic.
Let
me know if you find any other really good sites that we can add to the list.
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/
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http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/encanto/deepseadive/ 3. http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/ and go to the Education section at the bottom section of the homepage. “Neptune’s’ Web” is good.
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http://archive.panda.org/kids/wildlife/idxocmn.htm
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http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/sandy/main.htm
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http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/main.html
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http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/oceanography/indexocean.html
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http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/encanto/ocean.locomotion/
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http://www.secretsatsea.org/
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www.abc.net.au/oceans/alive.htm
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www.abc.net.au/science/oceans/default.htm
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www.webmedia.com.au/whales
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www.ovi.ca/
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www.aquanet.com/ |
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Favourite Site
- an unbelievable resource http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/oceans.html Sea Creatures http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/seacreat.html Another Huge Resource http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/wes/webquests_themes/sea_webquest/sea_theme.html |
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Oceans http://www.virtualteacher.com.au/oceans.html |
Lots Of Ideas / Links http://www.proteacher.com/110054.shtml |
Excellent Links http://oceanlink.island.net/ |
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Fun
Adventure Game http://www.secretsatsea.org Teachers and students are invited to log on to the world's first online ocean adventure learning game. Easy to set-up in the classroom and quick to download, Secrets @ Sea is deep with educational content! Ace on the Case: Secrets @ Sea is a curriculum-based adventure story for grade 4-7 students on the World Wide Web. This engaging website game complements ocean-theme units of study in the classroom and enhances student's learning experiences using the Internet. Students play the starring role of "Ace", assistant investigator to Paula Pacific, who is assigned to examine unusual behaviours noticed in killer whale populations in the Alanamorris Strait. As Ace progresses through the story, s/he must successfully complete a number of ocean-related learning activities. The knowledge gained from completing these activities leads the student to the solution of the case. |
SeaWorld http://www.seaworld.org/infobook.html |
Great White Sharks http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/ |
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Paw
Island :- an adventure http://www.pawisland.com |
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Lots
Of Ideas Here
:- including webquests http://www.in2edu.com/edulinks/themes_integrated |
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Some
Activities for grades from R - 7 http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/searchengine.cgi?SEARCH=Oceans+or+Fish&WORD_POINTS=0,1,0,0 |
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Enchanted
Learning Ocean Life http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Oceanlife.shtml |
WebQuests 1. Ocean-themed, standards-based WebQuests - US orientated R-2, 3 - 5, 6 - 8. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/ocean.html 2. WebQuest For Younger Children Yr 3 + http://www.schools.nt.edu.au/nakara/webquest/ 3. An Idea For A Webquest http://www.oceans.gov.au/education/pdfIncludes/exploring_ocean_depths.pdf 4. Ocean Webquest CAP Upper Primary:-You are the captain of the Indian Empress, a supertanker carrying 300 000 tonnes of crude oil from the Middle East for refining in Perth, Australia. Task :- To minimise the impact of your oil spill. 5. More Of An Information Search Than Webquests - links and questions may be useful. http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/wconnor1/folder4/hunt.htm |
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Task Working with a partner or by yourself, research the four major oceans and ocean life. Focus on the characteristics of the oceans and what makes them so important to us. Keep in mind these questions as you explore. http://www.radford.edu/~sbisset/ocean.html Create Fish Tank Game - fresh water only aquarium http://www.tetra-fish.com/va/index.html |
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Ocean Pollution Investigation http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests/oceans/home.html Another Ocean Pollution WebQuest - beautifully made. Uses "Inspiration". Upper Primary http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/oceanpollution/index.html |
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really Interesting Webquest Based Around Writing An Ocean Fantasy Story. Upper Primary. Can Use PowerPoint To Present This Project. [Other Interesting Themes Too @ http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Lincoln_HS/Burleson/Lessons/Lit_Ex_frame.htm] http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Lincoln_HS/Burleson/Lessons/ocean/ |
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About Ocean Waves - WebQuest http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/SEP/CTS98/Oceanwaves.html |
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Ocean
Animals WebQuests - Younger Grades http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/pdaves/wquest.htm http://www.esc20.k12.tx.us/etprojects/formats/webquests/spring2000/fisd3032k/kqwq/default.html Research an ocean animal http://wps.wiscasset-ps.wiscasset.k12.me.us/3t2002/ocean/oceanquest.htm |
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Huge Resource On Ocean Animals http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/wes/webquests_themes/sea_webquest/sea_links.html |
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Lots
Of Games / Activities Using Sea / Ocean Theme http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/wes/webquests_themes/sea_webquest/sea_fun.html |
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Backgrounds For Web Pages http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/clipart/index_2.htm http://webclipart.about.com/msub49aa.htm |
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Background search http://www.google.com.au/ |
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Wayne April 2003
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