Amy Sniffen

• Oceans make up 70% of the earth’s surface.

• 97% of the earth’s water is in the oceans.

• The five main oceans are:

- Atlantic Ocean- Pacific Ocean- Indian Ocean- Arctic Ocean- Southern Ocean

Ocean Animals

Lesson Plan

What is in the Ocean?

Food Chain Movie

Zones of the Ocean

Title: Under The Sea

Goal: -Students will learn about life that exists in the ocean.-Students will be able to compare life in the ocean to life outside the ocean.-Students will recognize the various features, plants, and animals of the sea.-Students will be able to acknowledge that sea life is part of our ecosystem.

Learning Objectives:-Students will be able to recognize the food chain that exists in the ocean.-Students will be able to classify marine animals and plants into their respective habitats.

Purpose/Rationale:-Teach this lesson to introduce the idea that life exists in the ocean.-New York State Teaching Standards

Preparation:-Researched the food chain of the ocean, plants, animals, and habitats.-Developed a movie to enhance the learning.

Materials:-Computers for all students.

PDF-Version

Definition: A series of organisms that eat each other in order to survive.

Ocean Food Chain:

Diatoms ~ Zooplankton ~ Small Fish ~ Large Fish ~ Killer Whales

Microscopic plants that make their own food from sunlight.

Picture: JpDodd, "Diatoms" September 10, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Tiny one-celled animal plankton that live in

seawater , such as krill, copepods, medusa jellyfish,

and crab larvae.

Picture: Martin Cerny, "Zooplankton" June 29, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Might include mackerel, herring, and basking sharks, as well as crustaceans (crab,

shrimp, lobster), mollusks (clams, scallops) and squid.

Picture 1: William Warby, "Guppy" September 19, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: LSGCP, "Live Lobster" April 9, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 3: Dalton Coghill, "Puffer Fish" September 1, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Might include swordfish, tuna, octopus, and shark.

Picture 1: Ryan Wick, "Octopus" September 18, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: Allen Lee, "Shark" April 13, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

They eat other whales and seals, as well as fish.

Picture 1: Spencer Wright, "Killer Whale" May 26, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Fun Facts about the Ocean

Besides plants and animals,

did you know that there are volcanoes, trenches,

and mountains in the ocean?Well there are!

The continental shelf is a gently sloping, shallow area that extends from

the edge of the continent.

The continental slope is situated at the edge of the continental shelf;

the ocean floor drops off in a steep incline.

Seamounts are mountains that are completely under

water.

A continuous range of mountains that winds

around the whole earth underwater.

A smooth and nearly flat area of the ocean floor

that is situated just beyond the continental

slope.

Deep, steep-sided canyons that cut into the

abyssal plans.

Mountains on the abyssal plains that sometimes rise above the ocean

surface to form volcanic islands.

Click on a letter to view an ocean animal!

Picture 1: BBM Explorer, "Imperator Angel Fish" June 19, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution; Picture 2: BBM Explorer, "French Angel Fish" December 3, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution; Picture 3: Greenacre8, "Angel Fish" August 17, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Barry Peters, "Barracuda Rush Hour" March 11, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: Jenny Huang, "Barracuda Storm-5" September 8, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 3:: Samuel Chow, "School of Chevron Barracudas" July 26, 2007 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: BBM Explorer, "Pair of Two Bar Clown Fish" December 3, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: The BusyBrain, "Clown Fish" October 25, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 3:: Chika Watanabe, "Clown Anemone Fish" November 5, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Randolph Croft, "Dolphin" June 26, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: Ste Elmore, "Dolphin Encounter" February 11, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 3: Lowjumpingfrog, "Dolphins" April 10, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Doug Letterman, "Electric Eel" February 1, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: Abhishek Kumar, "Some Electric Eel" May 10, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 3: Elizabeth, "Electric Eel" August 18, 2007 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Laszlo Ilyes, "Sandy Lips" August 14, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: Prilfish, "Filefish" March 8, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 3: BBM Explorer, "Seagrass Filefish" April 22, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: William Warby, "Guppy" September 19, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: Roberto Verzo, "Guppy" February 16, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 3: Inka Crabs, "Guppy Diamante Albino" April 16, 2012 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Angel Schatz, "Horseshoe Crab" June 4, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: Sneakerdog, "Horseshoe Crab" August 23, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 3: Angel Schatz, "Horseshoe Crab" June 4, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Damien du Toit, "Deep Sea Giant Isopod" March, 2003 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: GeniusDevil, "Jellyfish" February 14, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: NB Photostream, "Jellyfish" October 22, 2000 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 3: Wohnai, "Jellyfish" July 28, 2007 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Spencer Wright, "Killer Whale" May 26, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: Kat Kellner, "Eye Spy" August 7, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 3: Kat Kellner, "Mama and Baby" August 7, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: LSGCP, "Live Lobster" April 9, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: Selena N. B. H, "Spiny Lobster" May 17, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: USFWS Endangered Species, "Endangered Florida Manatee" December 24, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: USFWS Endangered Species, "Endangered Florida Manatee" February 1, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 3: PictUSFWS Endangered Species, "Endangered Florida Manatee" August 17, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Serge Melki, "Nurse Sharks" July 30, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: Cliff, "Nurse Shark" June 4, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Ryan Wick, "Octopus" September 18, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: Dan Hershman, "Red Octopus" September 16, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Dalton Coghill, "Puffer Fish" September 1, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: BBM Explorer, "Masked Puffer Fish" August 22, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 3: BBM Explorer, "White Spotted Puffer Fish" August 25, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: K, Steudel, "Queen Angel Fish" February 16, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: James, "Ringed Seal" June 12, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Allen Lee, "Shark" April 13, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: Fishpickdiver, "Shark" July 1, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 3: USFWS, "Shark" January 22, 2012 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Joi Ito, "Trumpet Fish" November 25, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: Greenacre8, "Trumpet Fish" October 12, 2007 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 3: Renee V, "Kona Diving" October 30, 2007 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Ylacarmoberg, "Urchin" December 5, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: USFWS Pacific, "Red Pencil Urchin" June 14, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 3: Ed Bierman, "Urchin Shell" October 3, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: "Viper Fish" November 26, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1:Mike Baird, "Whale" June 7, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: John Harwood, "Whales" July 28, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Agriculturasp, "Swordfish" March 21, 2012 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionPicture 2: Paul Downey, "Swordfish" August 19, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Muzina Shanghi, "Yellow Fin Tuna" February 9, 2007 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Brian Gratwicke, "Zebra Shark" September 25, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons AttributionIctheostega, "Zebra Shark" June 28, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

The ocean is divided up into zones. The zones are

determined by how much sunlight is visible in each area of the ocean. There are many different plants and animals

that live in each oceanic zone.Take a swim through all of the

zones…

Sunlight, Twilight, Midnight, Abyssal, Hadal

Top layer of the ocean where enough light

shines through for plants to grow.

The dim layer of the ocean where only some light shines through, but not enough

for plants to grow.

Deep layer of the ocean where no

light shines through.

Pitch-black bottom layer of the ocean where the water is so cold it is almost

freezing.

Layer of water that can be found

in the ocean’s deepest trenches.

References

• Images gathered from: • Flickr. (2012). Retrieved June 25, 2012, from http://www.flickr.com

• Information is gathered from:• Earth Facts. (2012, June 1). Retrieved June 25, 2012, from Science Kids:

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/oceans.html• Ocean Fun Facts. (n.d.). Retrieved June 25, 2012, from Oceans and

Continents for Kids: https://sites.google.com/a/pacificu.edu/continents-and-oceans-for-kids/ocean-fun-facts

• The Oceans. (2012). Retrieved June 25, 2012, from National Geographic Kids: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/activities/new/ocean/