ACTIVITY - OCEAN FROM A TO Z
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Ocean from A to Z - COSEE Coastal Trends 
Lesson PlanSummary
Students create multi-media projects in which they research and report on organisms for each letter of the alphabet. The research is conducted in class and/or on their own over a two-week period.
Concept: Ocean life diversity
There is a high diversity of life in the ocean with a wide range of functions and interactions.
There is a high diversity of life in the ocean with a wide range of functions and interactions.
National Science Education Standards
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K-12 Unifying Concepts and Processes
Systems, order, and organization
Form and Function
9-12 A Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
9-12 C Life Science
Biological evolution
Interdependence of organisms
Behavior of organisms
Ocean Literacy Essential Principles (PDF booklet): 5. The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems (concepts a, c, d)
Life on an Ocean Planet text reference (book link): Chapters 5, 6, and 7 A Survey of Life in the Sea…
(click a standard to show activities that meet it)
K-12 Unifying Concepts and Processes
Systems, order, and organization
Form and Function
9-12 A Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
9-12 C Life Science
Biological evolution
Interdependence of organisms
Behavior of organisms
Ocean Literacy Essential Principles (PDF booklet): 5. The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems (concepts a, c, d)
Life on an Ocean Planet text reference (book link): Chapters 5, 6, and 7 A Survey of Life in the Sea…
90+ mins
