Use these marine pinniped activities for:

• Sub Plans
• Test Review
• Online Learning
• Homework
• Independent review
• Stations
• Interactive Notebook Activity
• Early Finishers

The marine pinniped activities include either drag and drop or short answer text. See the preview to get a better idea of how each slide works.

The slides and print version are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

Content covered:

Pinniped identification

Pinniped characteristics (walrus tusks, thermoregulation, viviparous reproduction, blubber and role in the food web/ecology

Human impact on Pinnipeds

Sea lions vs seals

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If you are looking for a lesson that includes Pinnipeds, check out this Marine Vertebrates lesson.

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Use these seabird activities for:

• Sub Plans
• Test Review
• Online Learning
• Homework
• Independent review
• Stations
• Interactive Notebook Activity
• Early Finishers

A non-fiction reading comprehension activity is included. This is about the importance of seabirds to marine ecology. True and false as well as short response questions are included for students to answer related to the text.

The activities include either drag and drop or short answer text. See the preview to get a better idea of how each slide works.

The slides and print version are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

Content covered:

Seabirds in Marine Ecology

What is guano and why is it important?

Seabirds in marine ocean food webs

Seabird Adaptations

• Streamlined penguin bodies
• Thermoregulation
• Waterproof feathers
• Seabird eggs
• Mating practices
• Webbed feet
• Pelican mouth shape
• Blue Footed Booby blue feet
• Dense Penguin bones

Pelican Life Cycle

Emperor Penguin Life Cycle

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• No prep
• Print and go
• Easily assign in Google Classroom
• Visually appealing for students

This activity includes a printable version that can be printed in booklet format to fit in an interactive science notebook.

A Google Slides version is also included to easily assign in Google Classroom for online learning.

These sea turtle conservation activities can be used for:

• Sub Plans
• Earth Day or Human Impact Unit
• Reading Comprehension Practice
• Online Learning
• Homework
• Independent review
• Interactive Notebook Activity
• Early Finishers

The reading comprehension article discusses sea turtle habitat destruction, the effects of plastic pollution, sea turtles as bycatch, effects of light pollution, use of TEDs (Turtle Excluder Devices) and characteristics of a sea turtle nesting site.

The slides and print version are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

Sea Turtle Conservation Activities include:

Sea Turtle Conservation article

True/False questions that require students to explain false answers.

7 short response questions

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Use these sea turtle activities for:

• Sub Plans
• Test Review
• Online Learning
• Homework
• Independent review
• Stations
• Interactive Notebook Activity
• Early Finishers

The activities include either drag and drop or short answer text. See the preview to get a better idea of how each slide works.

The slides and print version are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

Content covered:

Sea Turtle identification

Sea Turtle Adaptations (Salt glands, shell, thermoregulation, mouth shape, shape of limbs)

Sea turtle life cycle

Sea turtle migration patterns

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Play in a class of up to 45 students with very low-prep. Just print and go!

In order to win, students need to be able to identify and understand the characteristics of organisms in various phyla, class and order. Make the game easier by giving students game cards with images or make it more challenging by providing game cards without.

What is included?

1. 45 bingo card templates for students in color

2. 45 Bingo card templates for students in black/white for easy printing

3. 45 Bingo card templates for students without images for a more challenging game

4. Description pages to read out loud to your students that double as an answer key. You can read the characteristics of the organisms, examples of organisms or both. Do what works best for you and your students!

This marine organisms bingo game reviews the following:

Phylum Porifera

Class Osteichthyes

Class Asteroidea

Class Scyphozoa

Class Cephalopoda

Class Holothuroidea

Order Decapoda

Order Squamata

Class Bivalvia

Class Aves

Class Echinoidea

Class Cubozoa

Order Carnivora

Phylum Ctenophora

Class Anthozoa

Order Sirenia

Class Hydrozoa

Class Ophuroidea

Phylum Annelida

Order Chelonia

Class Crinoidea

Class Agnatha

Class Chondrichthyes

Order Cetacea

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Check out the following lessons to review characteristics of the organisms featured in this game:

Phylum Porifera

Phyla Cnidaria and Ctenophora

Marine Worms

Phylum Mollusca

Marine Crustaceans

Phylum Echinodermata

Bony and Cartilaginous Fish/Sharks

Marine Reptiles, Birds and Mammals

or, grab the entire Marine Science Year-Long Curriculum!

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Use these Crustacea activities for:

• Sub Plans
• Test Review
• Online Learning
• Homework
• Independent review
• Stations
• Interactive Notebook Activity
• Early Finishers

Includes a reading for students to learn about Japanese Spider Crabs and anatomical diagrams of crayfish.

Students will practice vocabulary skills, make real-world connections, research independently, understand/label visual representations and review concepts.

The activities include either drag and drop or short answer text. See the preview to get a better idea of how each slide works.

The slides and print version are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

Content covered:

Reading about Japanese Spider Crabs

Vocabulary (Antennae, pereopods, exoskeleton, maxillipeds, cephalothorax, molting and carpace)

Characteristics of Phylum Arthropoda

identifying organisms as copepods, barnacles or decapods.

Characteristics of Subphylum Crustacea

Internal Anatomy of crayfish

External Crayfish anatomy

Economic and ecological importance of krill in the arctic food web

Questions about small marine crustaceans (amphipods, isopods, euphausiids)

Questions about barnacles

Questions about decapods (lobsters, krill, shrimp, crabs)

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Use these Phylum Echinodermata activities for:

• Sub Plans
• Test Review
• Online Learning
• Homework
• Independent review
• Stations
• Interactive Notebook Activity
• Early Finishers

Includes a reading for students to learn about sponge anatomy and characteristics. This can help students complete many of the slides.

Students will practice vocabulary skills, make real-world connections, research independently, understand/label visual representations and review concepts.

The activities include either drag and drop or short answer text. See the preview to get a better idea of how each slide works.

The slides and print version are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

Content covered:

Reading about Crown of Thrones Starfish as an invasive species.

Vocabulary (Madreporite, ampullae, water vascular system, endoskeleton, tube feet, evisceration, and regeneration)

Questions about Echinoderms

Questions about Crinoidea

Questions about Asteroidea

Questions about Holothuroidea

Questions about Ophiuroidea

Questions about Echinoidea

Anatomy of a Sea cucumber (Internal and water vascular system)

Anatomy of a Sea urchin (Internal and water vascular system)

Anatomy of a Sand dollar

Anatomy of a Starfish (Internal and water vascular system)

Reproduction in Echinoderms

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Use these phylum mollusca activities for:

• Sub Plans
• Test Review
• Online Learning
• Homework
• Independent review
• Stations
• Interactive Notebook Activity
• Early Finishers

Includes a reading for students to learn about sponge anatomy and characteristics. This can help students complete many of the slides.

Students will practice vocabulary skills, make real-world connections, research independently, understand/label visual representations and review concepts.

The activities include either drag and drop or short answer text. See the preview to get a better idea of how each slide works.

The slides and print version are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

Content covered:

Reading about chromatophores and mollusc camouflage

Vocabulary (mantle, foot, radula, ganglia, veliger, siphon, byssal threads)

Questions about Mollusc Morphology

Questions about Cephalopods

Questions about Bivalves

Questions about Gastropods

Anatomy of a Squid (Internal and External)

Anatomy of a Scallop (Internal)

Anatomy of a Nautilus (External)

Anatomy of a Monoplacophora (Internal)

Anatomy of an Octopus 9Internal)

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Use these marine worms activities for:

• Sub Plans
• Test Review
• Online Learning
• Homework
• Independent review
• Stations
• Interactive Notebook Activity
• Early Finishers

Includes a reading for students to learn about sponge anatomy and characteristics. This can help students complete many of the slides.

Students will practice vocabulary skills, make real-world connections, research independently, understand/label visual representations and review concepts.

The activities include either drag and drop or short answer text. See the preview to get a better idea of how each slide works.

The slides and print version are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

Content covered:

Symbiotic relationship between Tube Worms and Endoriftia

Roundworms

Flatworms

Ribbon Worms

Polychaetes

Anatomy of a Roundworm (Phylum Nematoda)

Anatomy of a Polychaete (Phylum Annelida)

Anatomy of a Flatworm (Phylum Platyhelminthes)

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These Ctenophora and Cnidaria activities:

Include a reading for students to learn about sponge anatomy and characteristics. This can help students complete many of the slides.

Students will practice vocabulary skills, make real-world connections, research independently, understand/label visual representations and review concepts.

The activities include either drag and drop or short answer text. See the preview to get a better idea of how each slide works.

The slides and print version are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

Content covered:

Characteristics of Cnidarians

Polyp vs medusa

Nematocysts, cnidocytes

Class Hydrozoa (zooids, planular larvae)

Class Scyphozoa (“true” jellyfish)

Class Cubozoa (box jellyfish)

Class Anthozoa (Corals, anemones, sea fans)

Phylum Ctenophora (comb jellies)

Jellyfish anatomy

Cnidocyte structure

Anemone life cycle

Jellyfish life cycle

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A Pacing Guide for Teaching Marine Science

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