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1 Unit Overview: SOL 5.6 - Oceans

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2 Unit Overview

|Title: |Oceans VA SOL 5.6 |

|Author: |Katie Neville |

|Subject: |Science |

|Grade Level(s): |►►5th Grade: 28 students including 4 IEP students. All learning style and multiple |

| |intelligences represented. IEP students are LD, ED and ADHD. |

|Duration: |►►15 days - 3 weeks |

|Unit Description: |Oceans: VA SOL 5.6 |

|Lesson Description for Week #1A |Ocean - Geological Characteristics |

|State Standards: |►►SOL: 5.6 The student will investigate and understand characteristics of the ocean |

| |environment. |

| |Key concepts include |

| |a) geological characteristics; |

| |b) physical characteristics; and |

| |c) ecological characteristics. |

3 Goals

|Unit Goals: |VA SOL 5.6 - Oceans |

| |Strand: Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems |

|Lesson Goals: (Introduction) |Introduction/Overview/Ongoing Activities |

4 Methods

|Anticipatory Set: |Safari Montage - Bill Nye Oceanography |

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|Introduce and Model New Knowledge: |►►●●Ocean Foldable |

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|Provide Guided Practice: |How much of the earth is covered by water? |

| |A globe (rubber ball) Have the kids toss it around the room and mark on a tally sheet |

| |where there left thumb lands on ocean...in the end they will see that the world is |

| |mostly covered in water. |

|Provide Independent Practice: |None |

|iOS App |►►Ocean Blue for iPad (.99) |

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5 Assessment

|Formative/Ongoing Assessment: |Teacher observation |

|Summative/End Of Lesson Assessment: |Teacher observation |

6 Materials

|Colored paper, labels, computer, internet access, Safari Montage, |

|Blow-up globe, tally sheet, whole class display (TV or IWB) |

|Lesson Description for Week #1B |Ocean - Geological Characteristics |

7 Goals

|Unit Goals: |VA SOL 5.6 - Oceans |

| |Strand: Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems |

|Lesson Goals: |*create and interpret a model of the ocean floor and label and *describe each of the |

| |major features. |

| |*research and describe the variation in depths associated with ocean features, including|

| |the continental shelf, slope, rise, the abyssal plain, and ocean trenches |

8 Methods

|Anticipatory Set: |BrainPop Video – Ocean Floor |

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| |Vocabulary Activity |

| |Activote Quiz |

|Introduce and Model New Knowledge: |●●Ocean Floor Flipchart |

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|Provide Guided Practice: |1. Add Ocean Floor Content to Foldable |

| |2. Create the Ocean Floor |

| |Ocean floor. Mix cornstarch, water and sand (play sand is ok) Let it come to a boil in a|

| |pot and it becomes this great sand mix. You can have the kids make their own "ocean |

| |floors" like sea arches, valleys, etc...Plus it's messy and they love it. AFter that I |

| |had them draw and diagram there models, so that was cool. |

|Provide Independent Practice: |►►●●Ocean Floor Inspiration Activity |

| |Ocean Floor cookie sheet activity (photo) |

|iOS App |Earth Observers App |

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9 Assessment

|Formative/Ongoing Assessment: |●●Ocean Floor Quiz |

|Summative/End Of Lesson Assessment: |None |

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10 Materials

|Computer, BrainPop Subscription, Activotes, IWB, cornstarch, water, sand, cardboard for base of ocean floor (Xerox lids should work perfectly), |

|iOS Device, MS Word |

|Lesson Description for Week #2 |Ocean - Physical Characteristics |

12 Goals

|Unit Goals: |VA SOL 5.6 - Oceans |

| |Strand: Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems |

|Lesson Goals: |*design an investigation (including models and simulations) related to physical |

| |characteristics of the ocean environment (depth, salinity, formation of waves, causes of|

| |tides, and currents, such as the Gulf Stream). |

| |* interpret graphical data related to physical characteristics of the ocean. |

| |*explain the formation of ocean currents and describe and locate the Gulf Stream. |

13 Methods

|Anticipatory Set: |1. PBS Wave Machine |

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| |2. Oceans Alive |

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|Introduce and Model New Knowledge: |1. BrainPop Video – Ocean Currents |

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| |Vocabulary Activity |

| |Activote Quiz |

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| |2. BrainPop Video- Waves |

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| |3. Safari Montage – Oceans in Motion (climate and waves, ocean floor, ocean depths) |

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|Provide Guided Practice: |1. Add content to Oceans Foldable |

| |●●2. Oceans in Motion Flipchart |

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|Provide Independent Practice: |1. Why is the Ocean Salty (website and experiment) |

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| |2. Water Density Experiment |

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| |Water Density: Take 3 containers of water. Add a different food coloring to each one. But|

| |leave one "plain" water-no color. Add varying degrees of salt to "2" of the |

| |containers...make sure one has a lot of salt. Now you have to use a dropper and drop the |

| |varying degrees of salt water (just a drop or two) into the plain water and see which |

| |salty water sinks. This is really a cool experiment because you can have the kids predict|

| |which water will sink, etc...I did it once but I had 4 different color salty waters and |

| |it was was GREAT...we had a nice rainbow container in the end. This takes time, but it's |

| |worth it, the kids seem to love it. |

|iOS App |1. Tide Graph App (1.99) |

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| |2. NOAA Ocean Buoy and Tides App (1.99) |

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| |3. Tide App (1.99) |

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Assessment

|Formative/Ongoing Assessment: |Glenco Quiz |

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| |view_quiz-english.html |

|Summative/End Of Lesson Assessment: |None |

14 Materials

|Computers, internet, IWB, LRS, BrainPop subscription, ActivInspire, salt, water, beakers, food coloring |

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|Lesson Description for Week #3A |Ocean - Biological Characteristics |

18 Goals

|Unit Goals: |VA SOL 5.6 - Oceans |

| |Strand: Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems |

|Lesson Goals: |*design an investigation (including models and simulations) related to ecological |

| |relationships of the ocean environment. |

| |• interpret graphical data related to the ecological characteristics of the |

| |ocean, such as the number of organisms vs. the depth of the water. |

| |• analyze how the physical characteristics (depth, salinity, and temperature) of the |

| |ocean affect where marine organism can live. |

| |• create and interpret a model of a basic marine food web, including floating organisms |

| |(plankton), swimming organisms, and organisms living on the ocean floor. |

19 Methods

|Anticipatory Set: |What is phytoplankton? |

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|Introduce and Model New Knowledge: |1. Safari Montage – Bill Nye – Ocean Life (Ocean Food Chain) |

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| |2. Safari Montage – All About Water EcoSystems |

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| |Chapter 4 – Oceans – Tropical |

| |Chapter 5 – Oceans – Polar |

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| |3. Ocean Food Chain Video – You Tube |

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|Provide Guided Practice: |●●Ocean Animals Flipchart |

|Provide Independent Practice: |Create an ocean food web: |

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|iOS App |1. Sea Life Videos App (.99) |

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| |2. Ocean Encounters App (1.99) |

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| |3. Ocean Animals Guide App (Free) |

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20 Assessment

|Formative/Ongoing Assessment: |1. Interactive Ocean Food Chain |

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| |●●Build a Marine Food Web (doc)** advanced students |

|Summative/End Of Lesson Assessment: |none |

21 Materials

|Computers, internet, Safari Montage, YouTube, IWB, LRS, ActivInspire |

|Lesson Description for Week #3B |Ocean - Culminating Activities/Just for Fun |

Goals

|Unit Goals: |VA SOL 5.6 - Oceans |

| |Strand: Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems |

|Lesson Goals: |To create and have fun with newly learned information on oceans. |

23 Methods

|Provide Guided Practice |●●1. LoCo GIS Project - LCPS - Google Earth (Separate Zip File) |

| |●●2. Oceans Millionaire PowerPoint |

| |●●3. Oceans Study Book |

| |4. Quia Quiz |

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| |●●5.Oceans Jeopardy |

| |●●6. Race to the Reef PowerPoint |

|Provide Independent Practice: |1. Ocean Adventures – 3 Games |

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| |2. Virtual Deep Sea (National Geographic) |

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|iOS App |Dolphin Play App (.99)\ |

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24 Assessment

|Summative/End Of Unit Assessment |1. Marine Animal Project - Green Screen Video |

|(choice): |2. Podcast |

| |3. Vodcast |

| |4. Written Test |

25 Materials

|Computers, internet, IWB, LRS, Google Earth, green screen video capability, podcast and vodcast equipment. |

|Archive of Animal Sounds and Video |

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