Category Archives: Teacher Toolkits

Kelp Fun Facts

Kelp can grow to be one hundred feet tall! Kelp is a place to hide for many fishes. Kelp is food for abalones such as the California Red Abalone. Kelp forests make tons of oxygen for nearby waters. Kelp has goopy stuff called phycocolloids in its cell walls. This is what keeps it flexible and slippery! Kelp have gas-filled bladders called pneumatocysts. These bladders help hold […]

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Tidepools and Sea Stars with San Mateo Outdoor Education Program

Video Highlights Learning through SMCOE’s Outdoor Education Program   The San Mateo County Office of Education’s  (SMCOE) Outdoor Education program is the focus of a new video by Every Second Breath Project. The stunning video captures the program’s creative efforts to teach students about the importance of tidepools. The video features Mark Nolan, SMCOE’s Director of Outdoor Environmental Education, who […]

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Activities for Middle School 7th and 8th Graders

This activity guide book is great for 7th-8th graders. It is a Tidepool Education Program Teacher’s Guide Developed by Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods Russian River Sector State Park Interpretive Association. It mostly focuses on life science, geometry and measurements, physical science and math. Click on the link below and print. Easy! http://www.stewardsofthecoastandredwoods.org/pdf/tp_teachersguide.pdf

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Lessons for K Grades

K Lessons – General Tidepools Guidelines http://www.kindergarten-lessons.com/tidal-pools/ More about tidepoolings: http://www.ports.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23923 K-5 MARE (Marine Activities, Resources & Education), Lawrence Hall of Science: http://mare.lawrencehallofscience.org/curriculum/teacher-guides/gr1-rocky-seashore   K-7 Activities: Art, Alphabet, Stories Starfish coloring page: click here (long link) Letter S, 4 search words Preschool: click here for activity Make a starfish necklace: click here for crafting Letter S, 6 search words Kindergarten: click […]

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Online Worksheets from 2nd to 5th Grade

Series of Online Worksheets for 3-5 Grade Including Reading Comprehension ABC order worksheet: click on the words to order them by alphabetical order. http://mrnussbaum.com/starfish-abc-order/ Starfish crossword: http://mrnussbaum.com/starfish-crossword/ Find all the mistakes, be a sentence surgeon: http://mrnussbaum.com/starfish-sentence-surgeons/ Complete the sentences with the correct words: http://mrnussbaum.com/starfish-cloze-reading/ Main website: http://mrnussbaum.com/starfish-reading-comprehension/   Online Lesson for 5th Graders Lesson is the first part that the […]

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Fun Activities from 2nd to 4th Grade

2nd Grade – Reading/Writing Non-Fiction Comprehension On this website you will be able to download and print 15 worksheets. Each worksheet has a text about sea animals and related related questions. https://www.education.com/slideshow/marine-life-facts/?cid=10.571 More activities on the main website: https://www.education.com/worksheet/article/starfish-facts/ 2-4 Grade – Tidepool Adaptations’ Students will learn about some amazing ocean animals that live in the tidepool. They will also […]

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Activities and Worksheets for Preschoolers

Search Words and Word Worksheets Letter S, 4 search words Preschool: click here for activity Word activities related to the ocean in 2 parts, 15 pages each: http://homeschoolcreations.com/files/Ocean_Preschool_Pack_Part_1.pdf http://homeschoolcreations.com/files/Ocean_Preschool_Pack_Part_2.pdf Crafting Make a starfish necklace: click here for crafting Ocean paper plate craft. This is an easy paper-plate craft to help children put collect and put away their “ocean treasures” – seashells and […]

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Sea Stars

Sea Stars PBC’s Earth Hero Honoree 2018 Every year, we elect an animal to be the honoree of the year. We have been educating our community about the dolphins, sea otters, turtles etc, for the past few years. We are happy to have selected the sea stars for 2018. Below you will find common information about this incredible marine animal. […]

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10 Sea Star Fun Facts

Discover 10 fun facts about the Sea Stars! 1. They have no brain and no blood. Starfish use filtered sea water to pump nutrients through their nervous system. 2. They can live up to 35 years. 3. Starfish is not their right name, they should always be called Sea Star! They’re actually related to sand dollars and sea urchins. They […]

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Dolphins and Porpoises Fun Facts

Pacific dolphins swim in formation with other dolphins and sea lions, sometimes leaping from the water in spirited somersaults. Source.   The Risso’s dolphin lacks teeth in the upper jaw and has no more than seven pairs of conical teeth in the lower jaw. Source. Risso’s dolphins have prominent dorsal fins, sometimes prompting observers at a distance to think they’re […]

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