August 5, 2009: What's Up Under the Sea?
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Activities:
1. Draw a line across the middle of a piece of paper. Paste newspaper words and pictures that show things you would find in the ocean under your line. Above the line, paste words and pictures of things that move on the surface of the water.
2. Find five items in the newspaper that can be harmful to the ocean. Paste or list the items on a piece of paper. Next to each item, write a sentence telling why it is harmful.
3. Find newspaper pictures or words that show the different ways you use water in one day. Paste or list them on a piece of paper. Now interview several friends and family members. Ask them how they use water. How is water used the most?
4. Use local resources and the Internet to research how actions in your community affect the oceans. Identify the types of homeowner, industrial and agricultural wastewater that flow into your community's drainage system. That drainage system empties into a natural water source, such as a river or stream. Find the names of the water sources near you. Next, find where those waters empty into an ocean. What ocean is it? Finally, find out what your community does to protect the natural water sources. Write a paragraph discussing your research findings.
Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standards:
- Students understand the interactions of animals and their environments. (Science: Life Science)
- Students understand changes in the Earth and sky. (Science: Earth and Space Science)
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
