Oceanic Exploration Camp

Oceanic Exploration Camp

• Grades: 4-6
• Number of Students:‚ 30
• Contact Hours: 12
• Lesson Plan Sample PDF

Oceanic Exploration Camp takes students on a journey from the tropics to the poles, from the great river deltas to the Mariana Trench. Build an arctic food web. Simulate adaptation in coral reefs. Bring the California sea otter back from the brink of extinction. Track great white sharks across the open ocean.

Why is there so much variety? What makes one ocean ecosystem different from another? Hands-on activities help students to discover the physical and geological systems that underpin all ocean life: density, buoyancy, heat transfer, plate tectonics, and the water cycle. Think it can't be done in 12 days? Just try it. We dare you.

The Oceanic Exploration Camp includes all of the curriculum and materials needed for summer camps, after-school environments, and classroom enrichment time.

1. Ocean Geography
2. The Water Cycle
3. Deltas and Density
4. Buoyancy and Adaptation
5. Surface Temperature and Plankton
6. The Arctic and the Food Chain
7. Coral Reefs and Adaptation
8. Underwater Volcanoes
9. Deep Sea Trenches
10. The Kelp Forest, Overfishing and Extinction
11. The Kelp Forest, Science Research and Saving the Sea Otter
12. Tracking the Great White Shark

• Curriculum and materials for 12 sessions. Sessions each include 1 hour of activities and can be combined as needed to accommodate a variety of time blocks.
• Spiral Bound Instructor manual
• All printed materials to be used by students (no copying necessary!)
• Tools for documenting observations and data
• Materials for modeling the water cycle, the sea floor, food chains, volcanoes, tectonic plates and more
• Collaboration and discussion tips
• Lesson extensions for differentiation

Materials Included:

Note: Due to production time, this item typically ships 2-3 weeks after receipt of the order.