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Jo
Anne D. Collins
Van Buren Middle School
Centerville,
Ohio
Ocean Creatures!
Sixth grade
Science
Animals
in the ocean
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| Summary: |
| Students
will research an animal of their choice that lives in the
ocean environment. They will write a one-page paper with
citations, create a model of their animal, and give a
two-three minute oral presentation to the class about their
animal. |
| Dewey
Numbers: |
| 551.46,
578.777, 591.77, 591.92, 599.5 |
| Subject
Headings: |
Marine
animals
Predatory animals
Dangerous marine
animals
Deep-Sea animals
Ocean
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| Books
(Non-Fiction): |
Bright,
Michael. Monsters of the Deep. Brookfield, CT : Copper Beech,
2002.
Brown, Andrew. Amazing Sea Creatures. New York :
Crabtree, 1997.
Collard, Sneed B. The Deep-Sea Floor.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2003.
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Donovan,
Sandra. Ocean Animals. Austin, TX : Raintree Steck-Vaughn,
2002.
Earle, Sylvia. Sea Critters. Washington, DC :
National Geographic Society, 2000.
Harris, Nicholas.
Glow in the Dark Book of Ocean Creatures. Brookfield, CT :
Millbrook, 2002.
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Madin,
Kate. Down to the Sunless Sea: the Strange World of
Hydrothermal Vents. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn,
2000
Ocean Life. Alexandria, VA : Time-Life,
1999.
Taylor, David J. Endangered Ocean Animals. New
York : Crabtree, 1993.
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Taylor,
Leighton. Creeps From the Deep. San Francisco, CA : Chronicle,
1997.
Taylor, Leighton R. Sharks and Other Sea
Creatures. Pleasantville, NY: Readerbs Digest,
2000.
Woods, Samuel. The Amazing Book of Fish and Ocean
Creature Records: the Largest, the Smallest, the Fastest, and
Many More! Woodbridge, CT : Blackbirch, 2000.
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| INFOhio: |
Encyclopedia
of Animals. EBSCO, 2004.
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| Web
Sites (for students): |
| Denizons
of the Deep:A Picture Gallery |
| Nature
Works : Ocean Zones |
| Ocean
Link |
| Oceans
Alive : The Living Sea |
| The
Virtual Oceans |
| Secrets
of the Ocean Realm |
| Videos: |
Creatures
of the Deep. Los Angeles, CA: Republic, 1977.
Deep Sea
Dive. National Geographic Society. Burbank, CA: Columbia
TriStar, 1993.
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Fothergill,
Alistair and Richard Attenborough.Ocean World, Frozen
Seas.Burbank, CA: Warner, 2002.
Southwell, Ben and
Andrew Sachs. Ocean. New York: DK,
1997.
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