Water and Oceans

Books Read:
The Magic School Bus series on water and oceans
There's a Commotion Under the Ocean
The Little Mermaid
Abeka 5^th Grade Science

Activities Completed:
Sorted shells and ocean souvenirs into a category chart
Made a fish book
Did a web sheet on the ocean
Discussed about a variety of ocean animals
Created a science log book of experiments
Experiments included:

• sink or float experiment
• water, rock, and sand mixing
• water tension drips on a penny
• creating a floating boat
• warm versus cold water
• ocean mixing with paper and oil
• salt water evaporation
• different stages of water
• water cycle stages

Compared sand from different beaches using a microscope
Studied poster and dramatized the water cycle
Colored different sea animals and made ocean pictures
Explored the different zone layers of the ocean
Trip to the ocean
Made seashell necklaces
Sorted shells by color, shape, and type
Explored the moon's control over tides
Ate at Shoney's fish food bar
Took a test on unit

Vocabulary:

ocean
invertebrate
sponge
water tension
sea
seahorse
coquina
starfish
bivalve
coral
manatee
mother-of-pearl
univalve
barnacles
water cycle
sand dollar