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Educational Materials Associated with the Ocean Planet

A large number of educational materials have either been developed specifically for the Ocean Planet Exhibition, or have been developed for other purposes but are a good complement to the materials presented in the Exhibition. If the materials are available in electronic form, you can retrieve them for use in your classroom. We will continue to add new materials as they become available.

• Teacher Materials
1. Sea Store Lesson Plan: There Are Algae in Your House!
2. Sea People Lesson Plan: Words from the Ocean
3. Marine Education Books for Children
4. Teacher Guide to the Ocean Planet Exhibition
5. Ocean Planet Secondary School Educational Materials
6. Smithsonian's Art to Zoo contains lesson plans on Tomorrow's Forecast: Oceans and Weather
7. Sea World/Busch Gardens Information Data Base Teacher Guides
8. Whales: A Thematic Web Unit for cooperative learning across an integrated curriculum which is an interactive resource for teachers, students and parents.
9. Natural Science Curriculum Resources from the Great Lakes Collaborative and the University of Kansas UNITE group Explorer Project
10. Online course materials are available for The Sea Around Us from Penn State University.
11. Classroom Resources for Environmental Education - from EE Link
12. Lesson Plans from the AskERIC archives
13. Newton's Apple Lesson Plans
14. Tales of Whales, Turtles, Sharks, and Snails: An Elementary Level Education Handbook
15. Elementary Level and Secondary Level Lesson Plans from the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
16. Life in a Massachusetts Tide Pool - Master's thesis by Kimberly Amaral includes articles, pictures and activities for educators and parents.
17. The Earth Observing System Educators' Visual Materials - a series of online images and descriptions covering all components of the the Earth Sciences.
18. Downloadable Curricula - from the New England Aquarium
19. Make a miniature deep sea vent - from the New England Aquarium
20. The Gulf of Maine Aquarium has a great resource on water body types and streams
21. Ocean-related resources and Teaching Materials from Athena

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• Fact Sheets
1. Ocean Planet Marine Life Facts
2. Ocean Planet Oceanographic Facts
3. Threats to the health of the oceans
4. Help for Ocean Planet
5. Ocean Planet Nautical Sayings
6. Ocean Planet Legends and Customs of the Sea
7. Ocean Planet Diving Records
8. Factsheets on Endangered Species from the University of Michigan
9. Index to Climate Change Fact Sheets from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Family Activities
1. Helping your child learn science - from the U.S. Department of Education
2. Endangered Species Search and Word Game from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
3. Oceans of Life - In early October, National Public Radio and the National Geographic Society will present a RADIO EXPEDITIONS stereo broadcast special, "Oceans of Life," the first of a two-part series exploring threats to biodiversity.
4. The Bermuda Triangle - an online experience dealing with the Geography, History, Myth & Facts about the Bermuda Triangle
5. The Science Casebook from the Natural History Museum, London.
• Children's Books
1. Marine Education Books for Children
2. Baru Bay: Australia - a book and musical/storytelling cassett package set in Australia.
• Film Guides
1. US Fish and Wildlife--Region 3: Resource Catalog - AV materials, computer programs, and curriculum guides available for free loan. Preference given to schools in the Great Lakes states.
• Theater Scripts
• Media and Education Initiative
1. Ocean Planet: Writings and Images of the Sea
• Introduction - Judith Gradwohl, Smithsonian Institution and Peter Benchley
• VISIONS OF THE SEA - Peter Benchley
• Wayfarers All - Kenneth Grahame
• SEAFARERS - Peter Benchley
• Singlehander - Ann Davison
• DISCOVERY - Peter Benchley
• DISCOVERY - Peter Benchley
• A Dark and Luminous Blue - William Beebe
• OCEANS IN PERIL - Peter Benchley
2. Popular Science Special Oceans Issue (May 1995)
3. PopSci For Kids Special Oceans Issue
• CD-ROMs
1. Ocean Planet: Smithsonian - Discovery Communication's CD-ROM and a review
2. PopSci for Kids:Ocean Voyager - produced by TimesMirror Magazines
3. Ocean Planet Smithsonian - an interactive reference CD-ROM produced by the Discovery Channel
4. Turning the Tide: America's Coasts at a Crossroads - produced by NOAA/ORCA's Strategic Environmental Assessments Division in cooperation with Internetwork Inc. of Del Mar, California

Ocean Planet Exhibition Floorplan