Description of Appearance
The Ocean Wonders Learning Center is very inviting to the eye. A fish net hangs from the ceiling. Ocean animals, made by the students at the learning center, hang from the fish net. Cubicles on a large table divide the six stations. Decorative posters hang on the cubicles. A large beanbag chair is available near the reading station for the students to read comfortably. Students will have a great time learning at this appealing Learning Center.
Ocean Wonders Learning Center
Each station will have a sign in sheet and a basket to turn materials in.
Shell Station
This station will enable students to compare and contrast shells by manipulating them. Students will compare and contrast the shells' size, weight, color, and shape. Each shell will be numbered for reference. After observing the shells, the students will do a worksheet.
Materials:
Numbered shells
Worksheet
Art Station
Students will create artwork for room decorations and the bulletin board. They will make stuffed animals and the teacher will hang them from the ceiling above the learning center. For the bulletin board, they will make ocean animals with fun facts on them.
Materials:
Construction paper
Scissors
Markers
Cotton balls
Hooks
Stapler
Internet
Reference Books
Environmental Awareness
Students will develop a brochure to promote environmental awareness. They will find pictures of beautiful and disastrous conditions from magazines, the Internet, or by drawing them. Facts about pollution and conservation will be put in the brochure.
Materials:
Construction paper
Markers
Scissors
Magazines
Internet
Books
Wave Experiment Station
Students will have a clear pan with water in it and a fan. They will experiment with turning the fan on at different speeds and how the speed affects the waves. Students will make observations on the different sizes of waves.
Materials:
Pan
Water
Fan
Reading Station
Students will have a choice of several nonfiction short books about the ocean. They will read the book and make an outline. From their outline, they will make their own book with illustrations.
Materials:
Books
Paper
Markers
Colored Pencils
Stapler
Ocean Location Station
Students will label each ocean on a map. Then will color the oceans different colors. After labeling the oceans, they will do a math worksheet.
Materials:
Map
Blank Map
Math Worksheet
Shell Station
· Write your name and the date on the sign in sheet.
· Take the shells out of the box and observe them.
· Take a worksheet from the blue folder.
· Do the worksheet.
· Put the worksheet in the basket when you are finished.
Name: ______
1. Is shell #5 bigger or smaller than shell #6?
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2. Put the red shells in order from biggest to smallest.
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3. Describe shell #10. What does it feel like? What does it look like? How big is it?
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4. Which shell is your favorite? Give three reasons why.
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5. Which shell is the smallest?
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6. Describe shell #15. What does it feel like? What does it look like? How big is it?
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7. Think of a way humans use shells. Write three sentences about it.
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Art Station
Learning Center Decorations
· Write your name and the date on the sign in sheet.
· Look at the example.
· Pick an ocean animal to create.
· Draw or trace your animal.
· Put another sheet of paper behind your drawing.
· With both pieces of paper together, cut out your animal. You should have two cutouts that are exactly the same.
· Decorate the cutouts.
· Staple the cutouts on the edges. Leave one small opening.
· Put cotton balls in the opening, fattening your animal.
· Staple the opening shut.
· Take finished animal and give it to the teacher.
· The teacher will hang your animal from the ceiling.
Art Station
Bulletin Board
· Write your name and the date on the sign in sheet.
· Pick two ocean animals.
· Find a fact about each animal.
· Look in the encyclopedia or the Internet for the facts.
· Draw and cut out the animals.
· Write your facts in complete sentences and show them to the teacher.
· After the teacher approves your sentences, write them on your animals.
· Staple your animals on the Bulletin Board.
Environmental Awareness
Brochure
· Write your name and date on the sign in sheet.
· Look at the example.
· Fold a piece of construction paper in three.
· Find pictures of beautiful world conditions or polluted conditions.
· Look for the pictures in magazines, the Internet, or draw them.
· Glue one picture on each side of your brochure. Leave room to write at the bottom.
· Find facts about pollution that goes with your pictures.
· Find the facts in books, the Internet, or from class notes.
· Underneath each picture write a sentence about saving the Earth.
· Put finished brochure in the basket.
Wave Experiment Station
· Write your name and date on the sign in sheet.
· Put the fan next to the pan.
· Turn the fan on low.
· Observe the waves in the pan.
· Write two sentences about the waves.
· Turn the fan on medium.
· Observe the waves in the pan.
· Write two sentences about the waves.
· Turn the fan on high.
· Observe the waves in the pan.
· Write two sentences about the waves.
· Write three sentences explaining why you think the waves are different. Which wave is the smallest? Which wave is the largest? Why?
· Put your paper in the basket when finished.
Ocean Location Station
· Write your name and date on the sign in sheet.
· Look at the world map and find the four oceans on the world map.
· Take a blank map from the folder.
· Label the four oceans on the blank map.
· Color the Pacific Ocean red, the Atlantic Ocean blue, the Indian Ocean Orange, and the Artic Oceans yellow.
· Take a math worksheet from the folder and complete.
· Put the worksheet and the map in the basket.
Name: ______
Directions:
Use the information in the box to answer the questions.
Pacific Ocean 64,200,000 square miles
Atlantic Ocean 40,750,000 square miles
Indian Ocean 28,300,000 square miles
Artic Oceans 5,500,000 square miles
United States 3,100,00 square miles
1. How many times larger is the Pacific Ocean compared to the United States?
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2. Put the oceans in order from biggest to smallest.
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3. How many times larger is the Indian Ocean compared to the Artic Oceans?
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4. How many Artic Oceans can go into the Pacific Ocean?
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5. How many more square miles is the Atlantic Ocean compared to the United States?
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6. How many Artic Oceans can go into the Indian Ocean?
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7. How many square miles of the Earth are oceans?
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8. How many more square miles is the Pacific Ocean compared to the Atlantic Ocean?
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9. How many more square miles is the Atlantic Ocean compared to the Artic Oceans?
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10. How many times can the United States go into the
Atlantic Ocean?
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Reading Station
· Write your name and date on the sign in sheet.
· Pick a book from the cart.
· Read the book.
· You may go to the beanbag to read your book.
· Make an outline of your book.
· From your outline, create your own book.
· Be creative with your book.
· Your book must have a cover page and pictures.
· Put your finished book in the basket.