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Big bundles.
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Oceanography
Kick off your new year with this bundle! Because most teachers cover this at the start of the year, Back to School items are also included in this bundle. Topics include all of the Physical and Chemical process of the oceans. This bundle is currently priced at $60 and will last you 9 weeks.
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Marine Ecology
This unit is all about ecosystems and how organisms in the ocean interact with one another. Topics include food chains, symbiosis, competition, population ecology, nutrient cycling, and more. This bundle is currently priced at $35 and will last you at least 5 weeks.
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Marine Biology
This unit dives into the different animal groups as well as plants and animals. A simple review of classification and evolution is built into the mammal unit. These units are the most fun to cover in class! The bundle is currently priced at $70 and will last you 11 weeks.
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Marine Ecosystems
From coral reefs to the deep sea, these cover all of the major ecosystems in the oceans, with a focus on the abiotic factors that drive the communities and the species that can be found in each. This bundle is currently priced at $44 and will last you at least 6 weeks.
Small Bundles.
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Properties of Ocean Water
Included in the Oceanography Bundle and the Full Year bundle. This is a full 2 weeks of materials. Includes two fun mini labs!
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Ocean Currents
Included in the Oceanography Bundle and the Full Year bundle. These materials will last you 1.5 to 2 weeks. Includes an interactive look at the Gulf Stream and a great graphing activity for El Nino!
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Plate Tectonics & the Seafloor
Included in the Oceanography Bundle and the Full Year bundle. These activities will last you 2 weeks. This a very visual unit, with many maps and diagrams for notebook activities!
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Tides
Included in the Oceanography Bundle and the Full Year bundle. This is a shorter unit, and only takes about 1 week to cover. Students will end the week able to read a tide table and familiar with the moon phases!
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Marine Food Webs
Included in the Marine Ecology Bundle and the Full Year bundle. This is a 2 week long unit that only includes 3 resources, but they are full of activities. The case study on energy transfer in kelp forests is a multi-day reading activity.
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Marine Communities
Included in the Marine Ecology Bundle and the Full Year bundle. This material will last you more than 2 weeks and includes one of my best-sellers, a case study on invasive lionfish!
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Nutrient Cycling in the Ocean
Included in the Marine Ecology Bundle and the Full Year bundle. This material can be covered in a little over 1 week. My favorite part of this bundle is the dice game for moving through the carbon cycle!
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Marine Plants & Algae
Included in the Marine Biology Bundle and the Full Year bundle. A great deal for 2 weeks of content, including a project on monitoring red tides. Plus a virtual trips into the mangroves!
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Marine Invertebrates
Included in the Marine Biology Bundle and the Full Year bundle. One of my best selling bundles, this one can last you 3 weeks. Assignments focusing on copepods, crown of thorns seastars, & cephalood evolution give a diverse look at ocean invertebrates!
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Marine Fishes
Included in the Marine Biology Bundle and the Full Year bundle. Yes, we say “fishes” and the slides will explain why! This includes of my most popular assignments: a dichotomous key on fishes and a graphing activity on shark tagging! Spend a full 3 weeks on fish!
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Marine Mammals
Included in the Marine Biology Bundle and the Full Year bundle. This is a 2 week unit that includes a great digital review assignment, plus reading and writing practice.
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Marine Reptiles
Included in the Marine Biology Bundle and the Full Year bundle. This will take you 1 or 2 weeks to cover and includes a case study on sea turtles nesting!
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Open Ocean & Deep Sea
Included in the Marine Ecosystems Bundle and the Full Year bundle. Spend 2 weeks discussing the changes in diversity through the zones. There is a look at different deep species and a great webquest on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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Coral Reefs
Included in the Marine Ecosystems Bundle and the Full Year bundle. Includes options for a reading assignment on coral bleaching or loss of Acropora corals, plus a virtual trip into the Coral Reef (one of my best sellers!). You can spend 1 or 2 weeks discussing coral reefs!
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Rocky Coasts: Tide Pools & Kelp Forests
Included in the Marine Ecosystems Bundle and the Full Year bundle. This will cover a little over a week, including a crossword puzzle, a great diagram for their notebooks, and a case study on starfish as a keystone species!
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Sandy Coasts: Beaches and Estuaries
Included in the Marine Ecosystems Bundle and the Full Year bundle. This includes a great multi-day case study on an estuary. The full unit takes a bit over a week to cover.
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Hurricanes
Included in the Full Year bundle as a “bonus topic.” I squeeze this unit in at a time when the tropics are heating up, so we can track the storms and watch what we are learning about play out in real time! Great tracking map for the Gulf included, and I plan to add one for the Atlantic soon!
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Climate Change
Included in the Full Year bundle only, this is one of the “bonus topics". Includes a variety of activities to help students understand the basics of greenhouse gases and the effects on earth’s climate. Works in any science class, not just Marine!
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Experimental Design
Included in the Full Year bundle, this unit covers the basics of experiments and testing variables, with an added focus on collecting data in field research. Includes two practice sheets with mock experiments related to fish hatch rates and algae blooms.