The document provides a lesson plan for teaching students about life under the sea, including the ocean food chain, different marine habitats and animals, and facts about ocean geography. The lesson aims to help students learn to recognize ocean plants and animals, understand the ocean food chain, and acknowledge that sea life is part of the global ecosystem. Materials needed include computers and a movie to enhance the learning experience.

1. Amy Sniffen

2. •Oceans make up 70% of the earth’s surface.
•97% of the earth’s water is in the oceans.
•The five main oceans are:
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Arctic Ocean
- Southern Ocean

3. What is in the Zones of the Ocean Animals
Ocean? Ocean
Food Chain Movie Lesson Plan

4. Title: Under The Sea
Goal:
-Students will learn about life that exists in the ocean.
-Students will be able to compare life in the ocean to life outside the ocean.
-Students will recognize the various features, plants, and animals of the sea.
-Students will be able to acknowledge that sea life is part of our ecosystem.
Learning Objectives:
-Students will be able to recognize the food chain that exists in the ocean.
-Students will be able to classify marine animals and plants into their respective habitats.
Purpose/Rationale:
-Teach this lesson to introduce the idea that life exists in the ocean.
-New York State Teaching Standards
Preparation:
-Researched the food chain of the ocean, plants, animals, and habitats.
-Developed a movie to enhance the learning.
Materials:
-Computers for all students.
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5. Definition: A series of organisms that eat each
other in order to survive.
Ocean Food Chain:
Diatoms ~ Zooplankton ~ Small Fish ~ Large Fish ~ Killer Whales

6. Microscopic plants that make their
own food from sunlight.
Picture: JpDodd, "Diatoms" September 10, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

7. Tiny one-celled animal plankton
that live in seawater , such as
krill, copepods, medusa
jellyfish, and crab larvae.
Picture: Martin Cerny, "Zooplankton" June 29, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

8. Might include mackerel, herring,
and basking sharks, as well as
crustaceans (crab, shrimp, lobster),
mollusks (clams, scallops) and squid.
Picture 1: William Warby, "Guppy" September 19, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution
Picture 2: LSGCP, "Live Lobster" April 9, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution
Picture 3: Dalton Coghill, "Puffer Fish" September 1, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

9. Might include
swordfish, tuna, octopus, and
shark.
Picture 1: Ryan Wick, "Octopus" September 18, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution
Picture 2: Allen Lee, "Shark" April 13, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

10. They eat other whales and
seals, as well as fish.
Picture 1: Spencer Wright, "Killer Whale" May 26, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

11. Fun Facts about the Ocean

12. Besides plants and animals,
did you know that there are
volcanoes, trenches, and
mountains in the ocean?
Well there are!

14. The continental shelf is a
gently sloping, shallow area
that extends from the edge
of the continent.

15. The continental slope is
situated at the edge of the
continental shelf; the ocean
floor drops off in a steep
incline.

16. Seamounts are mountains
that are completely under
water.

17. A continuous range of
mountains that winds
around the whole earth
underwater.

18. A smooth and nearly flat
area of the ocean floor that
is situated just beyond the
continental slope.

19. Deep, steep-sided canyons
that cut into the abyssal
plans.

20. Mountains on the abyssal
plains that sometimes rise
above the ocean surface to
form volcanic islands.

21. Click on a letter to view an ocean animal!

22. Picture 1: BBM Explorer, "Imperator Angel Fish" June 19, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution;
Picture 2: BBM Explorer, "French Angel Fish" December 3, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution;
Picture 3: Greenacre8, "Angel Fish" August 17, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

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48. The ocean is divided up into zones.
The zones are determined by how
much sunlight is visible in each area
of the ocean. There are many
different plants and animals that
live in each oceanic zone.
Take a swim through all of the
zones…
Sunlight, Twilight, Midnight,
Abyssal, Hadal

49. Top layer of the
ocean where enough
light shines through
for plants to grow.

50. The dim layer of the
ocean where only
some light shines
through, but not
enough for plants to
grow.

51. Deep layer of the
ocean where no light
shines through.

52. Pitch-black bottom
layer of the ocean
where the water is
so cold it is almost
freezing.

53. Layer of water that
can be found in the
ocean’s deepest
trenches.

54. References
• Images gathered from:
• Flickr. (2012). Retrieved June 25, 2012, from http://www.flickr.com
• Information is gathered from:
• Earth Facts. (2012, June 1). Retrieved June 25, 2012, from Science Kids:
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/oceans.html
• Ocean Fun Facts. (n.d.). Retrieved June 25, 2012, from Oceans and Continents for
Kids: https://sites.google.com/a/pacificu.edu/continents-and-oceans-for-kids/ocean-
fun-facts
• The Oceans. (2012). Retrieved June 25, 2012, from National Geographic Kids:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/activities/new/ocean/