Grade Level |
Author(s) & Description/Download |
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4 |
Ecology
by Kurt Stenzel, Lomita Math/Science Magnet, LAUSD (Click
here to download) |
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A 4 week lesson plan covering the basics of ecology. |
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4 |
Exploring
the Deep Sea by Evangelina Cervantes, Corona Avenue School,
LAUSD (Click
here to download) |
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Download this 10 day unit on the deeps seas. The unit uses
materials from the highly successful FOR SEA CD. |
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| 4 |
Salmon
by Jane Kramer, Liberty Blvd. Elementary, LAUSD (Click
here to download) |
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This 15 lesson unit focuses on the life of the salmon. Students
will examine both salmon habitats (freshwater and salt water), the
life cycle of the salmon, and how hmans have impacted salmon reproduction
and population. In addition, students will investigate the role
of salmon in the lives of native people from the Pacific Northwest. |
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5 |
Island
Ecology by Chris Kramer & Steve Narin, LAUSD (Click
here to download) |
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Steve and Chris worked together to develop this month-long
interdisciplinary and thematic science-based unit devoted to island
ecology. Learn how an island can serve as a microcosm for our world. |
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| 5 |
Water
on Earth, Oceans, Plankton by Nobue
Marilou Okano, Baldwin Hills Gifted Magnet, LAUSD (Click
here to download) |
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Marilou created a year-long overview teaching plan focused
on the intertidal zone with an emphasis on patterning. She uses
the For Sea unit, "Pagoo" as her main resource for activities. Marilou
provides an easy to use list of materials, equipment, resources,
extension and assessment ideas needed for the unit. After the overview
she includes an in-depth look at the first unit, "Water on Earth,
Oceans, Plankton" with specific activities and objectives for each
activity. She explores how this unit supports interdisciplinary
study with language arts, math and social studies. |
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6 |
Surface
Survey by Kristine Nogawa-Ross, Carnegie Middle School, LAUSD
(Click
here to download) |
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Kristine provides an outline for an intergrated unit on plate
tectonics and the ocean. |
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6-8 |
Beach
Studies, Discovering the Sea Floor, Waves-Tides-Currents-Beaches,
Chemical Oceanography, and Marine Biology by Julie Ramey, Nobel
Middle School, LAUSD (Click
here to download) |
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A plan that divides the full year into five sections: Beach
Studies, Discovering the Sea Floor, Waves-Tides-Currents-Beaches,
Chemical Oceanography, and Marine Biology. |
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9-12 |
Coral
Reef Ecology by Frank Baele, Crossroads High School (Click
here to download) |
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Frank teaches biology at Crossroads High School. His teaching
plan focuses on coral reef ecology. |
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| 9-12 |
Curriculum for a Marine Science
Elective by Jeff McGarvey and Shelly Thompson,
Torrance High School, Torrance School District (Click
here to download) |
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Jeff and Shelly developed a new course outline which Torrance
Unified School District accepted and implemented based on this teaching/
implementation plan. The course is primarily based on the Fluid
Earth/ Living Ocean textbook series from the University of Hawaii
and For Sea Curriculum. Course outline includes training and cost
breakdown. |
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9-12 |
Myrna Estrada and Marissa Hipol, Garfield High School,
L.A. Unified School District (Click
here to download) |
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Prior to SSWIMS, the professional development program Leadership
in Marine Science (LIMS) provided teachers the same high quality
marine science training with a leadership component. As California
had not yet developed its own set of content area standards, LIMS
teachers correlated their plans to the National and Los Angeles
Unified School District science content standards. Myrna and Marissa
provide activities aligned to Chapter headings with student learning
objectives. Activities include references and alternative choices
should reteaching or enrichment be needed. Under assessment they
clearly demonstrate the distinction between a culminating activity
and individual formal assessment. |
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