Standard:
- 4.3.2 Observe, compare and record the physical characteristics of living plants or animals from widely different environments. Describe how each plant or animal is adapted to its environment.
- 4.3.4 Describe a way that a given plant or animal might adapt to a change arising from a human or non-human impact on its environment.
Objective:
- Students will read “Manfish” and identify facts about creatures and pollution that takes place in the ocean
- Students will also practice environmental awareness and brainstorm ways students can become more involved.
Description:
- Students will listen to the teacher read “Manfish”
- Bulletin board will show different facts and pictures of creatures that one might come across in the ocean. -Students will be looking at a bulletin board as if they were Jacques Cousteau himself (through the eyes of his snorkel goggles)!
- After students learn about facts, students can not only learn how to clean up and take care of the oceans but the environment around them. QR codes talk more about pollution and how to take care of the planet.
- Teacher can set up recycling activity with the students and pick up trash around their community
Exemplary Literature:
Materials:
- Background paper
- Tape
- Staples
- QR codes
- Di-cuts
- Paint
- Pieces of garbage
- String
- Saran wrap
- Printed fish/ocean floor
