Survivor: A Shark's Tale

Sit back and hear the tale of a shark’s life. Students will have a blast learning about shark adaptations and traits that help them survive various marine habitats. From kelp forests to open oceans, students will become shark experts on local species and YIKES may even get to meet a shark up-close!

PROGRAM LENGTH:

4 hours, 9:30am-1:30pm (2 Coastal Education Programs back to back- see sample schedule below)

PLEASE PREPARE YOUR STUDENTS

We have chosen one lesson for you to do with your students before you come, titled SHARK TEETH, with attached WORKSHEET, so they will have the optimal experience when they are here. Please use it to prepare your students. Please teach the second lesson, titled SHARK DESIGN CHALLENGE within a week of completing your Coastal Education Program to expand on the material learned during Survivor: A Shark's Tail Program. There are many more resources for you and your students listed below as well!

PLAN OF THE DAY: (If only one class, just see 9:30am-11:30am Group A)

Your students will be able to participate in the Survivor: A Shark's Tail Lesson, a Docent-led Tour around the Living Coast to see birds, turtles and touch stingrays, complete a scavenger hunt and go for a hike or listen to a Read Aloud. Half of the day you will be with a Teacher or Docent and the other half of the day you will be leading your class through provided activities.

EXAMPLE SCHEDULE - Detailed Schedule link (Actual schedule may vary)

Standards:

NGSS

• 3-LS4-2. Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.

• 3-LS4-3. Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

• LS3.A. Many characteristics of organisms are inherited from their parents.

• LS4.C. For any particular environment, some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

• LS4.D. Populations live in a variety of habitats, and change in those habitats affects the organisms living there.

Common Core

ELA-Literacy.

• SL.3.1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on other's ideas and expressing their own clearly

• SL.3.3. Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.

• SL.3.6. Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification

• L.3.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships.