Science Lessons
Activity
This is a great website and lesson created by my friend and colleague Mrs. Jordan! This not only includes high energy songs and a great activity but it acts as a virtual field trip to the Bogue Sound on the coast of North Carolina. Through this lesson students learn about aquatic food chains, both in the Bogue Sound and the surrounding Salt Marshes. They then have an opportunity to create their own sea creature and food chain using the information they have learned.
Time: two 1-hour sessions
Additional Materials: Crafting supplies for students creating their animals and food chains. (i.e. construction paper, feathers, pipe cleaners, recycled items)
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
This lesson can be extended to match up with UN SDG 14 which deals with life above water.
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Specifically, the following sections of this goal:
- 14.1 By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
- 14.2 By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
Additional Resources
Dawn Helps Save Wildlife Series
These videos highlight real life examples of human impact on our environment. They also showcase how Dawn and their partner organizations are working together towards achieving UN SDG 14!
Sources
Jordan, Elizabeth Gaither. “Wix.com.” Wix.com Sound Food Chain Created by Ekgaithe Based on Art School, 2011, ekgaithe.wix.com/sound-food-chain.
“Goal 14 .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform.” United Nations, United Nations, sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg14.