{"id":19,"date":"2019-03-12T23:10:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T23:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forsea.org\/fsguide\/"},"modified":"2020-11-19T23:11:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T23:11:26","slug":"fsguide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.forsea.org\/fsguide\/","title":{"rendered":"FOR SEA Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nFOR SEA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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We live on a water planet…<\/b><\/h2>\n

<\/span>With the award-winning FOR SEA curriculum, you can help your students gain the
\ninformation and skills they’ll need to protect the health of the world ocean. Join over 6,000
\nteachers worldwide who are using these National Science Foundation supported materials as a
\nspringboard to teaching about the fascinating marine world.<\/p>\n

Featuring proven hands-on\/minds-on lessons, comprehensive curriculum guides are available for
\neach grade level, 1-12. Each lesson has student activities preceded by a “Teacher Background”
\nsection which contains: key concepts, background information, materials needed, teaching hints
\nincluding items for which advanced planning is required, extension ideas, and answer keys.
\nImportant vocabulary terms are listed and defined in the “Key Words” section of each
\n“Teacher Background”. Most activities require few materials not readily available in
\nyour classroom or in variety or grocery stores. The activities enhance scientific investigation
\nskills, reading skills, as well as providing practice in math skills.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/td>\nLife in the Tidal Zone – Grade 1<\/b><\/a>

\nA look at the animals and plants in the intertidal zone, that area alternately immersed and
\nexposed by the changing tides, provides students with a framework for activities highlighting
\nthe physical, biological and human impact factors that influence life in this part of the sea.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Sea Around Us – Grade 2<\/b><\/a>

\nActivities and experiments treating topics ranging from seawater investigations, to the deep sea,
\nto the kelp forest environment furnish students with fundamental knowlege of many of the
\nfactors which influence life in the sea.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLife in the Estuary – Grade 3<\/b><\/a>

\nEstuaries, those areas where the flowing water of rivers and streams meet hte changing tides of
\nthe saltwater environment, provide a focus for study of relationships between animals, plants
\nand the physical environment.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBeginning in the Watershed – Grade 4<\/b><\/a>

\nExplorations of fish, aquaculture, marine mammals, and the interaction of people and the water
\nenvironment are united by the connections between local watersheds and the world ocean.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLife With Pagoo – Grade 5<\/b><\/a>

\nThe award-winning book Pagoo<\/i> provides a unifying thread as students deepen their
\nknowledge of the relationships which exist at the edge of the sea in those areas alternately
\nimmersed and exposed by the changing tides.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nInvestigating the Ocean Planet – Grade 6<\/b><\/a>

\nWith an emphasis on the global ocean, activities and experiments treating topics ranging from
\nthe deep sea to seawater investigations to physical features of the marine environment provide
\nstudents with fundamental knowledge of many of the factors which influence life in the sea.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Year of the Gray Whale – Grade 7<\/b><\/a>

\nStudents investigate many of the factors which influence life in the sea as they track one of
\nthe most incredible migrations known to humans: the 14,000 mile migration of California gray
\nwhales from their summer breeding grounds in the far north of the Arctic Ocean to their mating
\nand calving grounds in Baja California, Mexico and back.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOcean Studies, Ocean Issues – Grade 8<\/b><\/a>

\nPhysical science activities focusing on the formation of the oceans and continents, ocean floor
\ntopography, currents and weather set the stage for investigations of ocean issues including
\npollution, global climate change, over fishing, marine mining and oil production, and marine
\nsanctuaries.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Marine Science – The World of Water Grades 9-12<\/b><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Oceans: Historical Perspectives<\/b><\/a>

\ntakes a look at human interacton with the sea in several cultures through time and begins a
\nstudy of life in the sea.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOcean Currents and the Open Ocean<\/b><\/a>

\nlooks at the oceans as if from space, seeing the great patterns of ocean circulation and the
\norganisms that inhabit those vast expanses of moving saltwater.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe next three units focus on specific habitats that one can find along the edges
\nwhere the sea and land meet:<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRocky shores in
Tides and the Rocky Shore;<\/b><\/a>

\nSandy shores and kelp beds in:
Ocean Waves and Life in the Surf Zone<\/b><\/a>

\nand the ocean depths in:
The Deep Sea<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOur Home: the Estuaries<\/b><\/a>

\nbrings students home to the estuaries where rivers meet the sea and where humans find the most
\nhospitable homes and richest fisheries.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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