Biomes

For this class, all of the 3^rd grade students learned about the ocean and the connection the creatures of the sea have to the land. They first watched a Bill Nye video talking about oceans. Then, the students created a food chain based off of sea animals that they knew. After that, they were read The Deep Sea Ocean, by Sneed B. Collard III and completed worksheets that described new fish that they learned about. In addition, they included what they wanted to know more about in regards to the ocean on the worksheet. Fourthly, the students worked in pairs to discuss the impact of the humans on the ocean and ways in which to limit these problems as a whole group. Finally, as a way to see what they learned from the ocean unit in terms of describing a biome, students were put into pairs at the beginning of the unit and they each picked a biome to research that they had to give a presentation on, and create a physical structure that accurately describes the biome.