Using photography to help save the oceans
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/g35/
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A lesson plan for Grade 5 Science
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- Appropriate grades
- 5
- Subjects
- arts (photography), science (biology and life science, oceanography)
- Provider
- National Geographic
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In this lesson, from Xpeditions, students will learn about the importance of ocean conservation and how photography, such as David Doubilet's, can help humans understand the impact they are having on the oceans. They will choose one endangered animal to study in depth. Finally, students will draw the animal they choose and describe why it is in peril and how it can be protected.
Students will:
- look at photographs by David Doubilet and other marine photographers
- discuss ways that humans' actions impact various forms of marine life
- research basic information about one form of marine life and the specific threats it faces
- show where the life form lives on a map
- draw pictures and write captions showing how the life forms they studied live when they are in their natural healthy habitats versus in habitats that have been damaged by humans
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 5
- Goal 1: The learner will conduct investigations to build an understanding of the interdependence of plants and animals.
- Objective 1.01: Describe and compare several common ecosystems (communities of organisms and their interaction with the environment).
- Objective 1.05: Determine the interaction of organisms within an ecosystem.
- Objective 1.06: Explain and evaluate some ways that humans affect ecosystems.
- Habitat reduction due to development.
- Pollutants.
- Increased nutrients.
