Marine Activities, Resources & Education--Kelp Forest

Contact Information

Phone: 510) 642-5008

Street Address: Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California
Berkeley, California 94720-5200

Last Updated: 11-21-2004

Reviewer Comments

General Content
"Student activities culminate in an exciting school-wide Ocean Week."

"A great compendium of academic articles, activities—a rich treasure chest to choose from."

Presentation
"Nice presentation."

"Lesson plan format needs consistency."

Pedagogy
"I would like to see more depth and integration of human systems."

Teacher Usability
"A teacher workshop would help teachers wade through the ocean of material included in each manual!"

"Format sometimes makes it hard to discern activities from background materials."

"Good teaching strategies section."

"Teachers need to develop their own thematic instructional sequence."

EE Program/Resource ss Details

Provided by: Lawrence Hall of Science

Description: The Marine Activities, Resources & Education (MARE) teacher's guides are habitat-based curriculum guides for grades K—8. Each grade level focuses on one particular marine environment and offers background information, science and mathematics activities integrated with language arts, social science, and art, teaching strategies, connections to children's literature, suggestions for developing portfolios, and additional resources. Draft editions of K—6 guides were reviewed for the purpose of this compendium. The following guides were reviewed at the 4—6 level: Kelp Forest (2001 revised, 362 p.), seasonal productivity, light, waves, density currents, diversity, adaptation, food webs, resources, and endangered species; Open Ocean (2001 revised, 424 p.), seasons, weather patterns, currents, natural selection and evolution, oil development and marine debris; and Islands (2000 revised, 375 p.), tides, plate tectonics, colonization and succession, adaptation, biodiversity, habitat loss, and conservation.

Program/Resource Type: Curriculum

Audience Served: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Cost: $45 per unit

EE Focus: Ecosystems-Coast/Marine, Endangered Species, Natural Resources/Res. Mgmt., Nature Awareness, Plants & Animals, Water

Academic Focus: History/Social Sciences, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Visual/Performing Arts, Interdisciplinary

Counties Served: Statewide

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Report Card

Overall Grade
General Content
Presentation
Pedagogy
Teacher Usability
Community

B
B+
B
B+
B+
B

Discipline Emphasis

Science
History/Social Science
Health
Mathematics
Visual/Performing Arts
Language Arts
Industrial/Vocational Ed.
Foreign Language