Oceans

This study looks in depth at the ocean examining different ocean creatures and touches a little on the environment.  It is a 31 day study that takes about 40 minutes each day and uses 7 different books and online videos. The books are:
Awesome Ocean Science
Tidal Zone (Exploring the Oceans)
Sunlit Zone (Exploring the Oceans.)
Twilight Zone (Exploring the Oceans)
Midnight Zone (Exploring the Oceans.)
Seafloor (Exploring the Oceans)

The Titanic: Lost and Found (Step-Into-Reading, Step 4)

Day 1:

Intro to the Ocean Awesome Ocean Science book pg 6-11 – Make ocean pie

Day 2:

Awesome Ocean Science pg 12-14 water cycle with experiment and videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw275056JtA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og9cQKxlFnE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=462heG_TjiE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1oCoKj7b2o&feature=related

Day 3

Awesome Ocean Science pg 15-18 saltiness of ocean with experiments

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/16875-the-water-cycle-fresh-water-vs-salt-water-video.htm

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/17265-the-water-cycle-where-fresh-water-comes-from-video.htm

Day 4

Awesome Ocean Science pg 19-22 Arctic/Antarctic ice experiments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5-F30YFEv8&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMQ21p93JZc&NR=1

Day 5

Awesome Ocean Science pg 23-28 waves and experiments Tsunami

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6C3M_2ugio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DlqVuNMydk

Day 6

Awesome Ocean Science pg 29-36 currents

Mini video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu_Ga0JYFNg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fhZU93cO3s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_wLatK7sXg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN_NmCpry38

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR5VPAqVQBw&NR=1

Day 7

Awesome Ocean Science pg 37-41 shores shaped by water with experiments

Day 8

Tidal Zone (Exploring the Oceans) 4-17 Tides

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOUi-m8UyFk Ocean tide at Bay of Fundy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRbvvzK-ll0&feature=related Hopewell rocks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVISNiYfWxU&feature=related moon and tides

Day 9

Tidal Zone (Exploring the Oceans) 18-29 Waves, Tidal Pools, sand

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/6071-coastal-biomes-tide-pools-video.htm

http://www.starling-travel.com/2008/02/05/swamis-beach-ca-tide-pool-video/

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/invertebrates-animals/other-invertebrates/clownfish_amonganemones.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRAfjvws13E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxL2rAEGfUI

Day 10

Tidal Zone (Exploring the Oceans) 30-35 marshes, turtles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnUHD7X1DXY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7txP9MOCqs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhsxVpZb-cQ

Day 11

Tidal Zone (Exploring the Oceans) 36-44 mangroves, sea lions, orcas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed_5Pz2dQZU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWsN63PRCW8

Day 12

Sunlit Zone (Exploring the Oceans.) 4-13 coral reef, great barrier reef

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbNeIn3vVKM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4q3sBuCkRQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prCeHDa7GTQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSCSINHbgg0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnDJvhgPn8o

Day 13

Sunlit Zone (Exploring the Oceans.) 14-21 shipwrecks, whale shark, flying fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g3Ra2uROiI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwyAHjf0-4g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUMUSFLyZpU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmWRCdUw17E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRshhWGKBnw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoPc1kAAzqs

Day 14

Sunlit Zone (Exploring the Oceans.) 22-27 great white sharks, cape fur seals, tuna fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-QEX3peHLY&feature=fvst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWjTOgjdgDM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIbGTwLGZNU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7au8lgWYguQ&NR=1&feature=fvwp

http://www.ocean.com/film.asp?locationid=44&resourceid=2544&ProdId=&CatId=44&TabID=&SubTabID=

Day 15

Sunlit Zone (Exploring the Oceans.) 28-35 sargasso, submersible, gannets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grh6cYcPfBk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0fmRX0smNE&feature=PlayList&p=B155C461A627E3D1&index=7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKqT6EfTIVI&feature=related

Day 16

Sunlit Zone (Exploring the Oceans.) 36-44 humpback whales, red tide, icebreaker ships, seals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqYUgfcBpPU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le-AnEXFufc&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4RQXkI3B8w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JerbLEXsSHQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30KiHAOX9F4

Day 17

Twilight Zone (Exploring the Oceans) pg 4-15 turtle, blue shark, sea butterflies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqMcP124qNI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VugEWOf73I8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxNHLuXlm_s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-fliVeXZQg

Day 18

Twilight Zone (Exploring the Oceans) pg 16-23 diving. Copepods, marine snow, vampire squid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0x6iYEkkNo

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4470365588579944979

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4514060660097791020&hl=en

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=vampire+squid&hl=en&emb=0#

Day 19

Twilight Zone (Exploring the Oceans) pg 24-33 swimming crab, deep water squid, blue shark, anglerfish

http://www.naturefootage.com/video_clips/LF04_072

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiX0QfV408A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2A44otWlxQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZs78EBt4vY

Day 20

Twilight Zone (Exploring the Oceans) 34-44 sperm whales. Krill. Deep currents, elephant seals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_xdl4DZiss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djckNIMEwQo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrxIbjdfOzU

Day 21

Midnight Zone (Exploring the Oceans.) 4-15 gulper eel. Submersible, cookie cutter shark, spookfish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Euu0l1xKo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syISlRJTaw4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoygy-8PTtU&feature=fvsr

Day 22

Midnight Zone (Exploring the Oceans.)16-23 glow in the dark fish. Fangtooth, deep sea swallower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXl8F-eIoiM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjaNzZt2olk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lOwi6upg4I&feature=fvst

http://www.divetime.com/articles/Scuba_Diving_Trivia/12_Strange_Deep_Sea_Creatures_226.html

Day 23

Awesome Ocean Science pg 64-68 with experiments on deep sea life

Day 24

Midnight Zone (Exploring the Oceans.) 24-35 squid, octopus, shipwrecks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z7REEnwKOQ&feature=PlayList&p=7291759D3AB8B167&index=0

http://www.ocean.com/film.asp?locationid=44&resourceid=6382&ProdId=&CatId=44&TabID=&SubTabID=

The Titanic: Lost and Found (Step-Into-Reading, Step 4)

Squid experiment Awesome Ocean Science pg81

Day 25

Midnight Zone (Exploring the Oceans.) 36-44 rat tail fish, challenger deep

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdrdAt3T8UM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U51cY6iod3U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ouvSaY5WQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pl6vNGVglQ

Day 26

Seafloor (Exploring the Oceans) 4-13 treasure, sand, sea urchins, stingrany

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lgNHdx3Q6s

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/10381-global-ocean-realm-the-continental-shelf-and-slope-video.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbR3gAw9jUY&feature=PlayList&p=BF04DBD2834AA730&index=10&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3W4OCnHyCs&feature=fvst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbuu1Fa-c1k

Day 27

Seafloor (Exploring the Oceans) 14-23 rivers, kelp forest, sea liond

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdRVBEaMo34

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6BrKwdBO-s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuXJQGiduDU

Day 28

Seafloor (Exploring the Oceans) 24-31 grey whales, creatures on ocean floor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMFznXz-Uh4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW05vMziy2o&feature=fvw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTeZPRdjTzQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsLBOkYLLeI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTFLmszMfG0&feature=related

Day 29

Seafloor (Exploring the Oceans) 32-44 volcanic activity, iceworms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQsbT9j3P44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT3y5y3qieI&feature=fvw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNLoUc3fRgk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tr1wOl2SF0&feature=related

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03fire/logs/subduction.html

Day 30

Awesome Ocean Science pg 57-63 with experiments ocean floor, volcanic activity, water pressure

Day 31

Awesome Ocean Science pg 94-113 Saving our seas