Ocean floor activities

Every child who has ever watched Finding Nemo has heard of ocean currents. Seriously educational stuff there, folks! While Finding Nemo is definitely not the most educational movie of all time, it can really spark curiosity in kids to find out more about ocean currents, like the East Australian Current, and how they are formed. This ocean current experiment is a fun way to see currents form right before your eyes!

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Earth Science Unit Study - Week 23 - Oceans We measured the depth at different points of a model ocean. Did you know that cold water corals dominate much of the ocean floor and they sometimes build colonies taller than skyscrapers? During the last century scientists have gained vast insight into the ocean. Major advances in technology such as sonar and submersible vehicles have led to many discoveries. Unknown creatures have been identified, much of the floor has been mapped and soil boring…

Learn about the layers of the ocean with this fun and easy tower density experiment for kids. We love simple ocean science activities!

10-page Printable Ocean Diorama that is perfect to design an ocean science project diorama for a school science project. This printable is perfect to use for a backdrop in a shoebox to make a diorama. -Includes the ocean backdrop and sand ground floor to make a diorama box. -Cut out Ocean Animals -Cut out Ocean backdrop grass You are purchasing a 10-page printable pdf. This printable is for personal use only. Please note, you are purchasing a digital PDF download, nothing will be shipped…

What does the ocean floor look like? Be inspired by scientist and map builder, Marie Tharp and make your own relief map of the world. Represent the topography or physical features on land and on the ocean floor with easy DIY shaving cream paint. Introduce kids to the fun of mapping, with this hands-on ocean map activity. We love do-able and simple geology for kids!

Set up an easy preschool ocean theme with hands-on fun ocean activities for preschoolers. Learn about the ocean at home or in the classroom.

Today for Wonderful Wednesdays we made a diorama of the Ocean Floor to help with our memory work for science week 18. We also celebrated Groundhog Day! We used pastry boxes from BJ's (I asked them if I could have some for a school project and they were very kind in giving them to me). Then I took cardboard flaps from a box (as you all now know is my favorite craft supply...LOL) and I bent it over to make a continental shelf and taped it underside a little way up on the box edge to allow for…

One thing that I noticed (and all my colleagues noticed) was the fact that the moment you walk through the door at RCA it is LOUD. Loud in a very good way. Music is blaring students are on drums an…

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