Explore the Blue - Discovery Education

With Explore the Blue, you’ll find additional resources including comprehensive, cross- curricular lesson plans for Science, Social Studies, Math, Language Arts, and Health/Physical Education. All plans are standards aligned and feature videos and multimedia tools on conservation, aquatic habitats, the importance of boating and fishing to societies and economies - designed to seamlessly integrate with your current plans.

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Teacher Resources

How Big is the Fish?
Students graph fish growth.

Design a Boat
Students use geometry to analyze boat design.

Sizing up a Fish
Students approximate the surface area and volume of different fish.

Thrill of the Catch Demo

Have fun educating your students about the great outdoors with Thrill of the Catch, a unique virtual fishing game.

How Can the Water Become Polluted?
Students will learn about why organisms need a clean environment.

The Sun, Air, and Water: Living on Earth
Students will learn about physical materials in their environment.

Boats
Students will learn about the motion of boats in water.

How Do the Oceans Affect Our Weather and Climate?
Students will learn about how physical features and climate affect fishing.

Salmon Fishing
Students learn about different forms of fishing over time.

Food Chains and Food Webs
Students learn about the role plants play in aquatic food webs.

Tides
Students learn about how the moon affects tides and how tides affect fish.

Boats
Students learn about the ways in which water is used for travel.

Oceans Without Fish
Students learn about tools used for fishing.

MyPyramid
Students learn about the role of fish in the food pyramid.

Explore the Blue hosted a webinar series about how to incorporate easy-to-use Web 2.0 tools in your classroom. This series features tips and tricks on how you can utilize media and online resources that will help re-activate your students' minds.

Jump Into the Digital Stream

Jump in to the digital stream this year with tools that can help transform your classroom. We introduce you to Explore the Blue lesson plans and some of our favorite Web 2.0 sites that you can put to use in your class tomorrow!

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Clean Up Your Act

Learn new and creative ways to reduce the paper and increase the communication and collaboration in your class with Explore the Blue resources and Google Tools. We show you a project-based learning opportunity to clean up your students' habitat and your class.

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May I Have Your Attention Please?

Lights! Camera! Action! Learn how to help your students inspire their peers and community through creating public safety announcements utilizing a variety of Web 2.0 tools on keeping their habitats clean. Explore how to create your own rubrics to help students realize if they can truly clean up their act.

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The One That Got Away

Everyone has a story, what's yours? Ben Parker, a fishing expert, tells his story of how he fell "hook, line, and sinker" to follow his dream. His story is made for the movies and so is yours. Watch as we create a movie together and learn how to create a new one with PhotoStory.

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Field Investigations Guide

Using Outdoor Environments to Foster Student Learning of Scientific Processes

The three lessons presented in Field Investigations are designed to give your students structured experiences. They learn about the kinds of questions that guide field investigations, conduct a descriptive field investigation as well as comparative investigations. They are designed to help students gain the skills necessary to conduct field investigations, such as posing an investigation question, collecting, organizing and analyzing data, and writing conclusions.

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