Lower Primary Themes - An Integrated Approach: The Sea

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Written By Donna Cocking Published By R.I.C. Publications RIC-0443 2.8/498

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Introduction This thematic package, based on 'The Sea', has been designed for lower primary school students.

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The activities have been organised into subject foci. Thematic programming ideas have been included so teachers may integrate the theme across the curriculum.

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Clip Art for Busy Teachers Language Sea Animals and their Homes Sea Words Fun with Sea Words Sh! Shark!

Fishing for Sentences Sunken Treasure Pirate Poetry Careers at Sea What is the Difference?

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Learn about people whose work relates to the sea, for example, fisher, ferry driver, coast guard and the navy.

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Sea Words Add 'fish' to these words.

Add 'sand' to these words.

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How many words can you add to 'sea'?

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Fun with Sea Words Match these: A group of sailors is a

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Sh! Shark!

Read the story and answer the questions.

Shelley carefully shaped her shoe-shaped castle in the shiny yellow sand near the shore. Shy Shelley's shovel floated out to sea, while she waded in the shallows up to her knee to clean off the sand.

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1. Who was making a castle?

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She could not swim after it, for just offshore, a shrewd shark was waiting with a sharp open jaw.

Poor Shelley was too shy to ask for help. Now she has lost her shovel.

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6. What type of sand castle would you like to build on the shore?

7. Draw your sand castle on the back of this page.

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Fishing for Sentences Read the sentences and put them in the correct order.

1. We started to fish but the fish weren't biting.

2. We were very happy so we went home.

3. When we got there we set up our rods and tackle.

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Sunken Treasure

These divers have found some treasure at the bottom of the sea.

Can you work out the treasure each diver found?

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Dan picked up the goblet and tied it to his belt.

Jane found something shiny in the reeds.

Steven looked inside the old wreck.

Louise checked along the sandy bed.

Steven put the silver plates in his sack.

The gold coins were found hidden in the reeds.

Dan explored the cave.

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Draw the treasure where it was found on this map.

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Pirate Poetry Fill in the missing words to this well-known poem.

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Careers at Sea

What would it be like to have a job at sea? Finish these sentences.

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What is the Difference?

Many animals in the world look similar but are in fact very different from their relatives.

Read these facts about turtles and tortoises.

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Turtles: • have paddle-shaped flippers; • live most of their life in tropical waters; • are carnivorous; and • come ashore only to breed and lay eggs.

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Both turtles and tortoises: • are slow moving on land; • are reptiles; • are protected by hard outer shells; and • have lungs.

Tortoises: • have limbs with toed feet; • live mainly on land; • are mostly vegetarian; and • can retreat their head and limbs into their shell for protection.

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Choose either seals and sea-lions or dolphins and porpoises.

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Sea Shells Shells are the hard coverings of the bodies of molluscs and crustaceans. The shells you find along the shore once belonged to these sea creatures that have died or outgrown their tiny homes.

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List sea creatures that live in shells.

Copy each shell, so you have two of each. Cut out the cards and you are ready to play concentration or snap.

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Let's go Fishing Cut out the fish with the correct answer and glue it under the sum.

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Creature Watching A fisher saw all these creatures while fishing.

Two turtles. How many flippers altogether?

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Three octopuses. How many tentacles altogether?

Six crabs. How many sharp claws altogether?

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Fishing Sometimes we use graphs to record information.

This graph uses pictures to show information about fishing. This type of graph is called a pictograph.

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5. What was the difference between the largest and smallest catches?

6. Who caught the least number of fish?

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Sea-snakes!

Estimate the length of these sea-snakes, then use 1-cm cubes to measure them. Write your answers in the table below.

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4. What is the difference in length between snake A and snake D? 5. Draw a snake that is 28cm long on the back of this sheet.

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Under the Sea

Use these words to label the picture. clam, school of fish, turtle, shark, seaweed, diver, seahorse

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A Fish Dish Use recipe books, magazines, mum or dad to help you complete a list of fish dishes.

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Sea Food Chain plankton

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Use the diagram to explain this sea 'food chain'.

1. The sunlight helps sea creatures to reproduce and grow.

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Sea Specimens

This scientist discovered these specimens on a sea voyage.

Each bag has been labelled with descriptive notes, however the names have been mixed up.

Read the descriptions and match the names of the sea creatures to them.

Sea-slug, Seahorse, Sea-pen, Sea-snake, Sea-urchin, Sea-anenome

Description: unusual fish, delicate body, bony plate-like appearance.

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Description: flat oar-like tail, protruding fangs.

Found: swimming in shallow water.

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Description: cup-shaped body with long tentacles which sting prey.

Found: along sea bed.

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Sea Products Write how we use these sea products. fish

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4. Sea salt is different from table salt.

5. Seaweed cannot be eaten.

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Beach Activities

Complete the checklists for the equipment you would need for these beach activities.

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Beach Safety Circle the correct answer.

1. If you see a shark or hear a siren while swimming at the beach, you should

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a. scream very loudly.

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A Sea Diorama

Follow these instructions to make your diorama.

You will need: • an empty shoe box with lid • scissors and glue • crayons or paints • stiff white cardboard

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2. Make plasticine creatures to sit on the bottom of the box. (stingrays, octopuses, clam shells or starfish)

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6. Replace lid. View your underwater scene through the coloured cellophane hole.

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To Make a Sea-snake

Follow these instructions to make your sea-snake.

You will need: • six small cardboard tubes • wool • crayons • masking tape

1. Draw a snake head on one tube and a snake tail on another of the tubes.

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5. Tape the wool to the head tube.

Pull your snake along with wool.

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Sea-Shell Animals Follow these instructions to make your sea-shell animals.

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