Gramma's Walk
Donnie and his grandmother, who is in a wheelchair, take an imagined walk to the seashore and smell the salty breeze, walk barefoot on the warm sand, observe animals, and build a sand castle.
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Online Units and Resources for Gramma's Walk
Setting the Stage for Service Learning Relationships
Students will be engaged in reflections of stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination related to elderly individuals. From a cognitive and affective perspective, students will be involved with activities to assist them in developing sensitivity to working in direct service projects with individuals who are elderly. Subsequently, students will also generate guidelines for positively and sensitively working with these individuals. Conduct/proper etiquette, as well as appropriate conversation, will be addressed. (Grades 6-8) (M)
Gramma's Walk
(Y)
An Exploration of our Families through Literature
(Grades 2-3) (Y)
Go-alongs about Lighthouse
Legendary Lighthouses - from PBS, learn how lighthouses work (Y, M)
Lighthouse Explorer Database - The database includes information about 1558 lighthouses from all over the world including photographs, history, directions, and contact information. By clicking on the name of the lighthouse, you are presented with more information, including the height, (Y, M, O, T)
Lighthouse page - Assorted links to websites about lighthouses including lesson plans and many facts (Y, M, O)
Lighthouses, A Photographic Journey - Lighthouses are listed alphabetically, or by body of water, or in order of a travel journey taken by the photographers. (Y, M, O)
Go-alongs about Oceans
A Jason-1 Oceanic Adventure - Voyage on the High Seas - Designed for children ages 9-13, this game offers a fun, learning opportunity for the entire family. In addition to being a game, it is an eye-catching poster showing continents, oceans and all of the major ocean currents. On the reverse, there are black and white educational activities designed to be reproduced directly from the poster for use in the classroom. (T,A)
Alaska Sea Life Center - Offers an unrivaled, up-close and personal experience with Gulf of Alaska marine wildlife. Witness a 2000+ pound Steller sea lion gliding past underwater viewing windows, puffins diving in a carefully crafted naturalistic habitat, and harbor seals resting on rocky beaches. Alaskan king crab, sea stars, and the Giant Pacific octopus also await you, as well as a whole variety of intertidal creatures and deep sea fishes. (Y, M, O, T)
Bridge - Sea Grant Ocean Sciences Education Center. The best marine education materials available on the Web. (Y, M, O, T)
Continents and Oceans Online Quiz - Test your geography knowledge of continents and oceans (Y, M, O, T)
Darling Marine Center - The marine laboratory of the University of Maine and the site of world renowned marine research. (Y, M, O, T)
I Survived the Titanic - Ruth Becker was 12 years old when she set sail ont he R.M.S. Titanic. This is her true story. (Y,M)
Just for Kids - From the US Department of the Interior, this kids' website includes pages from the USGS, NPS, US Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Land Management, Minerals Management Service, and Office of Surface Mining. These sites have a variety of neat resources for kids that will help them to learn about the land and seas. if you live near Washington, DC. (Y, M, O, T)
Marine Photobank - Marine Photobank is a free resource of ocean imagery that highlights pressing ocean issues and includes accompanying downloadable Photo Stories. Some subjects covered are Marine Pollution and Trash, Fishing Methods, and Reefs in Peril/Coral Bleaching. (Y, M, O, T)
National Marine Mammal Laboratory - (NMML) conducts research on marine mammals important to the mission of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with particular attention to issues related to marine mammals off the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California. (Y, M, O, T)
Nim's Island - Nim's Island by Wendy Orr is a favorite book that is bound to become a favorite movie as well. In anticipation of the April 4 premiere, Walden Media has launched an extensive website with many resources for educators. They have partnered with NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and NWF (National Wildlife Federation) that will enhance the experience of the film. Be sure to download the educator's guide! for a variety of lessons and activities. (Y, M, O, T)
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary - Hi, kids! Do you know what an Estuary is? It's where the river meets the sea! Take it from me, it's an exciting and beautiful place to live. That's why we should all work together to protect places like the Delaware Estuary.
To learn more, check out this website. These activities are lots of fun and they are sure to quench your thirst for knowledge! (Each of the activities on this Web page is a PDF file.) (Y, M)
Pirates - A high seas adventure from National Geographic Kids. (Y,M)
Queen Anne's Revenge - Blackbeard's ship "Queen Anne's Revenge" Shipwreck Project. (Y,M)
Savage Seas - Use a wave simulator and explore tsunamis, freak wanes, and trade winds (Y,M)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography - One of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for marine science research, graduate training, and public service in the world. Research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography encompasses physical, chemical, biological, geological, and geophysical studies of the oceans. (Y, M, O, T)
Sea Life Poetry - Using Internet resources listed with the lesson plan, students explore oceans and sea life and learn to transform thoughts into different forms of poetry. Good way to integrate language arts into an ocean unit study. (Y,M)
Steller sea lions research - Laboratory for Applied Biotelemetry & Biotechnology at the Department of Marine Biology at Texas A&M University Galveston (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
The Grave of the Titanic - Trace the Titanic's route, plot wreckage coordinates on a map, use percentages to calculate lifeboat capacity and more. (Y,M)
Treasures @ Sea - Exploring the ocean through literature (Y)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - WHOI is the world's largest private, nonprofit ocean research, engineering and education organization. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)