During the cooler seasons this school year we are studying the ocean. My five year old is free to participate, but I put together this study for my second grader. This study is a 31 day study that takes about 40 minutes each day. We will do this once or twice a week until we can resume our flower studies in the spring. I am using 7 different books and online videos for this study. The books are:
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
Day 2:
Awesome Ocean Science
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
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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5-F30YFEv8&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMQ21p93JZc&NR=1
Day 5
Awesome Ocean Science
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6C3M_2ugio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DlqVuNMydk
Day 6
Awesome Ocean Science
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
Day 8
Tidal Zone (Exploring the Oceans)
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)
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)
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)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed_5Pz2dQZU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWsN63PRCW8
Day 12
Sunlit Zone (Exploring the Oceans.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.)
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.)
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
Day 24
Midnight Zone (Exploring the Oceans.)
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
Day 25
Midnight Zone (Exploring the Oceans.)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
Day 31
Awesome Ocean Science
I am starting homeschool for my 2nd and 5th grader after the Christmas break. I plan on continuing their math and language arts from the texts they are bringing from their public school, but I do not have any materials for science or social studies. (My 5th grader told me she got an A in social studies last term because they only had one test and everyone got an A. Yikes!) They really didn’t do much at school, but my 5th grader has a love for nature and has picked up quite a bit from exposure to experiences outside of school. Do you think that this study would be appropriate to do with both of them? I’d love to be able to use the same subject matter and just modify for their age difference so that my older child is still challenged but not too difficult for the 2nd grader. Btw – I am so glad I found your site, I have been searching for the past two months for ideas for science. I felt like you were reading my mind! We also are Christian, but did not want to teach science from a strictly young earth view. Thank you for sharing your wealth of information!
Yes, I think it would work for those ages. The books contain quite a bit of information and wouldn’t be too young for that age. I aimed this study toward my then 2nd grader who was a science nut who wanted lots of details.