Create a word find or
crossword to do with
marine creatures
Do a PMI on a book you
have read about the sea
Write a poem about life
underwater
Select three marine
creatures. Show their
similarities and
differences using a Venn
diagram
Show the relative speeds
of a selection of marine
creatures on a graph
Create a mind map showing
what you already know
about underwater life Add
to your mind map
throughout this study
Draw a colourful sea
creature that illustrates
the way it uses camouflage
as protection
Create an accurate 3-D
model of a sea creature
Mime the actions of
various sea creatures and
have classmates guess
what you are
Create marine sound
effects and and record
them. Use these to
support an IT presentation
of a marine poem
Using Garageband work
with a partner to write
your own “Under the Sea”
music
Work with a buddy to
write a story about a
shipwreck which suddenly
appears on a beach you are
visiting
Discuss with a group the
ways we may better
preserve marine life in our
seas
Read Scott O’Dell’s Island
of the Blue Dolphins”
Write your own account of
life on a lonely island
Which marine creature
would you prefer to be?
Why? Select an
interesting way to present
your decision
Collect pictures of sea
shells and group them
according to criteria that
you select
Find out about, and list
the scientific and maori
names for some marine life
that are found in seas near
your home
Create a board game that
singles out trend setters of
the fish world eg feature
the biggest, smallest,
ugliest, most unusual etc.
Create a mini dictionary of
sea life that shows the
great variety of species of
fish, seaweed, shellfish etc
Include pictures.
Use Kidpix to create a
slideshow that shows the
unusual ways some sea
creature parents take care
of their young
Write an explanation that
tells what would happen if
every egg that every fish
lay actually hatched explain why they don’t
Plan a TV programme that
follows a migratory sea
creature on its incredible
journey
Research, then create a
slideshow/Keynote about
food chains of the sea
world.
Explore the topic of how
fish see and hear. Give an
oral presentation of your
research
Write a chapter for a
children’s science book
giving interesting examples
of how fish adapt to their
surroundings
Pretend you have just been
to a new aquarium. Build a
3-D model aquarium
replicating what you have
seen
Draw a diagram that
explains how most fish
breathe through their gills.
Explain your diagram to a
group of students
With a partner write and
illustrate a book called
Strange Sea Life
Create a poster of how
echinoderms are different
to molluscs Show examples
of both groups
Pretend you are a shark
and write an editorial that
protests the bad reputation
of all sharks.
Develop a Keynote which
explains how sharks play a
positive and important role
in marine ecology
Create a Wanted Poster for
the most dangerous species
in sea waters
With a group plan,
storyboard and film an
animation which describes
the blue whale and why it is
almost extinct
List people famous for their
work in the marine world.
Select one to complete a
research project about.
List all the careers linked to
the marine world. Select
one and create a flyer which
explains how you could take
up that career
Pretend you are a teacher
and prepare a set of
activities using Bloom’s
Taxonomy to explore the
topic: Shellfish
Create a movie that shows
the unusual ways that some
fish catch their food remember provide a
narration to go with it
Using a selection of marine
photographs, critique these
and photograph some to
create your own
photographic montage
Make a 3-D model which
illustrates life in a rock pool
or on a reef
Create a mobile that
provides illustrations and
facts about 5 different
shellfish
Make a list of novels which
are about the sea. Create a
poster which promotes
these to the class
Select 5 marine creatures
from the sea and draw
accurate observational
drawings
Using clay make a
precise detailed model
of a seashell
List the title of songs
which are about the sea.
Write your own sea
shanty.