Third Grade Manatee Workbook series
This curriculum provides a series of individual lessons covering manatee biology and ecology, as well as highlighting some of the ways that humans impact and can protect manatees. The curriculum has been written at a third grade level but can be adapted for older or younger students. Lessons are designed to take approximately one class period each (exceptions are noted in the lesson descriptions).
Lessons are listed in the suggested order; however, each one is a stand-alone lesson that could be taught independently of the others. It is suggested that teachers integrate these lessons into their regular curriculum, mostly in the fall semester, culminating with a field experience in the winter (December through February), if feasible, and a school manatee science night in the spring.
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Publications
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Introduction
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 1: Starting to Learn about Manatees
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 2: Reading Rainbow, "Sam the Sea Cow"
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 3: Manatee Adaptations
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 4: Manatees Are Mammals; They Are Closely Related to Elephants
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 5: Manatees and Their Cousins
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 6: What Do Animals Need to Survive?
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 7: What Do Manatees Need to Survive?
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 8: How Much Do Manatees Need to Eat?
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 9: Manatees Need Warm Water to Survive
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 10: How Students Impact Their Environment
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 11: Biodegradable or Not?
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 12: Pollution and Other Threats to Manatees
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 13: Manatee Migration Activity
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 14: Reviewing What We Know about Manatees
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 15: Collecting Data about Manatees
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 16: Sharing What We Know about Manatees
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 17: Exploring the Manatee's Habitat
- Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 18: Let's Have a Manatee Science Night!