Oceans Gallore!

Starting in June we're focusing on the Ocean and all it's animals - my youngest will be doing a lapbook on ocean animals, my oldest is putting together a Notebook. Basically we're reading the Magic Tree House octopi book and working from there.

Homeschool Share has free lapbooks for Sharks, Whales, Dolphins, and Reefs
Here's some other fantastic resources we're using for our notebook.
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/SchoolinRhome/Lapbooks/
http://www.seaworld.org/just-for-teachers/guides/
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/SchoolinRhome/540623/
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Jimmie/315062/

Here's a few more on ocean habitats"
http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/galleries/oceans.html
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/coral_reefsoceans/
http://lapbooksbycarisa.homestead.com/OceanAnimalsTotBook.html
Atlantic Ocean http://www.homeschoolshare.com/atlantic.php
Sea Stars - http://www.homeschoolshare.com/seastars.php
Sea Turtles - http://www.homeschoolshare.com/sea_turtles.php
Sea Birds - http://www.homeschoolshare.com/seabirds_zoobook_lapbook.php
Hello Ocean - (younger students) http://www.homeschoolshare.com/hello_ocean_lapbook.php
Manatees - http://www.homeschoolshare.com/manatee_lapbook.php
Jelly Fish - http://www.homeschoolshare.com/jellyfish.php
Fish & Fishing - http://www.homeschoolshare.com/fish_and_fishing_lapbook.php
$20 Ocean Habitat's Ebook - http://www.handsofachild.com/shop/Ocean-Habitats-Ebook-P959.aspx
'Island of the Blue Dolphin" Book lap book http://tagfoot.com/jimmie/bookmarks.42215A19-46E3-47F9-B12A-849E5B1CD53C
Ocean Crafts http://www.freekidcrafts.com/ocean.html
Ocean in a Bottle - http://www.activitiesforkids.com/recipe/ocean.htm
Why is the ocean salty? http://www.palomar.edu/oceanography/salty_ocean.htm
Submarine Safari - http://www.submarinesafaris.com/kids-uk/learn.htm
Lesson Plan - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/08/gk2/
LOTS OF LINKS - http://www.cybrary.org/ocean.htm
Sea Creatures - http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/units/sea_creatures.htm
Unit Study - http://www.bhea.net/enrichment_class_list.htm
Unit Study - http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/02/09/ocean-unit-study/
PDF's/Printables:
Sea Life Food Chain - http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/science/pdfs/Seashore_Food_Chain.pdf
Coloring Pages - http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/cp_ocean.htm
Ocean Animals - http://www.kizclub.com/Clipart/ocean1.pdf
Ocean Bingo - http://www.preschoolprintables.com/bingo/ocean/oceanbingo.shtml
http://www.kidsparkz.citymax.com/ocean.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Oceanlife.shtml
More Free Printables:
http://www.kidssoup.com/Ocean/Ocean_Activities.html
http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/theme/animals/ocean.html
http://www.thejubileeacademy.org/articles/animals_homeschooling_printables.html
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/worksheets/animals/ocean/
http://printables.familyeducation.com/puzzles-and-games/coloring-pages/51375.html
Pictures - http://www.montessorimaterials.org/Language/ocean.pdf
Marine Ecosystems - http://homeschooling.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=homeschooling&cdn=education&tm=21&gps=57_1279_1603_816&f=21&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&st=31&zu=http%3A//mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/index.htm
Virtual Exhibit - http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/
Resources - http://www.surfnetkids.com/ocean.htm
Ocean Sensory Center - http://atozteacherstuff.com/pages/246.shtml
Finally:
Crustatians & Arthropods:
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/oceanlobsters.htm
http://www.oceaninn.com/guides/crustacea.htm
http://www.amonline.net.au/invertebrates/cru/
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Crustaceans.htm
All about lobsters - http://www.coastallobster.com/About_lobsters.htm
http://www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2e.html
http://www.mesa.edu.au/friends/seashores/crustaceans.html
Ocean Geology:
http://heartofwisdom.com/homeschoollinks/ocean-geology/

The Artic & Magic Tree House

My son has been collecting Magic Tree House books for a while now, so now that he's capable of reading them on his own, he has to do a lapbook on each on as a means of doing a book report.
I'll post what I've made this week for next weeks Polar Bears Past Bedtime so you can see it. (remember the user name is kickbutttidbits with the password kickbuttmama) - This is the Lapbook for the Book report....the following is the lapbook for the Artic and Polar Bears and such...so there are 2 whole separate lapbooks in this post..lol...but I only designed the one above.

Here are some of the worksheets and such we're using in his Polar Bears After Dark book:
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/magicth/guides/natural.html
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/pb_p_math.PDF
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pdf.htm?polarbear_scramble.pdf
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/polar_animals_lapbook.php
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/magicth/activities.html
http://www.printactivities.com/Mazes/Math-Mazes/PolarBear-CountingBy3s.shtml
All about polar bears by SeaWorld: http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/polar-bear/pdf/ib-polar-bear.pdf
Polar Bear Facts: http://albright-news.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/CA_PolarBearLB_Facts.pdf
Polar Bear Families : http://albright-news.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/CA_PolarBearLB_Family.pdf

Xander's Polar Habitat Lapbook:
Polar Bear coloring page (cover sheet): http://www.dltk-kids.com/t_template.asp?t=http://www.dltk- /teach.com/books/brownbear/clips/bpolarbear.gif
Polar Animals cover sheet: http://www.homeschoolshare.com/docs54367/polar%20animals/cover.pdf
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mcircle_polar_bear.htm
Polar Bear Cupcakes: http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=50050
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/polar_animals_lapbook.php
Alphabet tracing http://www.kinderprintables.com/february/bearhearttracingdnbw.pdf
Number tracing http://www.kinderprintables.com/february/bearhearttracingnumbersdnbw.pdf
Days of the Week (w/ bears) http://www.kinderprintables.com/february/bearheartdaysbw.pdf
Months (w/ bears) http://www.kinderprintables.com/february/bearheartcamonthsbw.pdf
Both of them got to play :
Bears of the Sea downloadable (FREE) board Game.
And we read about Polar Conservation.
We also learned more about creating a Polar Habitat here.
A great printable Artic booklet is here.
BLUBBER EXPERIMENT!!