Lesson Plan, Resources, and Extension Activities for

SEA SLIME: IT’S EEUWY, GOOEY, AND UNDER THE SEA

By Ellen Prager & Shennen Bersani

	FRA Lesson Plan for “Sea Slime: It’s Eeuwy, Gooey, and Under the Sea” Quick print & use lesson plan includes Florida State Standards, Reading Content Focus, Vocabulary, Essential Questions, Activating Prior Knowledge, Guiding Questions, Guided Practice, Independent Work, Extension Activities, Assessment, and MORE!
	Book Website: http://www.arbordalepublishing.com/bookpage.php?id=SeaSlime Learn more about the book and its author and illustrator. The site also includes amazingly helpful links on the top right for a teaching guide, activities, quizzes, and related online resources and videos.
	Hagfish Slime Video: http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/other-shows/videos/nasty-by-nature-hag-fish-slime/ This 1.5-minute Discovery Channel video shows just how quickly hagfish can make slime! Answers how and why they make the slime!
	What’s a Booger?: http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/booger.html As humans we make our own slime: mucus! Learn more about human mucus, in particular: boogers!
	Make Your Own Slime: http://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/liquid-starch-slime-easy-sensory-play-recipe/ Using just 3 ingredients, you can make your own slime! Try this quick, fun, and potentially messy activity with your students!
	Adaptation Lesson: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/adapt.html This mini-lesson, brought to you by “Classrooms of the Future,” helps students understand what adaptations are and what makes them necessary.
	Wildlife in Disguise Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaYbcN7Wa_M Animals have some amazing adaptations to survive! This 8-minute, entertainingly narrated video shows how animals use camouflage.
	The Sea Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWUMVM9wBtY&list=PLoS1GqK8Mh2tiosdCaNsmqCLB6Xhczo4a&index=7 Practice letter sounds while learning about ocean animals with this fun, 2-minute song on YouTube.
	Clown Fish Facts: http://animalstime.com/clownfish-facts-kids-clownfish-habitat-diet/ There’s more to clown fish than what we learned in “Finding Nemo.” Check out this site to learn interesting facts, view images, and watch a brief video on these little fish.
	Ocean Zone in a Jar: http://www.icanteachmychild.com/make-ocean-zones-jar/ Help your students better understand the ocean zones using this easy, tangible activity. (As a bonus, you can add in a lesson on density!)
	Sea Creatures from the Deep Video: http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-videos/sea-creatures-deep-video-national-geographic-and-census-marine-life Amazing and unique creatures live in the ocean’s depths. Meet a few of them in this 2-minute video.
	Extension Activity: The end of the book poses a question to its readers: “If you lived under the sea, how would you use your slime?” Brainstorm ways we could use slime as humans under the sea or up here on land. Have students write a sentence or a paragraph with an illustration showing how they would use their slime.
	Extension Activity: Research activity: Guide your students in the study of a sea creature or a land animal that has unique adaptations (such as making slime or camouflage). Have students create an informative poster of the animal which includes an illustration and facts.