“Ocean Depths”
It’s time to dive and explore the wonderful and mysterious ocean animals hiding below!
The base of this coral reef was made using packaging foam and bits of aquarium plants and moss. Can you find all of the creatures hidden in the reef?
Visit the AASI website to watch a video clip and learn more!
Want to learn more?
Check out these books!
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Field Trip to the Ocean Deep
by John Hare
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Students dressed in deep sea helmets travel to the ocean deep in a yellow school-bus submarine. When they get there, they frolic with fish, chase luminescent squid, and discover an old shipwreck.
But when it's time to return to the submarine bus, one student lingers to take a photo of a treasure chest and falls into a deep ravine. Luckily, the child makes an unexpected friend-- a maybe-not-so-extinct sea creature called a Pleiosaur- that's happy to entertain the young explorer until the teacher returns.
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Over in the Ocean
by Marianne Berkes
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Learning to count is fun while finding adorable baby animals in their natural habitats! Discover pufferfish that puff, gruntfish that grunt, and seahorses that flutter and begin to find a place in your heart for many of the other animals in the coral reef. Explore the world around you, and inspire a bond with nature through curiosity and wonder!
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The Rainbow Fish
by Marcus Pfister
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The rainbow fish with its iridescent scales is the most beautiful fish in the whole ocean. But since he is also vain and proud, he becomes more and more lonely over time. Then he realizes that you can’t win friends through beauty. He overcomes his pride and begins to distribute his glitter scales to the other fish.
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Commotion in the Ocean
by Giles Andreae
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This delightful collection of poems includes fun rhymes about the creatures who live in and around the ocean. Children will delight in the snappy poems and colorful illustrations about whales, walruses, penguins, polar bears, stingrays, and sharks.
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The Magic School Bus On the Ocean Floor
by Joanna Cole
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When Ms. Frizzle drives the Magic School Bus full speed ahead into the ocean, the class takes a submarine expedition that's anything but ordinary. With a well-meaning lifeguard in tow, the class takes a deep breath and learns about hot water vents, coral reefs, plant and animal life on the ocean floor, and more!