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Learning Goal: The world has many different environments, including oceans that support a large variety of life.
- Reading= Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister, Rub a Dub Sub by Linda Ashman, Ten Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle and I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry. Letter of the day= O is for ocean & octopus.
- Art= Decorate rainbow fish with tissue paper, sequins and silvery foil scales, make sea urchins with Styrofoam balls and colored toothpicks, make shark puppets out of envelopes or make an octopus mobile from a paper plate and 8 purple crepe paper streamers. Cut off rim of paper plate except for four inches; this will be the neck.
- Music= Listen to Bach’s Bradenburg Concerto as you make the ocean crafts.
- Science= Gather a variety of objects and try to predict whether they will sink or float. Test your hypotheses. Liquids will sink or float in water too. Try this experiment with liquid layers. Gather a variety of liquids with different densities: honey, corn syrup, glycerin, maple syrup, liquid detergent, water, vegetable oil and rubbing alcohol. Which liquids sink in water and which liquids float? How many liquid layers can you make? Add liquids in the sequence listed above to build a density tower with eight layers! Tips: Add food coloring to the water and glycerin for a more colorful density tower. Use medicine droppers to add the liquids; fix medicine droppers (or clear straws) into play dough to make faux test tubes.
- Play= Fish with a magnet and homemade fishing pole, go swimming at an indoor pool, or visit an aquarium or beach at low tide to observe sea life first hand.
Fun fact: Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface area is covered by ocean. The average depth of the ocean is 12,430 ft.
Learning Goal: The world has many different environments, including oceans that support a large variety of life. 
