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Lights Out! Night Diving on the Reef! A www.OurOceanAndYou.com 17 Lights Out! Night Diving on the Reef CONCEPT / TOPICS TO TEACH Ocean education helps me! As sunlight fades in the ocean, daytime animals seek shelter in caves and crevices on the reef, often the very same spaces vacated by their nocturnal counterparts. The animals most active on the reef at night are primarily carnivorous, using their sense of smell to detect food. The ocean is as active by night as it is by day, the key difference is which animals come out of hiding and are active at night versus daytime. Character Education: TRUST Objectives » Students will build literacy TRUST is being able to rely on and have confidence in another. skills as they work with TRUST builds a child’s self esteem. As an educator, parents and new vocabulary in an students TRUST you to behave responsibly and honorably to all activity requiring them to of the children in your care. Sometimes TRUST must be earned, unscramble words and form and other times TRUST comes with a position of leadership a complete sentence. and is given automatically until something is done to disrupt » Students will practice using it. In order to teach TRUST, you must first demonstrate TRUST. new facts and deductive A great way to build TRUST with your students is to always be logic to engage in a trivia consistent and honest, leading by example and serving as a role game about life on the reef. model. » Students will use the scientific method of inquiry to explore how animals Ocean Annie and SCUBA TRUST in self can be a great use bioluminescence to divers TRUST confidence and self-esteem builder. Students need to TRUST that they communicate on the reef When Ocean Annie and her friends go can honestly share with you both in and simulate that form of SCUBA diving they TRUST everyone times of happiness and frustration. If communication through an has learned all the skills necessary an educator breaks a child’s TRUST exercise requiring them to to breathe underwater and that when they are young it may produce find their partners using only their equipment has been properly a lasting effect on how a child views light signals. maintained. To go SCUBA diving, education and learning. If you tell the we also have to TRUST in ourselves » Students will construct truth, follow the rules, keep promises and our equipment. When we train sentences or a story that and talk about problems openly SCUBA divers, we TRUST they are not requires them to recognize with your students, this will foster an going to touch animals or damage the and use anagrams. environment of TRUST. Consistency is environment. There are no underwater the key to a positive and TRUSTING » Students will practice police, we have to TRUST that we classroom environment. interpreting fractions in know what is safe and demonstrate order to break a code proper behavior. This is done through message. education and continued commitment to follow the rules. 18 www.AnnieCrawley.com 1st to 3rd Grade Getting Started Treasure Chest Required Materials • Bioluminescence ❍ DVD “Dive Into Diversity!” • Carnivore by Dive Into Your Imagination • Ecologist • Herbivore ❍ Large Dry Erase Board/Easel and Markers • Mucus • Nocturnal • Omnivore Anticipatory Set Lead-In • Partitioning ✧ Watch and become familiar with chapter one“Night Diving on the Reef” • Piscivore from the DVD “Dive Into Diversity!” • Plankton ✧ Discuss what students know about the animals on the reef at night. • Predator • Prey ✧ Before running the film clip, ask students to imagine they are marine • Resource biologists, meaning they are scientists that specialize in the study of sea • Scientist life and will work with their team to collect information during the run of the video clip. Here are some questions and answers you can use to build a brainstorming session: KWL LGL AG WP Questions for Students Answers for Educators What can scuba divers use to help A flashlight, underwater lights, strobes for photography, video lights. them see at night in the ocean? What do animals do on Hunt and look for food. Rest or sleep. the reef at night? What kinds of animals come Jellies, comb jellies, moray eels, octopuses, squid, out on the reef at night? hermit crabs, groupers, barracuda. They blow a special mucous bubble around their How do parrot fish sleep? bodies so other fish can’t smell them. www.OurOceanAndYou.com 19 Dive Into Diversity Video Review ✧ Take a moment to review the meaning of the word nocturnal, and see if the class ✧ After watching the clip about night diving on can brainstorm examples of nocturnal land the reef, once or even a few times, discuss animals. and write down any additional facts and information students learned from watching ✧ Discuss the meaning of trust and the the video. importance of trust in class and at home. ✧ Lead a discussion about things that students ✧ Ask students to write a reflection in their do at night and how it differs from what they journal about hide and seek on the reef. do during the day. Imagination Value Many of your students may be scared of the dark or afraid at night. They may have a nightlight in their room but are embarrassed to admit it. Assure your students when Ocean Annie and her friends go SCUBA diving at night, they bring lights with them. Animals that come out at night have night vision and have evolved different senses for living in the dark. You can either read this script to or use your imagination and create your own! “Imagine you are a SCUBA diver and want to go and explore the reef at night! It is an incredible place to see at night because so many animals come out to feed. Get with your buddy team and review your hand signals! When we dive at night we have to do our hand signals differently. We have to hold our light above our hand and do the hand signals in front of the light beam so our buddy can see the signals. Also, never point the light directly into your buddy’s eyes as you will blind them with your light. Let’s use our imagination, grab our waterproof nightlights and go on a night dive! Are you ready? OK, 1. 2. 3…imagination! WOW!!!! Don’t be scared of the dark, just turn on your light! Do you have your light on? GREAT! What is the first thing you notice? Yes, the color is amazing at night! Be sure to always shine your light down on the reef! Ok, ready to explore? During the day, lobsters hide in cracks and crevices, but at night we see them walking around the reef looking for food to eat! Can you see the moray eel slithering along the reef? They use their sense of smell to hunt at night and follow their nose looking for a meal! Octopus luteus, the red octopus, only comes out at night. Night diving is so much fun! What do you hope to see on the reef at night? Careful, don’t shine your light in the animals’ eyes! That is a turtle sleeping and you will disturb it if you shine your light in their eyes! Use your imagination, what kind of animals will you find? WOW! Did you see the squid? Look at all the colors. Are you ready to do some exercises and learn more about night diving? Get with your buddy team and let’s get ready to explore night diving on the reef!” 20 www.AnnieCrawley.com 1st to 3rd Grade CLASSROOM ACTIVITY STATION A1 NIGHTTIME REEF SHUFFLE Overview Night diving is fun! Students will work to unscramble words in order to complete sentences about lifestyles in the ocean at night. Participation in this activity will provide students with an opportunity to practice reading comprehension, reading for context, and expand vocabulary. Materials: “Nighttime Reef Shuffle” activity, writing tools Talking Points Lesson Procedure Q: Where do coral reefs grow? 1. Copy and provide each student with “Nighttime Reef Shuffle.” A: Near the equator, all around the world. Earth has one big ocean with many 2. Take a few moments to review important features. One of the special environments vocabulary. Depending on the skill level of the in the ocean is coral reefs. class, work with students to define important words on a board they can use as a reference ✧ Coral reefs are important because they during the activity. provide a home for so many other animals, protect islands and shorelines 3. Instruct students to work individually or in buddy from erosion, and offer places for scientific teams to unscramble the words on the page in study and recreation. Scuba diving order to complete the sentences. on coral reefs at night is an incredible 4. Students can include completed worksheets in experience. their “Dive into Diversity” journal. ✧ Ocean water has unique properties and 5. Have students create a story using all the differs from fresh water. Minerals are words from the “Nighttime Reef Shuffle” carried from land to the ocean through worksheet. rivers. Even though I hunt at night, I have very poor eyesight. I follow my nose to find food! We want you to love our ocean because we protect what we love. www.OurOceanAndYou.com 21 Dive Into Diversity CLASSROOM ACTIVITY STATION A1 (Continued) NIGHTTIME REEF SHUFFLE Extension Ideas Notes » Challenge students to come up with a story incorporating some or all of the treasure chest words. » Allow students to choose one of the sentences to illustrate or use with glow-in- the-dark paint.