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Giant Octopus: On Rocky Shores

Collaborative Mural Project Grade School students (K-6).


Marine worms, 9K
©1996 Thomas Kline

Instructional Objectives:

Materials:

Preparations:

Have mural paper up with intertidal zones already painted in as the backdrop. The High School students can help with this stage. Include specific characteristics, such as tide level, name of zone, etc.

Procedures:

  1. Have students create their own animal or plant to put on the mural. Encourage three dimensional animals. Help students decide which zone the critter belongs in. The mural can be added to by students as they discover more and more about the intertidal and it's inhabitants.
 

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