Session 32 Sea Creatures

Session 32 (25-30 min) Sea Creatures

Session Goals

Discuss ocean marine life
Practice identifying ocean creatures, ocean locations, and answering questions related to this session
Learn how humans pollute the ocean and the ocean’s different habitats

Pre-Session Instructions for Learner

Prepare to answer a lot of questions on identifying ocean creatures
Also prepare for ocean creatures (for example what are their names in English, how would you describe them?)
Review these slides.

Pre-Session Instructions for Volunteer

Review these slides.
Prepare to give short presentations to the learner
Prepare to share videos to your learner

Timing	Instructions	Notes
0 min	Say hello to your learner, then ask a few questions about how they’re doing (“How are you doing?” “How are you?”) Ask your learner to greet you and ask you how you’re doing	Shows slide 1-2
5 min	On slide 3, ask your learner if they know where all the oceans are using the ocean names provided On slide 4, ask your learner what kinds of features would be on an ocean creature and have them answer	Show slides 3-4 The answers to slide 3 are: (1. Indian Ocean, 2. Pacific Ocean, 3. Atlantic Ocean, 4. Arctic Ocean, 5. Southern Ocean) On slide 4, you can ask questions such as what body features are on ocean creatures that you would not see on other animals? (Legs, fins, wings, scales, fur, gills)
5 min	On slide 5, ask your learner to identify the animals. If they cannot identify it in English, ask them to describe it. Even if they know the answer, still ask them to describe it!	Show slides 5-6 Slide 5 answers (1. Whale, 2. Shark, 3. Fish, 4. Seahorse, 5. Coral)
7 min	On slide 6, try to describe a sea creature to your learner without saying its name, and they have to guess what kind of creature you are talking about. Your learner should also try describing to you and you should try to guess. On slide 7, present the slide to your learner about the different zones. Congratulate your partner for making it to the halfway point	Show slide 6-8 It would be advised to read over slide 7 first before presenting it.
5 min	Show the videos 1 and 2 before asking your learner the questions on the slide.	Show slide 9 The video links are also on the slides.
5 min	Be prepared to show this video on ocean pollution. Then, ask your learner what they thought about it. Ask them to identify the six pictures and categorize them if they are good for the ocean or not.	Show slide 10 The pictures that are good for the ocean are pictures 3,4, and 6. The pictures bad for the ocean are 1,2, and 5.
3 min	Show your learner some ways you can help the ocean, and ask them how they help the ocean? Show slide 13 to see how successful ocean cleanups are Congratulate your learner for finishing the lesson.	Show slide 11-13 It is advised to spend the most of the three minutes on slide 11 before briefly going over 12 and 13.