To begin the unit you will want to have accumulated various ocean items to spark an interest in the students. I plan to lay out items on tables for students to look through at their own pace, perhaps have an ocean video running in the corner, a website full of fish (SeaSky is good for this), books, shells, etc.

I will grade group work using rubrics below, group action plan and information obtained from group meetings. Individual grades will be comprised of the research grade, individual participation assessments and information obtained from group meetings. I will then average the two grades together for a final science grade for the quarter.