The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling at the Beach

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We moved from Texas to Florida two years ago, and what an adventure it has been! Living just minutes from the beach means there is always something new to explore. We’ve seen dolphins, jellyfish, stingrays, starfish, sea turtle egg mounds, manta rays, sea urchins, puffer fish, manatees, crabs, and (sadly) one very old, very dead sea turtle. Thankfully, no sharks!

This Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling at the Beach is packed with lessons, experiments, worksheets, and activities.

Ocean Science

• How Waves Affect Beaches
• The Secret of the Tides
• Ocean Zones in a Jar
• Salt Water and Waves
• Ocean Currents Experiment
• Ocean Exploration with Jacques Cousteau 
• Jonathan Bird’s Blue World
• Project Oceanography
• NOAA Education Resources
• 3D Ocean Bingo
• Marine Science Booklets
• Ocean Science Projects

Sea Life

• Sea Searchers Handbook
• Giant Sea Creatures Unit
• Sea Life Unit Study
• Sea Life Notebook Pages
• Sea Life Coloring Pages
• Ocean Explorer Guides
• Ocean Animals Unit Study
• Hello Ocean Lapbook
• Amanda Bennett Oceans Lapbook
• Ocean Animal Movements
• Ichthyology
• Seaworld Resources
• Aquatic WILD Resources

Beach

• 20 Beach Activities for the Whole Family
• 15 Beach Crafts in Jars
• Beach Web Cams
• Sand Foam
• Beaches and Sand Science Lab
• The Science of Sand
• Compression of Wet Sand
• Beach Flags & Rip Currents

Birds

• Coastline Bird Bingo
• Annotated List of Seabirds
• North American Seabirds
• Florida Shorebirds Database

Crustaceans

• A House for Hermit Crab Unit
• Blue Crabs
• Marine Arthropods
• Crustacean Facts Files & Quiz
• IDNature Guides
• Crustacean Games & Videos
• Coloring Pages

Dolphins

• Dolphin Unit
• Dolphin Lapbook
• Dolphin Anatomy

Fish

• Florida Saltwater Fish
• Sustainable Fishing

Hurricanes

• Hurricane Site for Kids

Jellyfish

• J is for Jellyfish Unit
• Jellyfish Wildlife Adventures
• Jellyfish Clipart
• Jellyfish Lap Book 
• Jellyfish Tunnel Book

Manatees

• Manatee Education
• Manatee Lap Book
• Manatee InfoBook
• Manatee Coloring  Book  Educator’s Guide

Mollusks

• Clam Anatomy Coloring Page
• Mollusks Word Puzzle
• Florida Molluscs

Rays

• Mantas at a Glance
• Stingray Diagram
• Stingray: Label the Parts
• Florida Rays

Sand Dollars

• Sand Dollar Unit Study
• What Are Sand Dollars?

Sea Turtles

• Studying Sea Turtles
• Sea Turtle Tracking
• Sea Turtle Art
• Sea Turtle Education
• Sea Turtle Fact Sheets
• Sea Turtle Lapbook
• Sea Turtles Mini Unit
• Sea Turtle Clip Art
• Turtle Bay Unit Study
• Sea Turtle Lessons & Activities

Sharks

• Shark Week Activities
• Sharks Funschool
• Geography Quest: Shark Edition
• Shark Lapbook
• Shark Unit

Shells

• Seashell Sorting Mats
• Shell Clipart
• Seashell Identification
• Shell Crafts

Starfish

• Sea Star Lapbook
• Starfish Vocabulary

Tide Pools

• Tidal Pool Unit Study
• Tide Pool Scavenger Hunt
• Pagoo Notebooking Pages
• Intertidal Lesson Plans

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