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Call it Marine biology or oceanography. 68 min. video is supplemented with songs, graphics and quiz. Kids learn about fish and other underwater creatures through original song, artwork, animation and comic acting. Students learn that All living organisms need air, water and food to stay alive and grow; they meet these needs in different ways.” This overview of underwater life is full of facts and fun.

Bill’s cartoon artwork, catchy songs and humor are designed to help children retain information because they are having fun learning. You can laugh at things like “the jelly fish and the peanutbutter fish”, and you can learn a list of facts in the song “Fish Fact Collection.” Here’s an example of teaching through an analogy; The whale shark is a filter feeder. Spaghetti is put in a colander. Water is added which drips out, leaving the food. Kids will especially like the original songs with cartoon illustrated music video treatment!

INCLUDED

-VIDEO- FISH FACT FUN [Duration; 68 min] HOW TO USE; Play in entirety, or stop and resume, or pick sections

AUDIO- “AT THE AQUARIUM” (song)- [Format; mp3]

LYRICS – “AT THE AQUARIUM” (song)- [Format; docx]

AUDIO- “BIG BILL BELUGA” (song)- [Format; mp3]

LYRICS – “BIG BILL BELUGA” (song)- [Format; docx]

AUDIO- “WHAT IS IT” (song)- [Format; mp3]

LYRICS – “WHAT IS IT” (song)- [Format; docx]

“WHAT IS IT” (song) Riddle ANSWERS- [Format; docx]

FISH QUIZ ANSWERS [Format; docx]

FISH QUIZ WITH ANSWERS [Format; docx]

BELUGA QUIZ - [Format; docx]

BELUGA QUIZ WITH ANSWERS- [Format; docx]

5 GRAPHICS /POSTERS

FISH FACT FUN poster 11x17 [Format .jpg]

TEACHER NOTES

OUTLINE OF SECTIONS

• I KNOW A SEA CREATURE (song)- 24 varieties listed in rhyme.

• TYPES- Bony, invertebrate, crustacean, etc. described by narrator Maureen Biology in front of aquarium tanks.

• COMPARISONS- Fish and people. Students discuss how they differ.

• WATER- “A Tale of 2 Tanks” is a poem about scuba tanks and fish tanks

• “What the Diver Saw” is about an underwater dive.

• FISH STORE STORY- A kid wants a fish, and learns what to consider. Comic book art mixes with actors and fish tank shots.

• AT THE AQUARIUM (song)- A happy interactive song

• UNUSUSAL EATERS- Food; what sea creatures eat, and how they get it. Unusual eaters featured. A cartoon about an underwater fish restaurant for fish offers a laugh or two.

• FISH FACT COLLECTION (song)- Surprising facts.

• FINTASTIC FISH- Flying fish, spotted climbing perch and blobfish are some of the stars of

this section. Illustrated with photos for facts, and cartoons for comedy.

• CAMOUFLAGE – Sea creatures disguise themselves… and not just on Halloween.

• ADAPTATION- Creatures change the way they look or behave to be better suited to their environment. Real and humorous examples.

• FUNNY FISH- (Song) “Fish with polka dots and stripes that are clashin’. I wouldn’t wear that, but that’s their fashion.” Art, animation and kids dancing in fish costumes.

• HORSESHOE CRABS- They have lots of eyes and legs, but look like rocks.

• WHAT IS IT? (song)- Riddles of the sea.

• JARED’S FAVORITES- One kid likes sharks. What do you like?

• WHALE TALES -The BIG BILL BELUGA song tells a whale of a story. A kid meets a whale.

• AT THE SEASHORE (song) What you can see on the sand, under the water & up in the sky… is listed to rockin’ music and cartoon art.

CSS STANDARDS

1.2a All living things (organisms) need air, water and food to stay alive and grow; they meet these needs in different ways.

Ocean Literacy Principle #5

A. Ocean life ranges in size from the smallest living things, microbes,  to the largest animal that has lived on Earth, blue whales.

B1. The great diversity of ecosystems in the ocean provides opportunities for organisms to develop a great diversity of adaptations, many of which are unique to organisms living in the ocean.

D. Ocean biology provides many unique examples of life cycles, adaptations and important relationships among organisms (symbiosis, predator-prey dynamics, and energy transfer) that do not occur on land.

Standard 17: Interdependence SC.912.L.17

A. The distribution and abundance of organisms is determined by the interactions between organisms, and between organisms and the non-living environment.

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