This interdisciplinary unit study introduces students to the unique and intelligent octopus through the story Ollie the Octopus. Students explore how animals use adaptations and behaviors to survive in specific habitats and ecosystems, with a special focus on marine environments. The unit begins with an engaging informational narrative set in the Pacific Ocean, where students follow Ollie as he hides, hunts, and escapes predators in coral reef and rocky seafloor habitats. As students read,