Pokémon Under the Sea: An Introduction to Sea Life using Pokémon!

Learn about the variety of life living in the ocean, through the context of popular Pokemon.

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• This course has 4 parts to it. The first three parts consist of a downloadable video presentation (between 39 and 42 minutes long) hosted on Google Drive, along with some resources and extension activities. The third part is a DIY Pokemon project idea to expand the students’ understanding.

• In a regular school setting, these materials are ideal for reverse instruction or a flipped classroom unit. For instance, you can assign the video recording to watch at home for homework, and then use the extension activities for class projects. The recordings also work well for sub days and much-needed sanity days!

• If you are using these materials in a home school setting, you could choose to do one part per day or one part per week, doing the projects as time allows. Feel free to have your child email me at lauren.rae.ard@gmail.com, if they have any questions or want to share what they’ve done with the materials.

• This unit also includes a link to my notes and Prezi presentation I use throughout the course, in case you want to give some of the presentation, or expand on the material yourself. Please keep in mind that the video may not match up exactly with the notes and lecture materials, because I do alter and add to my notes as time goes on.

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This course includes a wide variety of sea creatures, and a few freshwater fish, too! Student will explore their characteristics and compare them to their Pokemon counterparts. They'll also learn a bit about how the complexities of classifying such a wide variety of underwater organisms.

Please note, marine mammals (such as whales) and marine reptiles (such as sea turtles) are not included in this course, but are instead discussed in the Pokemon mammal and reptile classes. (These are also available on Teachers Pay Teachers.)

Part 1: (42 minutes)

Introduction to marine life

Taxonomy and classification of underwater organisms

Phylum Chordata (fish)

Part 2: (42 minutes)

Chordata continued (sea horses, rays, sharks, eels)

Phylum Mollusca (octopi, slugs, snails)

Part 3: (39 minutes)

Phylum Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish)

Phylum Annelida (tube worms)

Echinodermata (star fish, sea urchin)

Phylum Arthropoda (crabs, lobsters)

Part 4: DIY Pokemon Project

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By the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Explain how scientists classify marine organisms.
• List the phyla that comprise underwater life.
• Describe the defining characteristics of these phyla.
• Compare/contrast the characteristics of a myriad of aquatic Pokemon with their real-life counterparts.