Moray Eel

Make some notes from this short video.

What are the two most surprising facts you discovered?

Can you explain the function of the eel's jaw?

Is an eel a fish?

Can you explain why you think that?

For your notes think about these questions:

What special adaptations does this creature have?Where dose it live?
How does it feed?
How does it protect itself?
What does it eat?
What special features or adaptations does it have?

The Sad Truth

Wednesday Dictation

Every piece of plastic that finds its way into the ocean is still there.  All the plastic and rubbish in the Pacific Ocean slowly drifts on the ocean currents and collects in the middle of the sea.  Today the middle of the Pacific has collected a massive island of plastic as big as Texas!

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Double Points its - Pacific Ocean - massive - Texas

What do you think of that?

Is this a problem?

How does this make you feel?

What are the consequences of this?


Brainstorm all the items that could end up in the ocean from being dropped as litter, rubbish, or from a ship

In a group look at your list of pollution items found in the ocean.  Next to each idea write and draw your thinking to show where this item came from and what effect it might have in the ocean.



cause (where did this item come from?) 
item in the ocean 
effect (what problem could this cause in the ocean?)

Oxygen from the Ocean

Scientists agree that there’s oxygen from ocean plants in every breath we take. 

Most of this oxygen comes from tiny ocean plants – called phytoplankton – that live near the water’s surface and drift with the currents. Like all plants, they photosynthesize – that is, they use sunlight and carbon dioxide to make food.

Say: phy to plank ton = this is tiny plant life in the ocean

Scientists believe that phytoplankton contribute between 50 to 85 percent of the oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere. 

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