A guide for using our resources

Children will identify characteristics of jellyfish.

Vocabulary: invertebrates, tentacles, bioluminescent

Science Focus: ocean animals

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• In this book, delightful rhymes tell what makes a jellyfish special.

• Children count out syllables in ocean words with this fun skill sheet.

• Use pages 2-3 of the issue to do this scavenger hunt as a group.

1. Find the heading. Underline it.
2. Find the picture that shows a diver. Put a ✔on it.
3. In the pink box, find the label on the fish photo. Circle it.
4. Look at the last box. Which two animals are NOT bioluminescent?

Skill: art

Materials: paper bowls, precut pieces of colored tissue, yarn, glue, tape, curly ribbon, googly eyes (optional)

• Set out the bowls, colored tissue, and glue. Have kids turn their bowl upside down, cover it with glue, and then decorate it with pieces of tissue.
• With scissors, punch a hole in the bottom of each bowl. Thread the yarn through, make a knot on the inside of the bowl, and tape it in place. This way, kids can hang their jellyfish!
• Give kids curly ribbon. Have them tape the ribbons to the inside of the bowl so they will hang down. These are the tentacles.
• If you like, kids can also glue googly eyes to their jellyfish as a finishing touch!