Outline for
Maine Coast Program from Ocean Adventure!|
I . Introduction - who I am and why we are hereII. Gulf of Maine A. Major features and uniqueness B. Why the gulf is so productive III. Bold Cliffs - Calais to Cutler - 40 miles (straight line distance) Ledge - 12% of the shore (cliffs make up a small part of this) A. Tides and some interesting consequences IV. Mudflats and Marshes - Cutler to Port Clyde - 105 miles Mudflats - 27% of shore, Marshes - 5% of shore A. The nature of mudflats - sticky and smelly and lots of fun B. The importance of marshes - where baby ocean fish live V. Rocky Intertidal - Port Clyde to Cape Elizabeth - 55 miles Rocky Intertidal (high & low energy) - 24% of shore A. Tidal Zonation - how & why plants & animals live where they do VI. Beaches - Cape Elizabeth to Kittery - 42 miles Beaches - 2.5% of shore, Sand Flats - 5.7% of shore A. Sand supply and seasonal movements - a nice place to visit but please don’t build a house there B. Low productivity due to movement of habitat itself VII. Habitat story/game Follow-up materials provided - Gulf of Maine book and poster, Maine Coast map activity Maine Learning Results Standards covered for Science & Technology: Grades K-2/ B. 1,3,4,5; D. 2; E. 2; F. 3; H. 2; L. 3 Grades 3-4/ A. 3,4; B. 1.3.4; E. 2; G. 1,4; I. 2,3; L. 2 Grades 5-8/ A. 3; B. 2,4,5; F. 4,5; H. 6; L. 4; M. 7 |
Vocabulary List for Maine Coast Program from
Ocean Adventure!|
(Please refer to Gulf of Maine map for place names (map enclosed) gulf - part of an ocean extending into the land (land on 3 sides) continental shelf - the underwater edge of a continent, often forming a large, flat plain bank - a large, undersea elevation of the continental shelf (if it was a little more elevated, it would be a large island) watershed - an area of land that drains into a particular body of water (a lake’s watershed is all the land that drains into that particular lake) tide - the twice daily rise and fall of the ocean surface caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun intertidal - the area between high and low tides habitat - a certain place with the specific environmental conditions needed by a specific plant or animal beach - a sandy or rocky sloping area between high and low tide zonation - how intertidal plants and animals occur in horizontal bands along the shore predation - how some animals (predators) eat other animals (prey) sandflat or mudflat - a large, very flat, very sandy or muddy area between high and low tide salt marsh - a large, flat area between high and low tide completely covered by salt-tolerant grasses
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