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Curriculum

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Download your free curriculum now!

students studying sea life Lesson plans are available for first through fifth grade, created in accordance with Next Generation Science Standards. Use this curriculum as a pre-field trip activity or a stand-alone addition to your current classroom plans.

Please click on the links below to see all the available information.
Right click on the pdf to download your free CMA curriculum.

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WINTER THE DOLPHIN

LANGUAGE ARTS
Grades 1-3 – Winter’s Travel Journal.pdf
Grades 1-5 – Letters to Winter.pdf
Grades 4-5 – Prosthetic Preparations.pdf

MATHEMATICS
Grades 1-2 – Tail Measurements.pdf
Grades 3-5 – Tracking Winter’s Progress.pdf

SCIENCE
Grades 1-2 – Winter’s Water Works.pdf
Grades 3-5 – Making Winter’s Tail.pdf

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Winter Activity Book.pdf
Winter Coloring Pages.pdf
Winter’s Tail.pdf

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DOLPHIN BEHAVIOR

LANGUAGE ARTS
Grades 1-2 – Dolphin Designers.pdf
Grades 2-3 – Decoding Dolphins.pdf
Grades 4-5 – My Day as a Dolphin Trainer.pdf

MATHEMATICS
Grade 1 – Dolphin Dentists.pdf
Grades 2 – Measuring Dolphins.pdf
Grades 3- Dolphin Division.pdf
Grades 4-5- Dolphin Decimals.pdf

SCIENCE
Grades 1-2 – Dolphins & You.pdf
Grade 3 – Understanding Mammals.pdf
Grades 4-5 – Bringing Up Baby.pdf

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Dolphin Behavior Cutouts (with labels).pdf
Dolphin Behavior Cutouts (without labels).pdf
Student Bringing Up Baby Book.pdf
Teacher Bringing Up Baby Book.pdf

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In addition to curriculum, CMA also offers distance learning, off-site school visits and on-site education programs.

Please call 727-441-1790 Ext. 262 or email educoordinator@cmaquarium.org for more information.

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Teacher Resources

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Thank you to our sponsors

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We believe in preserving our environment while inspiring the human spirit through leadership in the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of marine life; environmental education; research; and conservation.
We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

Clearwater Marine Aquarium
249 Windward Passage
Clearwater, FL 33767
727-441-1790

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