Spanish - Oceans
Activities & Worksheets
Ambiente marino - Blank ocean with animal life that can be cut out and a vocabulary list in Spanish
Cada quien en su lugar - Students put the animals in the correct layer of the ocean
Completa tu arrecife - Students cut out the elements to construct their own reef complete with fish and other marine animals
Cuadernillo por un mar libre de plasticos - Lots of good critical thinking and math-related activities regarding plastic pollution in the ocean in Spanish
Ecosistema marino - A wordsearch, riddles, and a circle what doesn't belong activity in Spanish
YOGA para niños - Las posturas de los animales del mar - Tutorial para practicar yoga - A 6:03 min. video in Spanish with guided descriptions for each pose given by animated animals while real children do each pose
Games
Juegos de loteria de pesca - Cards for go fishing games
LABERINTOS: ESTACIÓN AVES MARINAS: N i v e l P i q u e r o ( f á c i l )
LABERINTOS: ESTACIÓN AVES MARINAS: N i v e l P e l í c a n o ( m e d i o )
LABERINTOS: ESTACIÓN AVES MARINAS: N i v e l G a v i o t a c a p u c h a g r i s ( d i f í c i l ) - A maze
LABERINTOS: ESTACIÓN AVES MARINAS - N i v e l G a v i o t a d e F r a n k l i n ( m u y d i f í c i l )
LABERINTOS: ESTACIÓN AVES MARINAS: N i v e l P e l í c a n o ( m e d i o )
LABERINTOS: ESTACIÓN AVES MARINAS: N i v e l G a v i o t a c a p u c h a g r i s ( d i f í c i l ) - A maze
LABERINTOS: ESTACIÓN AVES MARINAS - N i v e l G a v i o t a d e F r a n k l i n ( m u y d i f í c i l )
Loteria sin plasticos cartas - Cards for a bingo game re: reducing the use of plastics
Memoria: Aves marineras - Memory cards for a memory game about marine birds labeled with both their common and scientific names in Spanish
SOPA DE LETRAS: PALABRAS CLAVES DE LAS AVES MARINAS - A word search in Spanish for common marine birds
Sopa de letras: EL NOMBRE DE LAS AVES PLAYERAS Y LAS AVES MARINAS
Sopa de letras: EL NOMBRE DE LAS AVES PLAYERAS Y LAS AVES MARINAS
Infographics
Animal Characteristics
Bombardeo la tecnica que usan los delfines para atrapar presas resbaladizas (original link)
Caballito de mar - Simple two-page magazine spread with simple facts about seahorses
Ciclo de vida de las estrellas de mar - Scroll down to see the infographic
Conoce al tiburon mas capturado en el Peru
Conociendo el mar de Peru (direct image link)
Criaturas marinas - Labeled image of various illustrations of sea creatures, labeled in Japanese & Spanish (posted on Facebook by the Japanese embassy in Mexico)
Delfines inventan tecnicas para cazar pulpos sin morir
Diez animales mas longevos de la tierra (direct link to full-sized image)
*Equinodermos - A simple infographic with key info.
Estrella de mar, un increible invertebrado marino - A colorful infographic about starfish
Estrellas, erizos, y pepinos de mar - An illustrated list of facts about these creatures in Spanish
Jaiba: El manjar del Lago de Maracaibo (direct image link)
Medusas, las mariposas del oceano - Simple sentences with interesting facts about jellyfish in Spanish
Por que no debemos sacar las estrellas de mar?
Biodiversity
Biodiversidad infografias - Infographics in Spanish about different species of marine life from Biodiversidad marina Yucatan (free download)
Porque es importante conocer y preservar nuestra biodiversidad - Infographic that highlights three different marine animals from Peru
Conservation
*Ahorra agua en casa (original link)
*Cuidar el mar esta en tus manos
Cuidemos los oceanos
La erosion costera (en Costa Rica) (Direct image link) - Infographic shows the signs of erosion, the reasons for it, and its consequences in a clear, easy-to-understand infographic in Spanish
Para cuidar al mar dia de los oceanos
Que podemos hacer?
Endangered Species
Los habitantes mas vulnerables de una ecosistema que agoniza - (original link)
Food Chains
Cadena Alimenticia Acuática, para niños - Includes two infographics and several videos about plankton
Microplastics
Infografia Bolsas plásticas - Wordwall
El macrodano de los microplasticos
*Microplasticos en Costa Rica (direct image link)
Microplasticos en peces (direct image link)
Planeta plastico
Plasticos en el mar (direct image link)
Ocean Characteristics
*El oceano vida y medio de subsistencia
La clasificacion de las zonas oceanicas
Por que es importante investigar los oceanos?
Por que son importantes los oceanos?
Que tan profundo es el oceano?
Overfishing
Alternativas para alcanzar la sostenibilidad del mar Peruano (original link) - Infographic presents three different alternative courses of action for addressing overfishing in Peru
Ley de Pesca de Panamá: Infografías explicativo sobre la necesidad de actualizar la normativa pesquera en Panamá
Pesca Colombiana en cifras - (direct image link)
Pollution
Datos sobre la contaminacion marina de nivel mundial
Las especias mas peligrosas del oceano - An infographic with captions in Spanish that shows the most common types of trash found in the ocean
Isla de basura del oceano pacifico
La mala salud de los oceanos - An infographic that presents various statistics about ocean pollution
La percepcion de la salud del oceano - Various infographics on the subject in Spanish (scroll to the bottom to see them)
Que amenaza al oceano?
*Tiempo de la biogradacion de la basura en el mar
Bombardeo la tecnica que usan los delfines para atrapar presas resbaladizas (original link)
Caballito de mar - Simple two-page magazine spread with simple facts about seahorses
Ciclo de vida de las estrellas de mar - Scroll down to see the infographic
Conoce al tiburon mas capturado en el Peru
Conociendo el mar de Peru (direct image link)
Criaturas marinas - Labeled image of various illustrations of sea creatures, labeled in Japanese & Spanish (posted on Facebook by the Japanese embassy in Mexico)
Delfines inventan tecnicas para cazar pulpos sin morir
Diez animales mas longevos de la tierra (direct link to full-sized image)
*Equinodermos - A simple infographic with key info.
Estrella de mar, un increible invertebrado marino - A colorful infographic about starfish
Estrellas, erizos, y pepinos de mar - An illustrated list of facts about these creatures in Spanish
Jaiba: El manjar del Lago de Maracaibo (direct image link)
Medusas, las mariposas del oceano - Simple sentences with interesting facts about jellyfish in Spanish
Por que no debemos sacar las estrellas de mar?
Biodiversity
Biodiversidad infografias - Infographics in Spanish about different species of marine life from Biodiversidad marina Yucatan (free download)
Porque es importante conocer y preservar nuestra biodiversidad - Infographic that highlights three different marine animals from Peru
Conservation
*Ahorra agua en casa (original link)
*Cuidar el mar esta en tus manos
Cuidemos los oceanos
La erosion costera (en Costa Rica) (Direct image link) - Infographic shows the signs of erosion, the reasons for it, and its consequences in a clear, easy-to-understand infographic in Spanish
Para cuidar al mar dia de los oceanos
Que podemos hacer?
Endangered Species
Los habitantes mas vulnerables de una ecosistema que agoniza - (original link)
Food Chains
Cadena Alimenticia Acuática, para niños - Includes two infographics and several videos about plankton
Microplastics
Infografia Bolsas plásticas - Wordwall
El macrodano de los microplasticos
*Microplasticos en Costa Rica (direct image link)
Microplasticos en peces (direct image link)
Planeta plastico
Plasticos en el mar (direct image link)
Ocean Characteristics
*El oceano vida y medio de subsistencia
La clasificacion de las zonas oceanicas
Por que es importante investigar los oceanos?
Por que son importantes los oceanos?
Que tan profundo es el oceano?
Overfishing
Alternativas para alcanzar la sostenibilidad del mar Peruano (original link) - Infographic presents three different alternative courses of action for addressing overfishing in Peru
Ley de Pesca de Panamá: Infografías explicativo sobre la necesidad de actualizar la normativa pesquera en Panamá
Pesca Colombiana en cifras - (direct image link)
Pollution
Datos sobre la contaminacion marina de nivel mundial
Las especias mas peligrosas del oceano - An infographic with captions in Spanish that shows the most common types of trash found in the ocean
Isla de basura del oceano pacifico
La mala salud de los oceanos - An infographic that presents various statistics about ocean pollution
La percepcion de la salud del oceano - Various infographics on the subject in Spanish (scroll to the bottom to see them)
Que amenaza al oceano?
*Tiempo de la biogradacion de la basura en el mar
Informational Texts
5 amenazas para el océano - A brief text that highlights 5 key threats, with a simple explanatory paragraph about each one in Spanish
Animales marinos - A well-formatted article in simple Spanish with main ideas bolded and useful academic vocabulary that talks about in which layers of the ocean various animals live
Cadena trófica marina - Qué es y ejemplos - Informational text with sections about each level of marine food chains with several illustrations
Captan a pulpos tirándose conchas unos a otros: Es la primera vez que se observa este comportamiento en pulpos - A very short article in Spanish from Gizmodo with EXCELLENT videos of the behavior
10 datos increíbles sobre los pulpos que quizá no conocías - A very comprehensible article in Spanish from BBC News Mundo with interesting facts and lots of images
10 sorprendentes cosas que un pulpo puede hacer (algunas bastante aterradoras) - A top 10 list in Spanish from Univision Noticias with videos that illustrate each point
Encuentran a pulpos lanzándose objetos, pero los científicos no saben el por qué - A short, more scientific article with illustrative images and videos
Los peces para niños - Animales vertebrados - Ciencias naturales para niños - A 1:42 min. video narrated by a young person in Spanish that explains the characteristics of fish (including where they live, how they move, how they breathe, etc.)
¿Qué ANIMALES viven EN EL MAR? 🌊 10 Ejemplos y Curiosidades - A 6:12 min. informational video in Spanish about the different animals that live in the ocean, along with interesting facts about each one
Images
Los animales del mar - Links to an image of various ocean animals. The #soyvisual site itself is well worth exploring
Poems
Versos del Mar, de Bismar Galán - A few sample pages from her book of poems in Spanish about the sea for children
Posters
Bajo el mar no todo es igual - An informational poster about how the temperature and animal life of the sea differs from country to country
Los 7 principios sobre el oceano - An attractive poster (downloadable as a PDF) with simple sentences that describe 7 key principles of ocean literacy in Spanish
Yo Océano - A series of 13 posters in Spanish about ocean life
Los 7 principios sobre el oceano - An attractive poster (downloadable as a PDF) with simple sentences that describe 7 key principles of ocean literacy in Spanish
Yo Océano - A series of 13 posters in Spanish about ocean life
Songs
3 pecesitos se Fueron a Nadar - Canción Infantil - A 2:11 min. video of a really catchy song about various marine animals that go swimming and when predators invite them to come with them, they emphatically say no and explain that their mothers will get upset (Could be used to discuss predators/prey, safety rules, stranger danger, etc.) [Contributed by Lucrecia Velasquez]
🦈vs🐋 Gran Tiburón Blanco vs. Orca | ¡Que Gane el Mejor! | JunyTony en español - A 1:42 min. animated music video in Spanish that integrates literacy (initial sounds) and science (concept of predators/prey and the physical characteristics that distinguish sharks and whales) [Contributed by Lucrecia Velasquez]
Stories
Cuento Tortugopolis - A coloring book story in Spanish about turtles
Videos
El plancton - A 6:32 min. didactic video narrated in Spanish
LA TORTUGA MARINA 🐢 🌊 | Videos educativos para niños | Animales marinos | Documentales para niños - A 2:09 min. video in Spanish
Viaje al tiburon ballena - A video of children narrating their experiences with shark/whale watching in Spanish
Pedagogical Materials
Informational Materials
Animales marinos: tipos, características y fotos - Great information for teachers in Spanish that includes key vocabulary, a list of 50 examples of marine animals, and interesting facts about marine life
Ciencias naturales - A 15-page unit from Colombia with worksheets in Spanish on animal habitats [Contributed by Lucrecia Velasquez]
Animales marinos: tipos, características y fotos - Great information for teachers in Spanish that includes key vocabulary, a list of 50 examples of marine animals, and interesting facts about marine life
Ciencias naturales - A 15-page unit from Colombia with worksheets in Spanish on animal habitats [Contributed by Lucrecia Velasquez]
Professional Documents
NGSS & CCSS Crosswalk from Pearson
Ocean Literacy Chart
Next Generation Science Standards K-12 Performance Expectations relating to Ocean Exploration
Princípios Essenciais - Key principles of ocean literacy in Portuguese
Fundamental Principles of Ocean Science in Japanese
Videos (not culturally authentic)
Sea animals in Spanish for children (with videos) - A 5:22 min. video that shows footage of various marine animals with their names in Spanish pronounced by an L1 Spanish speaker
Animales acuaticos - A worksheet with blackline images of various sea animals and their traceable names in capital letters in Spanish
Animales del mar - Beautiful flashcards of marine animals with their names in Spanish
Animales del oceano - Match the ocean animals with the labels of their names
Animales marinos - Como se muevan? - Match the animal with its form of propulsion
Comida del mar - A worksheet with labeled images of fish and meats in Spanish
Conociendo a los animales marinos - A syllabication worksheet
Animales del oceano - Match the ocean animals with the labels of their names
Animales marinos - Como se muevan? - Match the animal with its form of propulsion
Comida del mar - A worksheet with labeled images of fish and meats in Spanish
Conociendo a los animales marinos - A syllabication worksheet
Exploring ocean animals - Very helpful lists of vocabulary in Spanish and English, along with images of the animals that live in various zones of the ocean and free, downloadable materials (flashcards)
La biodiversidad de Peru - A LiveWorksheet
Mapa de los oceanos del mundo - Label the global map with oceans of the world
Polucion oceanico - Mark the objects that don't belong in the ocean
Polucion oceanico - Mark the objects that don't belong in the ocean