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Learn about the variety of life living in the ocean, through the context of popular Pokemon.
This course has 4 parts to it. The first three parts consist of a downloadable video presentation (between 39 and 42 minutes long) hosted on Google Drive, along with some resources and extension activities. The third part is a DIY Pokemon project idea to expand the students’ understanding.
This course includes a wide variety of sea creatures, and a few freshwater fish, too! Student will explore their characteristics and compare them to their Pokemon counterparts. They'll also learn a bit about how the complexities of classifying such a wide variety of underwater organisms.
Please note, marine mammals (such as whales) and marine reptiles (such as sea turtles) are not included in this course, but are instead discussed in the Pokemon mammal and reptile classes. (These are also available on KidPass.)
Part 1: (42 minutes)
- Introduction to marine life
- Taxonomy and classification of underwater organisms
- Phylum Chordata (fish)
Part 2: (42 minutes)
- Chordata continued (sea horses, rays, sharks, eels)
- Phylum Mollusca (octopi, slugs, snails)
Part 3: (39 minutes)
- Phylum Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish)
- Phylum Annelida (tube worms)
- Echinodermata (star fish, sea urchin)
- Phylum Arthropoda (crabs, lobsters)
Part 4: DIY Pokemon Project
This course has 4 parts to it. The first three parts consist of a downloadable video presentation (between 39 and 42 minutes long) hosted on Google Drive, along with some resources and extension activities. The third part is a DIY Pokemon project idea to expand the students’ understanding.
This course includes a wide variety of sea creatures, and a few freshwater fish, too! Student will explore their characteristics and compare them to their Pokemon counterparts. They'll also learn a bit about how the complexities of classifying such a wide variety of underwater organisms.
Please note, marine mammals (such as whales) and marine reptiles (such as sea turtles) are not included in this course, but are instead discussed in the Pokemon mammal and reptile classes. (These are also available on KidPass.)
Part 1: (42 minutes)
- Introduction to marine life
- Taxonomy and classification of underwater organisms
- Phylum Chordata (fish)
Part 2: (42 minutes)
- Chordata continued (sea horses, rays, sharks, eels)
- Phylum Mollusca (octopi, slugs, snails)
Part 3: (39 minutes)
- Phylum Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish)
- Phylum Annelida (tube worms)
- Echinodermata (star fish, sea urchin)
- Phylum Arthropoda (crabs, lobsters)
Part 4: DIY Pokemon Project
When to arrive:
0 minutes before
Cancellation policy:
24 hours in advance
Caregiver required:
No
Upcoming Schedule for Pokémon Under the Sea: An Introduction to Sea Life using Pokémon! (Three pre-recorded classes you can watch anytime - 2 hours total!)
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Lauren Ard is a highly certified teacher in Arizona, in both Science and Language Arts. She has a Bachelor of Science in Earth and Space Science Education. She has been teaching online classes on Outschool since 2017, and branched out to add Kid Pass, Udemy, and Teachers Pay Teachers to her repertoire in 2021. Before that, she taught middle school science in person at public schools in Arizona.
Besides teaching online, Lauren also runs her own business doing astronomy shows in an inflatable planetarium for libraries and schools in Arizona. She has been doing this since 2014. In her spare time, she likes to hike with her family, go on road trips, and volunteer with the Crisis Text Line (an organization that helps at-risk teens and young adults work through difficult situations).
Lauren's teaching philosophy is that pop culture can boost learning. She believes that incorporating pop culture references - such as Pokemon, Zelda, and Harry Potter - can boost learning and retention by tying students' existing interests to important science and social studies topics. Almost all of Lauren's classes incorporate pop culture topics that kids are already passionate about, to lure them into a learning environment conducive to long term retention.
Besides teaching online, Lauren also runs her own business doing astronomy shows in an inflatable planetarium for libraries and schools in Arizona. She has been doing this since 2014. In her spare time, she likes to hike with her family, go on road trips, and volunteer with the Crisis Text Line (an organization that helps at-risk teens and young adults work through difficult situations).
Lauren's teaching philosophy is that pop culture can boost learning. She believes that incorporating pop culture references - such as Pokemon, Zelda, and Harry Potter - can boost learning and retention by tying students' existing interests to important science and social studies topics. Almost all of Lauren's classes incorporate pop culture topics that kids are already passionate about, to lure them into a learning environment conducive to long term retention.
