Positives

• Students will enjoy exploring the beautiful and interesting images in this resource.
• The text summaries of each image will deepen student understanding.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should understand how human activities impact oceans and wildlife.
• Some of the descriptions have content-specific terms. Review the descriptions for vocabulary that is unfamiliar to students.
• Some images, especially those showing destroyed homes or dead animals, may upset some students.

Differentiation

• This resource works well in art classes considering photography as a medium or in science classes learning about different aspects of the ocean.
• Social studies teachers can make cross-curricular connections by pinpointing the locations of the photographs, discussing cultural or religious practices that may harm the environment, or examining the many ways communities depend on the ocean.
• Younger students will enjoy using the photographs as inspiration to write a story. They can write as a whole class, in groups, or individually.
• High school students can use this resource to sort the pictures by problem and then research the issue that most interests them.