Instructions

Class Period One:

1) Divide students into the same groups they were in during the previous activity.

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2) Hand out the Student Page “A Day in the Neighborhood: Skits About the Intertidal Zone.” Using this sheet as a guide, student groups will plan and perform a five-minute skit about life in a particular subzone of the intertidal zone.

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3) Review the instructions and guidelines with students, and give them the rest of the class period to work in their small groups to plan the skit.

Recommendation – Give students longer than just overnight to research, write, and prepare their skits. If this is possible, schedule the performances to take place in several days (or after a weekend), and move on to another topic during the intervening periods.

Class Period Two:

1) Have students sit together in their groups. Give each group four copies of the “Skit Assessment Chart.” Group members will use these charts to assess other groups’ skits. Different group members should take responsibility for assessing each skit.

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2) Have student groups put on their skits, beginning at either the top (splash zone) or bottom (subtidal zone) and taking the subzones in order. You may place tidepools at the beginning or the end, regardless of which zone you begin with.

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3) After all skits have been performed, ask students to discuss what they learned about the intertidal zone from the skits. Begin this discussion by having students make comparisons between the subzone they studied and other subzones. Then ask students to identify commonalities and patterns among all of the subzones.