Snorkeling with Sylvia Earle
From Mister Rogers' Neighborhood · 1990
11 minPre-KK1st2nd3rdScience
Summary
Mister Rogers puts on fins and a mask and goes into the ocean with oceanographer Sylvia Earle. They look at the fish and the plants living together down there, and she explains plainly why taking care of the ocean matters. From the episode “The Environment.”
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Discussion questions
Discussion
A real oceanographer takes Mister Rogers underwater.
- What living things did they see in the ocean?
- How is the ocean different from a pond or a lake?
- What does an oceanographer do for a job?
- What is one thing people can do to take better care of the ocean?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: ocean, habitat, snorkel, oceanographer, pollution.
Try it: Draw an ocean habitat and label three living things in it.
Try it: Write one promise for taking care of water where you live.