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The Water Bears Rescue Mission

From Octonauts · 2010

The Water Bears Rescue Mission
10 min2nd3rd4thScience
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Summary

When the Octonauts meet the the water bears rescue mission, they set out to learn how this ocean creature lives — where it makes its home, what it eats, and the special features and behaviors that help it survive. A full Octonauts “Creature Report” episode, an easy drop-in for a life-science lesson on animals, habitats, and adaptations.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Every Octonauts adventure ends with a “Creature Report.” In this one, the crew investigates the the water bears rescue mission and what makes it suited to life in the ocean.

  1. What special features or behaviors help the the water bears rescue mission survive in the ocean?
  2. How is the the water bears rescue mission's ocean habitat different from where you live? What would it need to survive there?
  3. What problem threatened the ocean habitat in this episode, and how did the Octonauts help? What can people do to protect ocean animals and their homes?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: habitat, ecosystem, conservation, pollution, protect.

Try it: Draw the the water bears rescue mission and label one feature that helps it survive. Write one sentence explaining how that feature helps it eat, move, or stay safe.