This will help your child to understand adaptations animals have for survival and changes animals go through during their life cycle. Discuss what animal in the ocean might be similar to the one you observed on land. You may also want to observe a plant the same way. Discuss how keeping the ocean clean helps ensure that the things you get from the ocean are healthy. A connection we all have with the ocean is through the gutters along our sidewalks.
Water flows directly from the gutter into storm drains and into rivers or straight to the ocean.
Together with your child, look along the sidewalks in your neighborhood for catch basins by the gutter. Talk with your child about how anything in the gutter can end up in the ocean once it washes into the storm drain and how we can all make a difference in caring for the ocean by keeping the gutter clean. Discuss some of the things you see in the gutter and what impact they might have on life in the ocean. You can also keep track of what you remove from the gutter. Determining how much is paper, plastic, leaves, etc., helps to build math skills as well as make a difference in the environment.