The+Fantastic+Undersea+Life+of+Jacques+Cousteau


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== =// The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau //= written and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino


 * I ntroduce ** ** this book ** by showing this well crafted **[|BOOK TRAILER]** by author/ illustrator **[|Dan Yaccarino]**


 * Explain ** how this book is both authored and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino.

**Show** this short message video:
 * [|People protect what they love.]** A short message from Jacques Cousteau (note:some school districts block this site)


 * Read the book. ** Show students the following images and explain how the Cousteau family invented much of the diving equipment they needed to enable them to safely explore the oceans of the world.


 * Inventions of Jacques Cousteau and his family: **



**Click the image below to take you to more Fabien Cousteau photos** Fabien Cousteau, wearing a full-face SuperMask designed by his father Jean-Michel, takes a close look at a jellyfish in Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary. Photo credit: **©** Carrie Vonderhaar, Ocean Futures Society and KQED


 * View: **[| Ocean video clips] from Disney's Ocean web site
 * Cousteau film "**[|Silent World]**"** documentary. View this 50 minute video to learn more about Jacques Cousteau's work


 * Learn more about the amazing life of Jacques Cousteau **
 * [|Kid friendly biography]** of Jacques Cousteau (Cousteau Kids Online)
 * [|Kid friendly biography]** of Jacques Cousteau (Pitara Kids Network)
 * [|My Hero project]** **:** Jacques Cousteau biographical information

[|The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau Lesson Plan] from Random House Publishing (PDF format)

** OCEAN LIFE ACTIVITIES : **
 * [|Ocean animals printables]**
 * [|Origami sea creatures activities]**
 * [|Origami Angel Fish]**
 * [|Make a Fish]** Create your own digital fish


 * Quick and easy project:** [|Weave a Fish]

**Locate and label all the oceans** on a [|ocean world map]**.** **Which oceans did Cousteau explore?**


 * Interactive activities: **
 * VIsit [|Cousteau Kids]** for ocean adventure activities. (Cousteau Kids Online)


 * Visit [|Ocean Life for Kids]** Interactive ocean life learning activities

Try pairing it with the following pictorial biography:
 * [[image:bluebonnet_clipart.gif width="20" height="55"]]Texas Bluebonnet book Literature connections: **
 * //The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau//** is a great book to use when discussing inventors and scientists.

author: [|Jennifer Berne], illustrated by Eric Puybaret Publisher: Chronicle Books (2008) ISBN-10: 0811860639 ISBN-13: 978-0811860635
 * //[|Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau]//**

** Texas Bluebonnet Book Pair Up: **
 * //Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea//** by Steve Jenkins

//I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean// by Kevin Sherry //Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea// by Jan Peck, illustrated by Valeria Petrone //The Pout-Pout Fish// by Deborah Diesen, illustrated by Dan Hanna (warning**: completely love-able **)
 * Ocean Connections for PK-1st grade students : ** (We like Bluebonnet books too!)




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