Down,+Down,+Down

__Down, Down, Down__ is already proving to be an ECDC student favorite! Kids are learning incredible new things about the ocean and the creatures that live both above and deep below the surface. The Giant Squid is generating so much interest as it was recently featured on National Geographic Channel.


 * >O >O >O >o >O >o >O little fishes live in the deep blue sea >O >O >0 >O >O >O >O >o >O **


 * [[image:down.jpg width="349" height="426"]] Take a PEEK inside [|Down, Down, Down]**

// “More humans have walked on the moon than have visited the deepest spot in the sea.” pg.1 //
 * This beautifully detailed picture book begins with a view from outer space looking down on our blue planet home and allowing us to imagine ourselves as part of a deep sea diving team traveling down through the deepest depths of an ocean world. Readers are introduced to three zones of the western Pacific Ocean and the life that lives within them. With every page turn, the background colors deepen to darker colors just as light struggles to reach the deeper depths of each zone. The deeper the depths, the more beautifully terrifying creatures lurk within a world hidden from human eyes. (ms. Murphy)**


 * Visit the creator of Down, Down, Down -[|Steve Jenkins]**


 * author & Illustrator [|Steve Jenkins biography]**

Click on the links shown below.
 * WATCH ME! **
 * Creatures from the Deep ** -watch videos of the amazing creatures from the deep.

[|Watch us! Ocean Fairies]- A close up view of the beautiful, delicate and fairy-like zoo-plankton that lives in the ocean. (a 2.50 minute video)

** Zooplankton that live in the depths of the ocean. **

[|Watch me! Mola Mola video]-the world's largest bony fish (1:11 minute video)


 * Bluebonnet Book Trivia questions: **
 * When measured in feet, what is the depth of the “Challenger Deep”? **


 * What is the constant temperature of the “Challenger Deep”? **


 * What is mola mola? **
 * a.) An ocean sunfish **
 * b.) A diet of jellyfish and plankton **
 * c.) A seabird **
 * d.) Mushy plant life **


 * What are the names of the three zones? **


 * What is the Abyssal Plain made up of? **

Texas Bluebonnet book Literature connections- activities, books, kid friendly web sites:

[|Ocean animals printables] [|Origami sea creatures activities] [|Origami Angel Fish]
 * Quick and easy project:** [|Weave a Fish]


 * >O >O >O >O >O > >O >O >{} >O > >o these are little fishes >O >O > >o >O > >o >o >O >O >{} >[] >o >O**