Ocean Animal Trading Cards and Games Bundle

This bundle includes a total of 79 sea animal trading cards including: 12 sharks, 8 tropical fish, 8 deep sea creatures, 15 tide pool animals, 11 marine mammals and 25 animals from each of the 5 ocean zones.

Each set of trading cards in this bundle includes:

• Filled out cards: The front of each card features clipart of the marine mammal along with its “Fast Stats” which are the top weight, length, lifespan and number of offspring of the animal. I included symbols for each of these so even prereaders will understand what the numbers mean. The backside of each card includes the animal’s: diet, habitat, predators, adaptations and a world map showing the marine mammal’s location.
• Black and white cards: These use much less ink and are fun for children to color themselves with crayons or colored pencils.
• Blank trading card templates: Children can use these to create their own animal trading cards by drawing a picture of the animal on the front and writing information about it on the back.
• Foldable box and Interactive Notebook (INB) sleeve templates: Optional templates for a box or sleeve to print out, cut and fold for children to store their cards in.

1. Instructions for 6 games that you can play with the cards:
2. Rumble in the Jungle: A collaborative discussion game
3. Rumble in the Jungle 2: A Socratic Seminar game
4. Complete Sentence Showdown: Students ask and answer questions about their animals using complete sentences.
5. Animal Battle: A game comparing the animals’ statistics
6. Math Battle War: Students use the animals’ “fast stats” to practice all 4 mathematical operations.
7. Add to Your Deck: A fun writing activity where students create more animal trading cards of their own which they can use to play all the games.

Here are a few other ideas on how to use educational trading cards:

• Educational prize box items or positive behavior incentives.
• Use them as part of a marine mammal research project
• Science station, early finisher or rainy-day recess activities.
• Print these out for birthday or Christmas gifts.