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Students, after reading A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle, recreate the story by placing sea creatures on a crab shell. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students view a video showing the anatomy, life cycle, and unique blood properties of the horseshoe crab. They observe a live and preserved horseshoe crab. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students read the book, A House for Hermit Crab, and complete a concept map. They research sea creatures and create a multimedia presentation to present to the class. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students collect snail shells, measure and record their lengths and if they are occupied by a hermit crab. They discover if their is a size difference between occupied and unoccupied shells. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 6th
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Students identify and describe three main parts of a horseshoe crab. They explain the habits of the horseshoe crab. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students investigate where a hermit crab lives, what it eats, and the hermit crab lifecycle. They discuss and examine pictures of hermit crabs, listen to the book "Pagoo," and ask and answer questions about the book. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students engage in a lesson on hermit crabs. In a class discussion, they establish what they already know about hermit crabs, and what they would like to know about hermit crabs. Students view photographs of hermit crabs, and of other crustaceans and talk about the differences they see. An art activity culminates this lesson. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students predict the speeds of humans and hermit crabs and investigate their predictions using ratios and formulas. AppleWorks is used for this lesson, which includes a data worksheet. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students collaborate with fellow students as well as implement technology into their study about similarities and differences of crabs from all over the world. They then will create a database to collect information and present it. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students learn about hermit crabs and their delicate enviornment they live in and in doing so, they will learn to appreciate the environment around them because how they treat the environment effects the creatures that live in it also. Full Review »