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Students become familiar with crabs, shrimps, lobsters, barnacles, and spiders. They distinguish between which anthropoids live on land and which live on water. The activities in this lesson are designed for pre and post visits to an aquarium. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students identify parts of a lobster and construct a paper model from templates. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students play a game that illustrates the delicate ecological balance between fishing, fishing regulations and fish populations. They collect data and analyze the results. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students will be able to identify the Gulf of Maine lobster as the North Atlantic lobster (Homarus Americanus), understand its reproduction cycle, growth and development, food sources and habitat in the Gulf of Maine ecosystem. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students use a database and collect outisde source information on a lobster or shrimp they have decided to ellaborate on. They include information on location, length, height, color, habitat and name. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students practice their observation skills. They select several topics in the development of Maine, such as the agricultural products, shipbuilding, or lobster industries and research pictures of that industry. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students observe two chelae. They write three differences they observe in their notebooks. Students suggest a hypothesis which would explain these differences. They dissect the chela. Students analyze the lobster claw as a mechanical lever. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students collect data by playing a game that illustrates the delicate ecological balance between fishing, fishing regulations and fish populations. They graph and analyze the data and explain how economic decisions can affect the environment. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students discuss the appearance of a lobster. Using pre-cut parts, they create their own lobster and name each part of its anatomy. As a class, they listen and participate in exploring background information on the lobster and its importance to humans. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students create an interactive presentation about lobsters. Using PowerPoint and word processing software, groups of students add information gathered in class about lobsters to the class presentation. The finished product is presented to parents and students. Full Review »