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- 7th
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Students create charts with traits of invertebrates, vertebrates, mammals, and fish. They track down at least 5 species of each and classify them positively. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students study the living environment of sharks and test how the velocity and force of an object or air effect water and the waves created. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students create a sustainable, self-contained ecosystem in a ten-gallon aquarium. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students find out what people think about sharks by conducting a survey. After a trip to the aquarium or additional research, students conduct a follow-up survey to find out how their opinions have changed. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students research fish and fish adaptations. They conduct research on two fish, compare/contrast the two fish using a Venn diagram, and create a fish diamante poem. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students use formulas to calculate the volumes of rectangular solids. They decide what degree of precision is adequate and round off the result of calculator operations to significant figures that reasonably reflect of the inputs. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students discuss nutrition and diet. They look at copies of Tetra's Daily Nutrition Pyramid for Tropical Fish. They compare the fish feeding pyramid to the pyramid for human nutrition. Students examine a can of fish food. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students identify and explain various fish behaviors through observation. Over several months, they watch one fish in the classroom aquarium and record its behaviors in notebooks. They visit a virtual aquarium Website to find information about their fish. Full Review »
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- 8th - 11th
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Students, after identifying and examining the relationship of temperature and air masses in association with smog and pollution, create a temperature inversion in a long aquarium jar. They experience what happens when smog builds up and no mixing of air masses occurs. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students role play the role of new employees in a pet shop. They offer advice to customers and answer their questions about pets. Using the internet, they identify the steps in establishing a new fish aquarium and summarize the information in a handbook. Full Review »

