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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 9th
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Students observe swimming and resting patterns of aquarium fish to determine how different parts of the habitat are used. Different pairs of students should compare their results after several days to look for daily patterns. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 7th
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Students examine fish adaptations. They identify types of adaptations, and create a 3-D model of an imaginary fish that demonstrates various adaptations using a potato and craft materials. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students research a Florida fish to determine its length. They display this information on two index cards, which are cut to the shape of the head and the tail and attached to a string that they measure and cut to the correct length of the fish. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students use text information and data to discover what recreational fishing is, and its economic importance to the local community. They complete a worksheet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students, with a goldfish as a class pet, practice the proper way to care for a pet and have responsibilities when it comes to taking care of the fish. As a class, the teacher reads the book "Fish Out of Water". Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students identify characteristics of fish who live in the Great Lakes and explain how these features help them survive. They organize fish flash cards based on similarities and differences. They create a food web as well. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students discuss what to do with a very sick fish and help it to die without much pain. As a class, they answer questions about the fish and if they believe it is suffering or not. Using their own experiences, they share how they dealt with the death of a pet and write their feelings down on paper. They review the life cycle of a fish to complete the lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students have been participating in a unit on fish. They examine real fish facts and pictures of rainbow fish through the book, "The Rainbow Fish," by Marcus Pfister. They write a Non-Fiction paragraph on the fish facts they have just learned and then a draw a fish related picture on the same paper. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 10th
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Students explore specific adaptations and how they pertain to the survival of the individual and the species. Students design a fish based on certain criteria and determine the type of habitat which would be best suited for their fish's survival. After drawing the fish and its habitat, students exchange habitats with another group and must first decide and then explain if their fish could survive in the new environment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate how a population of fish multiplies in an ecosystem and the kinds of things that must be done to maintain a healthy population balance with other organisms that live there. They conduct an experiment to test the limiting factors in a population of goldfish. Full Review »
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