Angelfish Lesson Plans

Learners view the website More Fish that has 15 small photographs, which can be enlarged by clicking each one. This Web site presents underwater photographs taken by Dr. Steven Herf while he was scuba diving in the Caribbean Sea. The site also has pages showing eels, plantlife, angelfish, and parrotfish.

2nd graders graph a series of ordered pairs on graph paper. The create a connect the dots picture of a fish. They read about the Queen Angelfish and color in a coloring book page of the angelfish. They add details to their fish.

This lesson has students explore the marine ecosystem and the importance of sharks. In this shark lesson, students look at photos of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and discuss the animals that live there. They discuss which animals are prey and predators and how each plays a role in the marine ecosystem. 

Students test tap water for hardness and mineral content. In this environmental science lesson, students identify the different stages of the water cycle. They classify plant and animals according to the rules of taxonomy.

Students examine unusual fish behavior while making healthy fish transfers to a saltwater aquarium.

students explore the important scientific concepts, as well as other important topics surrounding fish morphology, their defense strategies, general fish characteristics, and their ecosystems.

In this lesson students complete a unit on the oceans of the world. They explore various websites, compare/contrast ocean mammals and fish, identify coral reefs on a map, label the oceans on a world map, define ocean conservation vocabulary, and list ways the oceans help us.

Learners prepare for a unit on aquarium maintance by naming all the different kinds of fish they have seen either in aquariums, at home, or in the community. They use classroom computers to email other classrooms around the world for more ideas. Learners create a Venn diagram to compare two species of fish.

This lesson has students research an inhabitant of a Caribbean coral reef using a list of common organisms that live on or near it. This lesson has students then write a description of their organism and draw a picture or a 3-D model of it. Eventually they all work together to creat a coral reef habitat in the classroom.

Students describe a coral reef, how it is formed and its inhabitants. They explain the ecological and economic importance of coral reefs and discuss its present-day threats. Lesson contains adaptations for all levels.