Clownfish Lesson Plans

Third graders explore the concept of symbiosis as they examine and discuss how a sea anemone and a clownfish interact.

Seventh graders identify the three different symbiotic relationships. In this life science instructional activity, 7th graders research about the symbiotic relationship between two organisms they chose. They write a letter to a tropical fish company explaining the consequences of clownfish overfishing.

Young scholars read Click Magazine and become familiar with the ocean and its creatures.  In this ocean activity students examine articles and gather information about various sea animals.  Young scholars write sentences about their imaginary whale watching trip. Students play Go Fish and discover new facts. young scholars draw an illustration based on the stories.

Twelfth graders explain relationships and interactions between species, the difference between a fundamental niche and a realized niche. They explore the various species interactions from their classmates through the jigsaw activity.

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

Young scholars participate in reading, writing, and critical thinking activities that support the January 2011 issue of Click Magazine. In this literacy and science skills instructional activity, students read the articles offered in the magazine and then conduct Internet research, practice vocabulary skills, and complete science investigations as they finish the 6 suggested activities. The magazine text is not available with the instructional activity.

Students play agame based on Finding NEMO. They act as characters and play various roles wehre they chase, flee, and dodge.

First graders listen to the book, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss, then write fish stories using number and color words to describe their fish. They play number/color word matching games in small groups.

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.

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