Fish Lesson Plans

Students identify Janet Fish and define still-life and realistic. They draw three dimensional cylinders and create a watercolored still-life modelled after the work of Janet Fish

In this lesson learners investigate the heart beat of zebra fish in timed intervals. They record the heart beats and average three counts to display in their data tables. They repeat these steps increasing the adrenaline solution.

In this lesson learners are explained that Antarctic Nototherioid fishes survive harsh conditions. These conditions would kill almost any other temperate zone organism. They work in small groups to investigate a typical temperate marine fish. In this lesson learners compare their observations and the class' data with data given about a typical Nototherioid fish.

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.

1st graders listen to and write fish poems. In this poetry lesson, 1st graders listen to a variety of poems about fish, they make a word bank, write an original fish poem, and illustrate it using computer software. They share their poetry with classmates who are active listeners.

This lesson has learners are contacted by a fictitious company which raises tropical fish to do basic research for them so that they might keep their production costs down. They need to know the optimum salinity in which to hatch the brine shrimp that they use for food.

Learners explore the similarities and differences between ocean mammals and fish. The characteristics of the life forms observed are placed onto a graph. The classroom becomes the botom of the sea and is explored to gain the required data.

Students practice using blends and digraphs. In this early reading lesson, students play a game of "Go Fish" using words that contain a blend or digraph. This allows students to practice recognizing the word and using it in a sentence.

Students examine and debate the issue of Aboriginal fishing rights and set up a classroom court to find a resolution.

This lesson has students perform a two-foot takeoff and landing using a jump rope. In this jumping lesson, students use a self-turned jump rope to develop the skill of a two-foot takeoff and landing. The students use the metaphor of "catching a fish" in this developmental skills lesson.