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Fish Lesson Plans
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Students compare and contrast a human baby to a human adult in regards to the changes that take place over time. In this graphing lesson, students measure the length of fish during stages of its development and create a graph to show their findings.
Students apply cause and effect relationships to water pollution in a stream. In this pollution lesson students recognize the importance of clean water in their daily lives. Students accompany "Fred the Fish" as he travels down stream. They participate in a simulation of the stream becoming polluted.
This lesson has students investigate how fish use their sense of smell. In this scientific method lesson, students design and perform an experiment to investigate how fish use their sense of smell. This lesson includes statistical analysis and safety guidelines.
This lesson has students investigate the anatomy of fish by observing a painting and listening to a fish story. In this oceanography lesson, students examine the themes of the painting Still Life with Fish by William Merritt Chase, and the story The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. This lesson has students create a colorful fish collage with their classmates.
Learners use attributes to sort fish. In this animal groups and classification biology lesson, learners use a dichotomous key and fish attributes to discover an unknown fish.
In this lesson students research and identify the fish of Pennsylvania. In this earth science lesson, students view ten photos of fish and identify the characteristics of each fish. In this lesson students record observations and practice naming the fish using their notes.
In this lesson learners practice counting and matching quantities using paper fish. In this early mathematics lesson, learners create a fake fishing pole and attempt to identify numbered paper fish they acquire from a bucket. In this lesson learners read the book Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert.
Students explore fish. In this aquatic life science lesson, students complete a KWL chart about fish, listen to What's it Like to be a Fish?, and observe a classroom aquarium or take a trip to a local aquarium. Students complete an observation sheet with drawings and comments about what they see.
Students read a story. In this diversity lesson, students read The Rainbow Fish, discuss sharing and uniqueness and decorate their own scale with information about them using pictures or words.
Students investigate water environments by researching the Internet. In this fishing climate lesson, students analyze satellite photographs of a local water climate they are assigned to study and determine what type of fish inhabit the climate and when the best time to go fishing is. Students collaborate in small groups to illustrate an imaginary region that is plentiful with fish.
