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Consortium for Ocean Science Exploration and Engagement (COSEE)

Life Cycle of Blue King Crabs

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The blue king crab and the red king crab live in the same range but never in the same region. The third lesson in the series of five focuses on the blue king crab and the impact the changes in water temperature is having on its habitat....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Crab Multiple Choice Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this crab worksheet, students complete a ten question multiple choice activity pertaining to crabs. Prior knowledge of crabs is assumed.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sand Crabs

For Teachers K
Students identify shapes to create sand crabs, and make colored sand for texture.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hermit Crabs in the Classroom

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students interact with hermit crabs in the their classroom. For this hermit crab lesson, students handle and observe hermit crabs while learning about their habitats and how to treat animals. They watch how the animals move and answer...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

On the Trail of the Blue Crab

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read the article "Blue Claw," discuss crab migration, and look at a map of the Hudson River. They complete a worksheet where they must use subtraction to determine the distance migrating crabs travel.Web links, article, and...
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Curated OER

Crab Soccer and the Navigator

For Teachers 4th - 10th
A typical physical education crab soccer game just for the fun of it. Included are several ideas for accomodations and modifications.
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Curated OER

Florida Blue Crab

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Explore the extraordinary creatures of the ocean! Learners create Florida Blue Crabs (imitation of course) using blue paint and their hand prints. This is a cute supplementary project perfect for an ocean-themed unit or preschool...
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Curated OER

A House for Hermit Crab

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Make predictions and recall details while reading A House For Hermit Crab. While you read the story, discuss aspects of the plot and encourage listeners to respond. Extension activities such as crafts, counting, puppets, and using your...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Crab Alphabet Activity

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this crabs worksheet, students explore crab vocabulary words and practice their alphabetical order knowledge. Students place ten words in ABC order.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing Original Literary Texts - The Cuban Crab Migration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore figurative language through poetry. In this poetry lesson, students view a video segment regarding the Cuban crab migration. Students use similes and metaphors in poetry they create based on the journey the crabs make.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Blue Crabs - The Blue Crab's Chesapeake Journey

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A plethora of information about the blue crabs of Chesapeake Bay will amaze and delight your marine biologists. They learn, through direct instruction, about the characteristics and life cycle of this fascinating arthropod. A highlight...
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Lesson Plan
Consortium for Ocean Science Exploration and Engagement (COSEE)

Climate Change Impacts on Blue King Crabs

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Carbon dioxide is not only causing global temperatures to increase, it causes the oceans to become more acidic. Lesson focuses on the blue king crab and the fragility of the habitat due to climate change. Scholars create a concept map...
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

A House for Hermit Crab

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Engage young marine biologists in a reading of Eric Carle's A House for Hermit Crab with a fun hands-on activity. Given a set of clipart images of the different aquatic animals that appear in the book, children identify each one during a...
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Curated OER

Crab: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition learning exercise, students trace the word "crab," write the word independently, and color the picture of the crab.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Hermit Crabs

For Students 4th - 5th
In this hermit crabs worksheet, students utilize an article about hermit crabs and a dictionary to find the definitions to 11 vocabulary words and answer 9 questions about hermit crabs in complete sentences.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Swimming With the Crabs

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this expository writing activity, students read an article about crabs and a graphic organizer with crab facts. Students fill in a graphic organizer, including their specific topic about crabs and details to support their topic.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Swimming With the Crabs!

For Students 6th - 9th
In this environmental science worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer (Frayer model) on blue crabs. They write an article using the given facts.
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eBook
McGraw Hill

Arthropods

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Are spiders related to crabs? Study the order of arthropods with a reading selection about animal diversity. It provides details about each class within the order, as well as vivid pictures and explanatory charts. 
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Curated OER

What Do You Know About Horseshoe Crabs?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a learning tool based on information given on the assigned website. In this ocean life lesson, students read about the horseshoe crab and develop a worksheet, scavenger hunt, board game or any tool to aid learning....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Crab Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this crab worksheet, students read ten clues that pertain to sea crabs. Students match these to vocabulary words in a box. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
Free Reading

A House for Hermit Crab

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners are read A House for Hermit Crab, by Eric Carle. For this vocabulary focused lesson plan, students discover the meaning of at least three new words. They discuss the new vocabulary, as a class, before and after the story is...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Be an Artist: Hermit Crab

For Students 3rd
For this science worksheet, 3rd graders use visual clues in a grid to complete an exact image replica. Following the original line segments in each box, students create the image of a hermit crab.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Crab Word Search

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this crab word search worksheet, students locate and identify 8 crab-related words within the word search puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Homes for Hermit Crabs

For Teachers K - 4th
Students discover the differences between hermit crabs and mollusks and identify their parts. After reading a story about hermit crabs, they complete an anatomy worksheet. For another activity, students fold and cut a diagram of a hermit...

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