Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software: Giant Clams
This site gives a brief description of a giant clam, including its behavior, appearance, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Clam Review
A virtual clam dissection with high-resolution images of an intact clam, inner surface of valve, overview of clam with left valve removed, and overview of clam with left mantle removed, and more. (Click on the Microbial Life link.)
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: Mussels and Clams
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Mussels and Clams (Bivalvia), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this class and maps of its global distribution can also be found here.
PBS
Pbs: Dissection101: Dissection Resources for Classroom Use
A collection of lesson plans, quizzes, and educational videos developed for online dissections. The site hopes to improve the learning experience for students, and increase the quality of the dissection experience. Organisms included are...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Giant Clam
A close up photo of a giant clam on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Giant clam can grow to weigh more than 440 lb (200 kg) and live for well beyond 100 years.
Other
North Carolina Dept of Environment & Natural Resources: Cool Kids: Shellfish
Find information on shellfish rehabilitation and other bivalves like clams, oysters, and scallops. One of the most interesting pages is the stock status that indicates how fish populations are surviving in fisheries in North Carolina.
Other
National Aquarium in Baltimore: Squid Lab [Pdf]
This handbook is intended to be used before and after an aquarium visit but can be used on its own. It has information about cephalopods, with a focus on the squid. Students learn about squid anatomy and physiology, survival adaptations,...
Tree of Life Project
The Tree of Life Web Project: Animals
Extensive site that contains much information about the various animal phyla. Each phyla gives photos, common examples, scientific names and references. Collection of 1630 websites about bio-diversity.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Phylum Mollusca (Mollusks)
A great, detailed description of mollusks. Discusses parts of their external and internal anatomy and their functions, and lists several characteristics of mollusks. Tabbed pages include pictures, specimens and classification.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Black Smokers: Life Forms
This educational web site features life forms of deep sea hydrothermal systems. Hosted by the American Museum of Natural History, this site offers a brief introduction of the community and then focuses on Vestimentiferan tube worms,...
Other
Sea and Sky: Mollusks
This illustrated article describes several different types of reef mollusks ranging form snails and clams to the chambered nautilus.
University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska State Museum: Alaska Kelp Community
Discover the ecological relationships of six different organisms living in the Alaskan kelp community. The site also contains an interactive map showing the time line for the spread of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Mollusk
Wikipedia offers detailed information on mollusks, a large and diverse phylum including shelled sea animals and the octupus.
PBS
Newton's Apple: Black Pearls
A lab activity to illicit discussion/understanding of the way in which mollusks produce an economic product.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Distribution of Fish in North America, 1910
A map from1910 of North America showing the distribution of primary commercial fish in the region, including oysters, clams, sponges, turtles, shrimp, lobster, whales and seals. The map shows marine species as well the freshwater salmon...
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