Curated OER
Population Density
Middle schoolers use the scientific method to conduct an experiment and use varied methods to gather background information. They correctly use lab equipment and prepare tables and graphs that organize, conclude, and present their...
Curated OER
Bats
Students model how the bones in a bat wing are organized. They develop questions about bat body parts based on photographs. They hypothesize how bats locate their food.
Curated OER
Are There Too Many Elk?
Young scholars study elk populations in Arizona. For this data lesson students read an article on monitoring elk populations, analyze data and make management recommendations.
Curated OER
Are There Too Many Elk?
Students use information about elk populations in Arizona to make recommendations about population management. In this ecology lesson, students discover the problems associated with having a heard of elk that is too large. After...
Curated OER
All/The - class: making generalizations about the group
In this generalizations worksheet, learners change the form of the sentences to take the subject and change it into a group generalization. Students complete 8 sentences.
Curated OER
It Takes All Kinds!
Students view video clips and observe similarities and differences between animals. They sort animals into groups for a zoo. They make a graph of their observations and review scientific classifications.
Curated OER
Survival of the Fittest
Sixth graders create their own "never before seen" marine creatures and examine how not all creatures in the sea swim, not all have sharp teeth
Curated OER
From Polliwog to Frog
Learners examine how frogs change. In this life cycle lesson, students create a model to show how a frog changes throughout its life. Learners will show the process of frog metamorphosis, from polliwog to adult frog.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Schools of Fish Swim in Harmony?
Nathan S. Jacobs explains the concept of emergence, the spontaneous creation of sophisticated behaviors and functions from large groups of simple elements. [6:07]
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Animal Behavior
Lesson plan that allows students to investigate the effect of water temperature on fish behavior. Students measure, collect data, and interpret the results.
Animal Fact Guide
Animal Fact Guide: Great White Shark
Entry on the Great White Shark that features information on its physical characteristics, habitat (with a distribution map), diet, breeding patterns, unique traits and behavior, conservation status, and tips on what you can do to help.
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts: Rainbow Trout
explore fast facts, physiology, habitats, behaviors, and range of the rainbow trout.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Silver Dollar (Metynnis Argenteus)
Provides photographs and facts about the silver dollar, a freshwater tropical fish. Discusses their popularity for aquariums, where they originate, their behavior, diet, predators, lifespan and reproduction, and care when kept in an...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Third Grade Science: Life Sci: Animal Characteristics and Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents an overview of the major animals groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates, invertebrates, those having live births and...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Discus (Symphysodon)
Presents an overview of the Discus, including its habitat, appearance, behavior, breeding, diet, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and statistics can also be found here.
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts: Atlantic or Pacific Salmon
Learn fast facts, the physiology, habitats, behaviors and range of the Atlantic or Pacific salmon.
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts: Tundra Swan
Learn fast facts, the physiology, habitats, behaviors and range of the tundra swan.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Ray Finned Fish
Comprehensive reference material on ray-finned fishes, with information on their habitat, evolution, physical features, eating habits, reproduction, behavior, how they communicate, role in the ecosystem, and threats to their continuing...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Piranha (Pygocentrus Nattereri)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the piranha. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, diet, predators, behavior, mating and reproduction, and tells a story about a piranha found in a river in England.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Scent of an Alewife
This video segment from NOVA: "Sea Behind the Dunes" tracks the return of spawning alewife fish from the open ocean back to the freshwater streams and ponds where they were born. [3:34]
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Crafty Seals Follow Tracking Device Signals
Article reports on seals who have learned how to use tracking devices that monitor fish migration to hunt for fish.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: The New Zoos: Tuna in the Tank
Investigate how scientists track the world's most valuable and endangered fish. Define the range of an individual based on observations made over the course of a day.