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Clam Vocabulary
In this clam vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 9 clam-related terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions.
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Clam Crossword
In this clams crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 10 clues and the terms in the word bank to help them correctly complete the word puzzle.
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Marine Habitats of Galveston Island
Four lessons introduce elementary ecologists to salt marsh and sandy beach habitats. In the first activity, they place shells and other materials in vinegar to determine if they contain calcium carbonate. In the second activity, they...
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Clam Alphabet Activity
In this alphabet activity worksheet, students read the 9 words and alphabetize them. Students write the words onto the provided lines.
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Skates
Students gain understanding of structure, characteristics, and basic needs of living things and their role in world, identify parts of skate, observe details of skate's body and skate egg case, and identify unique characteristics of skates.
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The Paleozoic Era Crossword
In this Paleozoic Era worksheet, learners complete a 12 word crossword puzzle using given clues about the Paleozoic Era. Answers given on page 2.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Ocean Animals: Mollusks
The Missouri Botanical Garden describes the characteristics and natural history of mollusks in text and color photography.
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Types of Mollusks
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] There are approximately 160,000 living species and probably 70,000 extinct species of mollusks. They are typically divided into ten classes, of which two are...
Other
Sea and Sky: Mollusks
This illustrated article describes several different types of reef mollusks ranging form snails and clams to the chambered nautilus.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 9.8 Types of Mollusks
Understand the characteristics, diversity, and classification of mollusks.
Other
Zebra Mussel Page: Zebra Mussel Slide Show
Click through the whole slide show to find basic information on zebra mussels, how they live, the problems they can cause, and possible solutions.
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Clams and Snails the Mollusks
A concise beginners research page highlighting the major characteristics of the Mollusks.
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Discover Freshwater Mussels: America's Hidden Treasure
This resource explains the critical role that mussels play in the United States.
University of Massachusetts
University of Mass.: Freshwater Mussel Reproduction
This site, which is provided for by the University of Massachusets, gives a very good example of a typical bivalve reproductive cycle.
Other
Seafood New Zealand: Greenshell Mussel
This resource contains basic information on the greenshell mussel.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Pearl
This site from Wikipedia provides a general overview of the pearl, a hard, rounded secretion formed inside the shell of mollusks.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Shell Identification
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an intro to univalves and bivalves with an interactive shell identification activity and a short quiz.
Other
Mollusca
A general description of mollusca and some discussion of those found in the waters of Great Britain.
Other
Wonders of the Sea
Good general description of the phylum with subordinate descriptions in each of the classes.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Greenhouse Dinosaur Extinction Theory
This comprehensive page discusses the Asteroid Impact vs. Volcano-Greenhouse dinosaur extinction debate. It was written by paleontologist, professor, and scientist Dr. Dewey McLean.
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Natural History Museum: Fossil Field Guide: Scallop
Brief look at fossil evidence that reveals the life and ecological interactions of the extinct scallop.