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Platypus in Crisis

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students learn about the Australian Minister of Fisheries and Wildlife and platypus as an endangered species. In this endangered species lesson, student role play as the Australian Minister of Fisheries and Wildlife to make a...
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Name Match

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this name match worksheet, students match up fourteen different types of pond fish to their formal names by drawing a line from one to the other.
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Dining Out With Fishes of the Hudson

For Students 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, 5th graders read information and complete 3 activities based on the information they have read.
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Fish Count

For Teachers K
Students participate in hands-on activities in which they count and match objects to 10 or more using one-to-one correspondence and make a record of objects counted, which be kept in a math portfolio.
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Recycling Concentration & Go Fish

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars play a game based on concentration or memory to place recyclable items into one of 4 groups. In this recycling lesson, students work in groups of 1-4 to place cards with pictures of various items into a Composting,...
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the Journey of the Pacific Salmon in the Open Ocean and Fishing

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss salmon and their life cycle.  For this salmon life cycle lesson, 3rd graders recognize the difficulties researching the life cycle of salmon as they migrate.  Students conduct an experiment and create a game.
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Go Fish! Exploring The Tragedy of the Commons

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discover what happens when people take advantage of shared resources. In this ecology instructional activity, students explore "The Tragedy of the Commons" by playing a role playing simulation game in small groups. Students soon...
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Meat, Poultry, Fish, Eggs: Constructing and Maintaining

For Teachers All
Meat as a food source to provide necessary complete protein, iron, and other nutrients in the diet. Identify and prepare meats and/or poultry product(s). National Standard 14.3.3
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A Strange Fish

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students research the sea horse. In this sea horse lesson, students use the Internet to find information about the sea horse on sites bookmarked by the teacher. The students write these facts on a page and create a sea horse poem. 
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Let's Go Fact Fishing!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students work in pairs to research animals in the ocean. They use the Internet, encyclopedias, and resource books to complete an information sheet with a photo of the animal and three facts. They present their mini-reports to the class.
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Development of the English Colonies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners research one of the original 13 colonies using the included worksheet. They also record their findings on a poster board to use during a class presentation. Students then take notes on the presentations using the provided...
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How Fish Maintain Neutral Buoyancy

For Students 7th - 10th
In this buoyancy worksheet, students read about neutral buoyancy and that the downward force of gravity is equal and opposite to the upward force of water. They answer four critical thinking questions about buoyancy.
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Plants and Animals

For Teachers K - 1st
Students find common needs between plants and animals. In this plants and animals lesson students compare that both plants and animals need food and water. They also find the differences between plant and animal needs.
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Cnidarians

For Students 9th - 12th
In this cnidarian worksheet, learners study the biology of the different species of cnidarians and complete a series of questions.
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Fish Hazards

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Young scholars study the Pacific salmon and see the different challenges they face.  In this environment instructional activity students complete several activities that show how humans have affected the salmon environment. These...
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Conditions at Sea Data Activity

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students study how to forecast sea conditions.  In this oceanography lesson plan students complete a class activity on wave making. 
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Magic Tree House: Afternoon on the Amazon Chapter Five: "Pretty Fish"

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, young scholars answer six short essay questions that pertain to chapter 5 of Magic Tree House: Afternoon on the Amazon by Mary Pope Osborne.
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Floating Fishes: Boat Sinking Lab

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Cut milk cartons in half to make boats and let investigators attempt to sink them. They add dividing walls and observe what happens if marbles are put into only one of the newly formed compartments. Vocabulary is provided: buoyant force,...
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Gone Fishing

For Teachers K
Students particapate in a lesson plan on pictographs describing different fish. They observe the columns in the pictographs in order to determine which ones have the most fish and different types of fish. They create their own...
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Dr. Seuss: "Old Fish, New Fish"

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Dr. Seuss instructional activity, students find opposites of fish from the story One Fish Two Fish...drawing lines to the opposites of pictures given. A website reference is given for additional resources. 
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Fish Kills!

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate a fish kill occurrence, the Lake Iluka simulation. They examine what would happen if a fish kill happened today in their watershed area? what type of problems it might cause? They also discuss in groups any specific...
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Cloze Passage: Fishes

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this cloze passage worksheet, students read a passage and fill in blanks with words given in a word list. The passage is about fish and their characteristics.
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Exploring "The Fishes"

For Students 5th - 12th
In this fish worksheet, students access a website to review basic fish anatomy and compare different fish characteristics. This worksheet has 1 short answer and 7 fill in the blank questions.
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Fish Diseases

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students discuss sicknesses they have had or come in contact with. They discuss treatments for the diseases on the list. Students discuss illnesses that fish might get along with the symptoms, behavior and treatment.

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