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Word Search: Fish

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Youngsters find these common tropical fish in this word search. Each of the fish has a colorful representation on the worksheet. There is also an answer key at the bottom of the worksheet. The colors make this an appealing exercise for...
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Moorea Coral Reef Long-Term Ecological Research Program

Paper Plate Fishes

For Teachers K - 3rd
Tropical fish make great art projects! Use paper plates to design, color, and assemble round and oval-shaped fish based on photographs of actual fish found along the Moorea Coral Reef. Kids learn about different fins- including the...
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California Academy of Science

Colorful Fish Adaptations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
I love lessons that incorporate the arts, they're so engaging and address a more diverse set of learners. Your class will investigate the reasons fish from the coal reef have adapted such colorful fins. They design a fish that uses color...
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Under the Sea

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Tropical fish are a great subject for any art project, they are colorful, interesting, and can go along with under water themed stories read in class, learner written narratives, or Marine Biology units. This set of instructions will...
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Tropical Fish Dot-to-Dot

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this dot-to-dot coloring page, students connect twenty dots to form a tropical fish. Students color the tropical fish with appropriate colors.
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Tropical Fish of the Great Barrier Reef

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students discover facts about the tropical fish of the Great Barrier Reef. Students read 12 paragraphs about species in the reef waters and look at the photographs. Students complete a crossword puzzle about...
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Polar Trec

Frozen Fish? Unique Adaptations of Antarctic Fish

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Some fish contain proteins that act like antifreeze in order for them to live in the frigid waters of Antarctica! High schoolers determine how much antifreeze a fish needs to lower its body temp to -2.5 degrees. Teachers act as a...
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Fish Farm: an open ended, student centered laboratory activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are contacted by a fictitious company which raises tropical fish to do basic research for them so that they might keep their production costs down. They need to know the optimum salinity in which to hatch the brine shrimp that...
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Rainbow Fish

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars listen to a story about tropical fish and view photographs. Using a piece of construction paper, they draw a fish and add eyes, a mouth and fins. They also add colorful scales to make the fish their own and place it into...
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An Imaginary Tropical Fish

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the fins and mouths of different types of fish to discover what it eats and where it lives. They discuss that the types of fish are different because they adapted to different lifestyles. They develop a lifestyle of an...
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Rainbow Trout

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students investigate the many varieties of both tropical and freshwater fish, and find out about the anatomy of these creatures. They explore biodiversity in bodies of water, including information about coral reefs, and study the effects...
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Fish Tunes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use their musical talent to create a song for the class fishtank. In a group, they compose two or three songs about their own tropical fish in which they can use any rhythm and musical instruments they choose. They perform...
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Follow a Fish

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students choose a fish from anywhere within the Ocean Center. They observe it for a given time, recording its behavior. Students comprehend the concept that living things have individual characteristics that enable them to live in their...
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Feeding Your Fish

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students discuss nutrition and diet. They look at copies of Tetra's Daily Nutrition Pyramid for Tropical Fish. They compare the fish feeding pyramid to the pyramid for human nutrition. Students examine a can of fish food.
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Color Me

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this color me worksheet, students color and illustrate four tropical fish: blue head, queen trigger fish, Garibaldi and blue-striped grunt.
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How Many? Fishy Problems

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this math worksheet, students solve 6 word problems in which they calculate the answer to a question about fish. Students do the necessary operation to solve the problem and then draw a picture that demonstrates the problem.
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Matching Game: Fish and Turtles

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students participate in a matching game.  In this memory lesson plan, students conduct a memory experiment by playing a matching game with pictures of fish and turtles.  Students sing songs about the animals during their activity.
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Fishy Color Words

For Students Pre-K - K
In this color words worksheet, students read the color word under each of 6 tropical fish pictures. Students color each fish the correct color indicated.
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Fish Around the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use a globe to answer questions such as which continent they live in and the country in which they live. They identify at least two bodies of water near their state and two foreign countries. In groups, they complete a...
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Rain Bird Corporation

Rain Forest Teaching Curriculum

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Take young naturalists on an exploration of the world's tropical rainforests with this extensive collection of lessons and activities. Whether its creating leaf and flower prints or investigating the absorption spectrum of...
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Freshwater Fish and Fish-keeping

For Students 5th - 8th
In this online quiz learning exercise, students answer a set of questions about freshwater fish. Answers may be submitted for review by clicking a link at the bottom of the page.
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Your Own Fresh Water Aquarium in the Classroom

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Pupils explore aquariums. In this fish and ecosystems lessons, students establish a freshwater aquarium environment using materials provided. Pupils read about and care for the classroom fish.
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Science: Identifying Fish Parts

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify parts of fish and their functions. They compare the fish's body parts and purposes to their own. Working in groups, they complete worksheets by labeling fish parts on a drawing.
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Oddball Out: Fish

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this problem solving worksheet, students analyze a row of pictures of various fish to determine which creature is different from the others pictured.

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