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Find My Plankton Baby Picture InteractiveFind My Plankton Baby Picture Interactive
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American Museum of Natural History
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6th - 12th
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Find My Plankton Baby Picture

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Get a better understanding of babies in the sea. The class learns about the two kinds of plankton. They then determine the baby pictures of eight marine animals given a picture of the adult and some hints about the larvae. When scholars select the correct image, they find out more about the babies.

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Concepts

phytoplankton, zooplankton, larvae, plankton, remote learning

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the questions in the information cards to check for understanding
  • Works as a remote learning resource

Classroom Considerations

  • Does not require any prior knowledge of plankton
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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  • Provides links to related resources
  • Allows for another chance if users select the wrong answer

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