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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: What's in the Oceans? Amazing Ocean Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about some of the animals found in the ocean including: sea turtles, sea urchins, starfish, sea horses, and clownfish. A question sheet is available to help students build skills...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Echinoderms

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] You're probably familiar with starfish and sand dollars. They are both echinoderms. Sea urchins and sea cucumbers are also echinoderms. What's similar between these...
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Handout
Denver Zoo

Denver Zoo: Sea Stars

For Students 9th - 10th
The Denver Zoo features a comprehensive overview of sea stars focusing on their habitat, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 9.21 Types of Echinoderms

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the different types of echinoderms in the ocean.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 9.20 Echinoderms

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of echinoderms.
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Website
California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Echinoderm Webpage

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a brief overview of echinoderms. Includes pictures and links for more information.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: All About Starfish

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains facts about starfish, a crossword puzzle, and a poem. The last page contains several links to stories, games, puzzles, and pictures of starfish.
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Handout
Museums Victoria

Museum Victoria Prehistoric Life: Sea Stars

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the fossilized remains of sea stars found in Southern Australia. Content includes a look at the physical characteristics of these animals.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Starfish

For Students 9th - 10th
A brown and white spotted starfish on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia. There are around 1800 different species of starfish (also known as sea stars) around the world. Some starfish species have the ability...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Starfish Morphology

For Students 9th - 10th
Labeled diagram of a starfish.