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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Schooling Fish

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students make fish models.  In this fish behavior lesson, students create lanternfish fishsticks, learn how a school of fish live, eat and swim together, examine the predator-prey relationship, and read the book Swimmy to facilitate...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Fish Behavior Bingo

For Students 1st - 4th
For this fish behavior worksheet, students use a Bingo card to identify the illustrations of fish behavior. The Bingo card illustrates five fish behaviors with definitions on the bottom of the page. The fish behaviors include cleaning,...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Scent of an Alewife

For Students 3rd - 8th
This video segment from NOVA: "Sea Behind the Dunes" tracks the return of spawning alewife fish from the open ocean back to the freshwater streams and ponds where they were born. [3:34]
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Animal Behavior

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Lesson plan that allows young scholars to investigate the effect of water temperature on fish behavior. Students measure, collect data, and interpret the results.