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Activity
Sheppard Software

Sheppard Software: Starfish

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an in-depth description of a starfish, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
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Handout
Other

Echinoderms the Spiny Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site about the most common echinoderm, the sea star.
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Handout
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Echinoderms: Sea Stars

For Students 9th - 10th
Great information about all echinoderms: sea stars, sea urchins & sand dollars, sea cucumber. How they move, what they eat. Nice images.
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Handout
Microscopy UK

Microscopy Uk: Growth of a Starfish

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the growth and development of a starfish.
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Handout
Other

Natural Perspective: The Animal Kingdom: Starfish

For Students 9th - 10th
Info page of sea star inhabitants of tide pools.Includes excellent photography
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Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Starfish (Protoreaster Nodosus)

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the Protoreaster Nodosus, more commonly known as the starfish.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Starfish O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip over this interactive OLogy card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information about starfish.
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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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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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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Starfish Anatomy

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes anatomical features of a starfish, including external anatomy, digestive system, and nervous system.