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Sea-ing More Clearly

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Explore works of art with your class by engaging them in a variety of artistic activities including papier-mache sculpture, poetry, performance, and more. After viewing and discussing four paintings of the sea by Robert Harris, learners...
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Teach Engineering

Copycat Engineers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
It's often said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Young engineers learn about biomimicry, which uses nature to generate engineering ideas, in the fifth lesson of nine in a Life Science unit. Working in groups, they select...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The Making of the Fittest: Evolving Switches, Evolving Bodies

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
How did the stickleback fish, which was once ocean bound, evolve to be able to persist in freshwater lakes? Hear from the scientists who identified the genes and related switches that allowed these survivors to adapt. In addition to the...
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Printables
Teacher Printables

My Flip Book About . . .

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Print these as two-sided handouts from which elementary entomologists can make a flip-style book about beetles (or a variety of other animals that are available as well). They research the habitat, food, and other interesting information...
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Teacher Printables

My Mini Book About …

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This is one of several printable pages on which little life scientists can write out their research on an assigned animal. The highlighted page is for alligator research, but several other animal pages are included as other materials....
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My Mini Book About...

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Elementary learners complete a mini book on polar bears. The resource contains four pages, each a quarter of a page, including one title page with a picture of a polar bear and a space for kids to write their names. 
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Going Fishing

For Students 6th - 12th
Why do some things float and others sink? A creative simulation allows learners to adjust mass and volume of an object to affect its buoyancy in water. A graph records the effect of each manipulation.
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Aquarium of the Pacific

Ocean Habitats

For Teachers K - 2nd
Watch what happens in an underwater wonderland! Pupils view a video about two specific ocean habitats and complete a worksheet by placing the fish species into the correct habitat. They then take a deeper look into the ocean habitats by...
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Worksheet
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Red Fish, Blue Fish-Fish and Color Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice questions about fish. Answers are a color, then the word "fish." Page has a link to answers.
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Interactive
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Betta Fish, Better Fish

For Students 4th - 7th
For this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of trivia questions about the Betta fish. Page has a link to submit answers for review.
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The Fish Trade

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read and discuss a document regarding how the global fish trade is important to humans all over the world. Students conduct Internet research and write a scenario about what would happen if other countries did not help...
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UK Freshwater Fish Quiz

For Students 4th - 8th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of questions about freshwater fish in the UK. Page has a link to submit answers for correction.
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Interactive
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Freshwater Aquarium Fish

For Students 4th - 8th
For this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of questions about freshwater aquarium fish. Page has a link to submit answers for correction.
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Interactive
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Freshwater Fish and Fish-keeping

For Students 5th - 8th
In this online quiz worksheet, 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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Writing about the world's fisheries (Calibrated Peer Review)

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students summarize the findings of the Pew Ocean Commission report "America's Living Oceans," contrast it to an opposing viewpoint, and recommend a fisheries policy based on their understanding. It includes a scoresheet that was created...
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Interactive
Curated OER

The Coelacanth aka 'The Living Fossil Fish'

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice questions about the Coelacanth, or Living Fossil Fish. Page has a link to answers.
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Worksheet
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Freshwater Fish of Great Britain Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice questions about freshwater fish in Great Britain. Page includes links to answers and resources.
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Interactive
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North American Fish Quiz

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this online quiz instructional activity, students answer a set of multiple choice questions North American Fish. Page includes links to answers and resources.
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Worksheet
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How Do You Know Your Fish are Sick?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice trivia questions about how you know fish are sick. Page has a link to answers.
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Interactive
Curated OER

A Betta Fish Quiz

For Students 4th - 8th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of questions about the Betta fish. Page has a link to submit answers for correction.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Aquarium Fish Quiz

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice questions about aquarium fish. Page has a link to answers.
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Curated OER

Crabmania

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform the "crab walk" and the "fish swim" as music plays. When the music stops, the "fish" students freeze in position as the crabs tag other fish. Tagged fish become crabs. Students continue playing the modified game of tag.
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A Fishy Twist on Adaptations

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine the relationship between specific fish adaptations and their function for survival. They design a fish based on certain adaptations and then decide to which habitat their fish would be best suited. Individual students...
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Sharing Under the Sea

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils listen to story The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister, discuss why sharing is good, demonstrate understanding of sharing by decorating and sharing cookies, and practice saying "please" and "thank you" as they share icing with other...

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