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- acid rain
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- beaver
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- blue crab
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- climate change
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Sea Grasses: Predator Prey Interaction Activity
This activity will show students the role of seagrass in the protection of small fish.
Subject(s):
Science
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
National Science Education
Keywords:
food web, aquatic grass SAV, predator prey relationships, fish
Management of Commercial Fisheries Lesson -- Part 3
Students research fisheries and proper management while developing research paper writing skills.
Subject(s):
Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
High School
Keywords:
culture and watermen, fish
Management of Commercial Fisheries Lesson -- Part 2
Students investigate the environmental impacts of past and present fisheries while considering sustainable management practices.
Subject(s):
Science, Social Studies
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
High School
Keywords:
culture and watermen, fish
Management of Commercial Fisheries Lesson - Part 1
Students explore the history and resource management of fisheries.
Subject(s):
Science, Social Studies
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
High School
Keywords:
culture and watermen, fish
Your Own Freshwater Aquarium in the Classroom
Learn how to study aquatic ecosystems in your classroom by maintaining an in-classroom freshwater aquarium.
Subject(s):
Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Technology
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
experiments and investigations, habitat and niche, identification, stream study, water quality, fish, student action
What Is Gyotaku Lesson
Students learn about gyotaku (fish printing) and the history of gyotaku and where Japan is located. Students will then learn the external anatomy of a fish.
Subject(s):
Art, Science, Social Studies
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Early Learning, Elementary School, Middle School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
identification, fish
Something's Fishy Lesson
The student will identify parts of a fish and learn the fuction of each part.
Subject(s):
Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Elementary School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
identification, fish
Getting to Know Some PA Fishes Lesson
Students will examine at lest ten different types of fish and their habitats.
Subject(s):
Science
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Elementary School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
habitat and niche, identification, stream study, fish
Fish Fact Rummy Lesson
Using cooperative learning, students will compare and contrast characteristics of Pennsylvania game fish environments.
Subject(s):
Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Middle School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
habitat and niche, wildlife, fish
Where Do the Critters Live Lesson
Students use real-time ocean temperature data to predict the distribution of marine organisms. This web-based activity uses ocean temperatures to determine the distribution of marine organisms. In this exercise, you will investigate the influence of ocean temperature on marine organism distribution.
Subject(s):
Science
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
High School
Keywords:
climate change, weather, experiments and investigations, habitat and niche, fish
Habitat Squeeze and Hypoxia Activity
This exercise demonstrates how dead zones can create a “habitat squeeze” for aquatic organisms. Students will understand how physical factors influence where an organism can live; students will understand how dead zones can lead to a decrease in the amount of suitable habitat available to aquatic organisms.
Subject(s):
Science
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
National Science Education
Keywords:
habitat and niche, fish, dissolved oxygen
Give Me Shelter Sea Grass Activity
Students observe the feeding behavior and success rate of blue gill feeding on brine shrimp in two different environments; one with seagrass and one without. Students will gain a better understand of the following ecological service provided by underwater grasses: underwater grasses provide shelter for wildlife.
Subject(s):
Science
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
National Science Education
Keywords:
food web, aquatic grass SAV, habitat and niche, wildlife, fish
Wild About Math Guide and Lesson Plans II
A collection of activities for the TI-83 and TI-84 Plus graphing calculator using authentic wildlife research data from the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
Subject(s):
Mathematics, Science
Type(s):
Curriculum Guide, Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Middle School, High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Virginia
Keywords:
wildlife, fish
Wild About Math Guide and Lesson Plans
A collection of activities for the Casio graphing calculators 9750 and 9850 using authentic wildlife research data from the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
Subject(s):
Mathematics, Science
Type(s):
Curriculum Guide, Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Middle School, High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Virginia
Keywords:
wildlife, fish
Where Could the Stripers Be Activity
Students determine where striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay can live based on temperature and dissolved oxygen conditions.
Subject(s):
Science
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Middle School, High School
Keywords:
fish
Dead Zones and Coastal Eutrophication PowerPoint Presentation
This PowerPoint presentation discusses the causes and consequences of dead zones.
Subject(s):
Science
Type(s):
Multimedia
Level(s):
High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
National Science Education
Keywords:
pollution, land use, development, habitat and niche, water quality, fish, dissolved oxygen
Ecology of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation PowerPoint Presentation
This PowerPoint presentation outlines the ecology, importance, and global decline of seagrass.
Subject(s):
Science
Type(s):
Multimedia
Level(s):
High School
Keywords:
pollution, adaptation, aquatic grass SAV, erosion, habitat and niche, fish
The South Atlantic Coast and Piedmont Book
This literary field guide for kids and families features the region’s natural heritage, from Maryland to Florida, and from the coast to the foothills of the Appalachians. The book’s stories, poems, essays, and historical accounts were specifically chosen because they feature the region’s habitats, plants, critters and weather.
Subject(s):
Language Arts, Science
Type(s):
Books and Publications
Level(s):
Early Learning, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Keywords:
culture and watermen, ecosystem and biomes, forest, habitat and niche, wildlife, fish
Something's Fishy: Bioaccumulation of Mercury Lesson
In this lesson students will explore the dangers of eating high levels of mercury and learn how small amounts of mercury in water accumulate in greater quantities in organisms higher in the food chain.
Subject(s):
Social Studies
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Middle School, High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Maryland
Keywords:
pollution, food web, fish
Mr. And Mrs. Fish Website
An educational and entertaining elementary school assembly performance on marine science.
Subject(s):
Science
Type(s):
Multimedia
Level(s):
Early Learning, Elementary School
Keywords:
fish
Let's Go Fishin' Lesson
Examines the anatomy and the ecological niche of five species of fish through an on-line field trip.
Subject(s):
Art, Language Arts, Science, Technology
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Elementary School, Middle School
Keywords:
identification, fish
Trout In the Classroom Activity Guide
This activity guide and reference list gives teachers the background necessary to raise trout in their classroom.
Subject(s):
Science, Technology
Type(s):
Curriculum Guide
Level(s):
Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Keywords:
restoration, stream study, wildlife, fish
Fish Morphology Lesson
Students will study the parts of a fish to develop the understanding that the shape, form and structure of a fish's parts influence its lifestyle and behavior.
Subject(s):
Art, Mathematics, Science
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
New York
Keywords:
identification, wildlife, fish
Build a Fish Lesson
Students learn about fish anatomy and morphology and discover how the shapes of a fish's parts are related to how the fish functions. Younger students can also assemble a paper fish from prepared parts.
Subject(s):
Art, Mathematics, Science
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Early Learning, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Keywords:
identification, fish
