Crustaceans Lesson Plans

1. Under the Sea a Unit on Marine Biology
Under the Sea Fish Mollusks Each of the links to the left contains facts and information, photos, classroom activities and investigations, online games, and downloadable worksheets and puzzles. Crustaceans For photos of my marine biology classroom and how I decorated it, click here Echinoderms ~ Fishy Links - Ocean Life Links ~ Mammals ~ Fishy Tales - Student Storybooks for Under the Sea ~ Animals with Stinging Cells ~ Fishy Fun - Games, Quizzes, Puzzles ~ Sea Turtles and other endangered marine sp...

2. Under the Sea a Unit on Marine Biology
Under the Sea Fish Mollusks Each of the links to the left contains facts and information, photos, classroom activities and investigations, online games, and downloadable worksheets and puzzles. Crustaceans For photos of my marine biology classroom and how I decorated it, click here Echinoderms ~ Fishy Links - Ocean Life Links ~ Mammals ~ Fishy Tales - Student Storybooks for Under the Sea ~ Animals with Stinging Cells ~ Fishy Fun - Games, Quizzes, Puzzles ~ Sea Turtles and other endangered marine sp...

3. Aquatic Safari
...their work sheet answers. ANSWER KEY: SEAHORSE Hippocampus; 2"-14"; plankton, fish larvae. SUNFLOWER CORAL Goniopora; to 3'; plankton. PILOT WHALE Globicephala macrorhynchus; 13.1'-17.7'; squid, fish. BLUE WHALE Balaenoptera musculus; 70'-85'; krill. HARBOR SEAL -- Phoca vitulina; 5.6'-6.6'; squid, crustaceans, mollusks, fish. GRAY WHALE Eschrichtius robustus; 43'-46'; invertebrates. SKUNK SHRIMP Lysmata amboinensis; 3.2"; parasites, dead skin. SOUTHERN STINGRAY Dasyatis americana; wingspan up to 5'; mollusks, crustaceans, worms, small fish. BLUE SEA STAR Linckia laevigata; up to 12"; plankton. SPANISH HO...

4. The Effect of Automobile Exhaust on Hydra in an Environmental Chamber
...ogical and/or behavioral changes occur within the animal upon exposure to automobile exhaust. 3) To determine if the hydra may be used as an indicator to detect pollution from automobile exhaust. Materials: 100 brown hydra (a fresh water Hydrozoan), fresh pond water, 2 environmental chambers, mixed crustaceans including daphnia and artemia (for feeding), auto exhaust, large tire inner tube with delivery tube to the environmental chamber, 10 petri dishes, 6 eye droppers or clean micropipettes, hand lens, one binocular stereo microscope with zoom lens, clock, one microprojector and prepared slides (plain hy...

5. Natural Diversity Natural Diversity
...led deer, moose, skunk, cardinal; or in the ocean: lobster, crab, cod. 3. Pass out the Animal Information worksheet to each student, and discuss the kinds of facts students are to look for. Be sure students understand that "animal" can include birds, mammals, insects, fresh- and saltwater fish, and crustaceans. 4. Tell students that after they have done their research and filled out the sheet, they are to make a color drawing or painting of the animal. Encourage them to show as much as they can of the animal's environment, such as plant life. Have them attach the information sheet to the completed illustr...

6. Crab Walk
.... Crabs are 10-legged animals that walk sideways. Many crabs are omnivores (plant and meat eaters), some are carnivores (meat eaters), while others are herbivores (plant eaters). Crabs are invertebrates, which is an animal without a backbone. They also have an exoskeleton (carapace). Crabs are also crustaceans. Students will also strengthen their skills of the metric system by measuring with the centimeter side of a ruler. Prerequisite Skills and Concepts: The students should have knowledge of the metric system and know how to use the inches and centimeters on a ruler to measure lines and distance. The st...

7. Amphipod Ecology
...d on this food source. Beach hoppers are amphipods and are a very important part of the food chain. Thousands of birds feed on these every day, and many of these birds are endangered species. Therefore, amphipods are an important part of the reserve ecology. Amphipoda is a large order of very small crustaceans also known as "beach fleas" or "sand fleas". The amphipod species found at the reserve, Orchestoidea corniculata, ranges from 1/2 to 1 inch long. The second antennae is orange-red in color. They have a compressed body shape and are most active at night. They hide under kelp wracks, which they eat, a...

8. MAIS Zoom - Brine Shrimp
...Model Zoom Lesson Plans ZOOMplan Purpose of Zoom Brine Shrimp (ZOOMplan developed by Dr. Ken Mechling, Clarion, Pennsylvania) Goals of the Project Just over a centimeter in size, the adult brine shrimp Artemia is an extremely well known animal because of its importance as a food source for fish and crustaceans raised in home Operational aquariums, aquaculture systems, and in laboratories. One can buy brine shrimp at practically Definitions any pet store. They look like a powdery brown substance but in reality the substance is thousands of cysts?eggs surrounded by protective cases. When added to water, the...

9. Waipi·o Valley Stream Restoration
...about the animals that live in Hawaii?s streams and their habitats, as a foundation for formulating hypotheses about the impact of stream restoration on habitat and biota. Time Frame: 2 class periods Objectives: Student will be able to: 1. List the common native and introduced species of mollusks, crustaceans, fish and insects that inhabit Hawaii?s streams and describe their special adaptations. 2. Identify the types of habitats that are available in Hawai ?i streams and the preferred habitat of key native and introduced species. Materials: 1. The ?Virtual Stream Study? and ?Meet the Critters? pages of t...

10. Biomes: Wild Arctic
...within your DE + food web: the connected food chains within an ecological community streaming + phytoplankton: microscopic single-celled plants that float in the ocean account. If you + zooplankton: microscopic animals that float in the ocean (including single-celled animals don't have an and tiny crustaceans such as copepods) account, sign up + sea ice: a layer of ice formed from seawater; it changes with seasons and floats on the for a demo here. ocean, carried by winds and currents) 2. Ask students to describe how muskoxen, slugs, and the lungworm parasite make up a food chain. (The parasite lives in...