Barracuda Lesson Plans - LessonCorner

1. Nemo Tag
...Activity: Nemo Product Tag Suggestions from: Suggested Grade Level: 2-5 Spectrum? Nylon Mesh Pinnies, Materials Needed: Pinnies (or some other piece of equipment to Youth Size (set/ identify the taggers), stuffed fish 12) $53.88 Description of Idea Pick 5-6 students (depending on class size) to be barracudas and have them wear a pinnie or carry a ball so they can be identified as the "taggers." Select 3-4 other students (depending on class size) to be Nemo's they will carry the stuffed fish. The barracudas try to tag as many students as possible by touching them on the shoulder. If tagged by a barracud...

2. Lyndsey2
...l turf Jointed seaweed Phytoplankton (plant plankton) Protista Zooplankton (animal plankton) Animals Corals Finger coral Common Sea Fan Brain Coral Sponge Purple sea urchin Squid Fish Spot light parrotfish Silver porgy Surgeon fish Yellow fin grouper Blue tang Nassau grouper Four eyed Buterfly fish Barracuda Instructions for Teachers Activity 1: Making a food chain 1.Each student will need to start with a horizontal row of 4 squares either downloaded from the website if they are going to write in their own food chain OR if the facility is available the student can wordprocess their organisms directly on...

3. Lesson4Dangerousseacreatures
...are well known for their amusing habit of inflating their bodies with air or water when provoked. Their bodies contain the same toxin as the salvia of the blue ringed octopus with the same potentially fatal effects. Easily caught on fishing lines, or rope lines they must never be eaten. PREDATORS: Barracuda: Barracudas are bold and inquisitive, and fearsome fishes, that may be/are dangerous to humans. The great barracuda is known to have been involved in attacks in skiers / wake boarders. To avoid them do not wear any shiny objects. Moray Eels: A number of water activity participants have been bitten b...

4. Lyndsey1
...7500 Common sea fan Herbivore 7000 Brain coral Herbivore 6000 Sponge Carnivore 1000 Spotlight parrot fish Herbivore 5 Squid Carnivore 2 Purple sea urchin Herbivore 6 Nassau grouper Carnivore 24 4 eyed butterfly fish Herbivore 2 Silver porgy Carnivore 3 Surgeon fish Herbivore 4 Blue tang Herbivore 2 Barracuda Carnivore 1 2.The students need to count all the numbers of producers and record this total. 3.Next the students should count up the number of herbivores and record this. 4.Students then need to count up the carnivores and note the total. 5.The students should then be able to draw a pyramid shape to...

5. Verterbrate Classification Lesson Plan
...nd Mammals. 2-3 Grade Level: JungleWalk Author: You can use the information here to dilineate the differences between the various kinds of vertebrates Fishes Fishes are vertebrates, they have backbones and streamlined bodies; they live in water; they lay eggs; they have fins that help them to swim; Barracuda they have gills that help them to breathe under water. The slide shows displays different kinds of fishes and these pictures can be used to explain the different body parts of the fish that help them survive in water. There are two kinds of fishes. Most of them are bony fishes but there are some kin...

6. COAST - Marine & Aquatic Habitats Activities - Creatures in the Coral
...t an aquarium and research a specific species of coral inhabitant. 2. Make a word search using words related to the coral reef habitat. 3. Write a poem or storybook about coral reef inhabitants, including illustrations. Answer key (if needed). RELATIONSHIPS SYMBIOTIC PREDATORY 1. Clown fish Anemone Barracuda 2. Zooxanthellae Coral polyp Sea stars 3. Coral polyp Zooxanthellae Nurse shark 4. Shrimp fish Sea urchin 5. Clam Algae < < go top Teacher Evaluation Group: Students can demonstrate and verbally explain the relationships in the wheel. A group report could be presented to the class. Self: Students ca...

7. The Ford Mustang and Other Cool Cars: What's in a Name?
...out the names of best-selling cars, choosing their own names for cars, and/ or writing vivid descriptions of their cars. Materials Required: Access to the Internet; writing materials. Procedures: 1. Give students the names of cars popular in the 1960s: Thunderbird, Falcon, Charger, Comet, Mustang, Barracuda. Ask the students the following questions: How are these names effective in evoking powerful associations in a listener or reader? What kind of performance could you expect from each of these cars? Why do you think these names were selected, and for what kind of buyer? 2. Present a second list of...

8. Fundamentally Fish
...ir findings to the class supporting their hypothesis with at least two observable details inferred from the picture. The teacher can support them by adding information about top feeders (such as salmon, Southern stargazer), bottom feeders (such as white sucker, catfish), large mouthed fish (such as barracuda, tuna) and small mouthed fish (such as sheepshead and opah). 5.)Day Five - The teacher will wrap up the investigative processes used-analysis, prediction, hypothesis- and tie them to scientific processes. Students will review the amount of information they have posted on the charts that began with j...