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1. Land Hermit Crab Lesson Plans
Crabby Teachers Land Hermit Crab Lesson Plans Lesson One Year Target : 2-4 Duration: 30 Minutes Key Learning Areas: Language, Science Materials: Butcher's paper/whiteboard, colour pencils, photos of hermit crabs and/or a book on land hermit crabs and marine hermit crabs (Sue Fox's Hermit Crabs: A Complete Owner's Guide if possible) Objectives: To give an introductory lesson on hermit crabs which is based on student's prior knowledge and encourage students to be active in the learning process. Content o Disc...

2. The Crab Street Journal: KidZone
Welcome to Vanessa's Crabarium Crabby Teachers Lesson Two Year Target : 2-4 Duration: 30 Minutes Key Learning Areas: Language, Science Materials: Butcher's Paper/Whiteboard notes from last lesson; Pictures /photos of marine and land hermit crabs such as those from Sue Fox's Hermit Crabs: Complete Owner's Guide; the book "Pagoo" or another hermit crab oriented book. Objectives: To revisit previous lesson and learnings about land and marine hermit crabs. To extend on that with more facts about where a hermit crab lives, what it eats and the l...

3. Crabmania
...ons Activity: Crabmania PE Central Store Health Ed Products PEC Store Secondary Lessons Suggested Grade Level: 3 - 5 Materials Needed: CD player/music player, CD's of fast/popular music, More Products Appropriately sized open space indoors Description of Idea Copyright/ Select 2 students to be the 'Crabs' (taggers). The Crabs assume the crab Disclaimer walk position in the center of the 'Ocean' (open space). The 'Fish' (all other students) are scattered in the Ocean. When the music BEGINS the Fish 'Swim' (WALK only) throughout the Ocean. The Crabs move in crab walk position while trying to tag the F...

4. Amphipod Ecology
...crab (Pagurus hirsutiusculus) is extremely common at the Coal Oil Point Reserve and other locations along the Southern California coast. It ranges in length from 1 to 4 inches; those found in tidepools rarely exceed 1 inch, and the larger ones are found in deeper water. In this region, hairy hermit crabs are most commonly found occupying the shells of the black turban snail (after the snail has died). However, as the crabs grow, they need to "molt" several times each year by finding new shell homes and moving into them. After they back themselves into a new shell, their soft bodies become protected....

5. Ollie the Octopus
...outh; red construction paper cut into crab shapes; a marker to write the following words on the crab cut-outs: box, taps, fog, pot, big, dog, hat, mop, red, got; drawing paper, crayons, primary paper, and pencils; Doc in the Fog (Educational Insights); chart with ?Ollie the Octopus likes to eat hot crabs often.?; velcro for octopus and crabs, primary paper and pencil Procedures: 1. Introduce lesson by telling the children that words have many different sounds in them that are made by our mouth moves. To be able to read and write, we must be able to hear and know these sounds. 2. Tell the class that...

6. Vanessa's Land Hermit Crab Care 101
Land Hermit Crab Lesson Plans Land Hermit Crab Lesson Plans Lesson Four : Diet and needs of a hermit crab Year Target : 2-4 Duration: 30 Minutes Key Learning Areas: Language, Science Materials: Sue Fox's Hermit Crabs: Complete Owner's Guide; Fresh and dried foods including Dessicated coconut, trail mix, Objectives: Now that we have learned about the lifecycle and anatomy, we will be looking at the habitat of land hermit crabs in the wild, their diet in the wild, and how to meet their dietary needs. Links will be...

7. Vanessa's Land Hermit Crab Care 101
Lesson Three : Lifecycle & Stages Year Target : 2-4 Duration: 30 Minutes Key Learning Areas: Language, Science Materials: Sue Fox's Hermit Crabs: Complete Owner's Guide; Stages of development text such as that below, but modified to suit the level of the class; (optional) worksheet which describes the main features of each stage in which the stages are in the wrong order and need to be cut out and pasted into workbooks or onto plain sheets o...

8. Hungry Crabs
PE Central K-2 PE Lesson Ideas PE Central Shop PEC PEC Newsletter PE Superstore Search email this idea to a friend Email Idea to a Friend printer friendly version Printer Hungry Crabs Friendly Version Materials Name of Activity: Hungry Product Crabs Suggestions from: Purpose of Activity: To help improve upper body strength and 30" Economy endurance Hoops (pk/12) $35.88 Suggested Grade Level: K-2 Browse the S&S Materials Needed: 50 bean bags (depending on class size), 4 hula selec...

9. NWHI: For Teachers: Honu Survivor Lesson
...off the ocean. Sometimes the turtles run towards man made lights, which is a deadly mistake. Another man-made hazard for turtles is Marine Debris, which they mistake for food or in which they become entangled. They also have natural predators, such as sea birds, sharks, carnivorous fishes and ghost crabs. Usually there are only one or two sea turtles that survive out of a clutch. Preparation and Procedure: 1. Have a discussion with students. What do they know about the Green Sea Turtle? Discuss the number of eggs that are hatched in a clutch and that only one or two turtles survive. Why are there on...

10. Today's Creature Feature-the Horseshoe Crab
+ + -+ TODAY'S CREATURE FEATURE-THE HORSESHOE CRAB MASTER TEACHER Helen Mebane GRADES 5 - 8 SCIENCE OVERVIEW Students will be introduced to "living fossils" which have been around even before dinosaurs roamed the earth. These harmless creatures are called the horseshoe crabs, or Limulus. They are not really crabs but are related to spiders in the phylum Arthropods. They are in their own classification Class Merostomata. Students will view a video showing their interesting anatomy, life cycle, and unique blood properties which are used for pharmaceuticals and in the medi...