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Additional Search Results 1 - 10 of 35 for Mollusks
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1. Internet Gastropod Research
Internet Gastropod Research Home Up Internet Gastropod Research Marcella Dawson:E-mail Subject: Life Science Topic: Mollusks June 1996 This exercise is adapted from "Whelks" by Catherine E. Matthews, The Science Teacher, p 32, April, 1992. Internet Procedure: 1. The questions are grouped by major topic. 2. Each topic is linked to the most suitable sites providing that information. 3. Search at least two sites for each maj...
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2. Aquatic Safari
...eet 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 HOGFISH Bodi...
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3. Seashells of Galveston, Texas
Seashells of Galveston, Texas There is beauty in all of nature's wonders. Please join us as we explore the treasures of Galveston Bay. What is a Malocologist? Conchologist? A malacologist is a person who studies the animals that live inside of mollusks. A conchologist is a person who collects and studies the shells of mollusks. What supplies are needed for shell collecting? Sun hat, sunscreen, bug repellent, small strainer, plastic bags or pill vials, small shovel, sun glasses, canvas shoes, small bucket, pad, pencil If you visit Galveston's beach...
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4. The Pit
...s Materials/resources Each group will need: a game board a set of animal picture game cards Technology resources Computer lab with internet connection Pre-activities Prior knowledge required about animal classification in the following groups: Reptiles, Amphibians, Mammals, Birds, Fish, Arthropods, Mollusks, and Insects. Prior to participating in ?The Pit? activity, students should familiarize themselves with information, pictures, specimens, sounds and classification of birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish, myriapods, crustaceans, annelids, mollusks, insects and arachnids. Activities The object...
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5. Land Hermit Crab Lesson Plans
...he whiteboard to add to later. o Exposition - what is a hermit crab? o Question & Answer Time o Explaination - Establish the difference between Land and Marine Hermit Crabs. "What is different and what is the same about them." o Brainstorm - "What are other animals that live in shells? " ie snails, mollusks etc o Discussion - "What do we now know about hermit crabs?" - add the information to the butcher's paper or whiteboard and keep for the next lesson Sequence of Activities: o Introduction: "Today we will be learning about hermit crabs. What do you know about hermit crabs? Have you ever seen a hermit...
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6. Seashore Limitations
...examples could be Octopus, Sea Lion, Birds of the Wetlands, Crabs and Fish. Variations: Other students can be the prey that is captured by the sea animal. Have students devise the opposite type of movement used with each animal. Have older students separate the animals into catagories...hard shell, mollusks, phylums. Assessment Ideas: Devise a handout in which the students match the characteristics of the sea animals with the movements use in the physical education environment. Share this idea with Printer friendly version friend! Printer friendly version Email this idea! Submitted by Rob Causton who t...
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7. Limpet Shell Exercise
...nacles) can't move and must deal where they are. Others, like limpets and snails can move, but tend not to. Common intertidal organisms: sea stars, mussels, barnacles, crabs, fish (even eels!-they hang out in the pools), chitons, snails, limpets, sea urchins, sea slugs, clams. Limpets are gastropod mollusks (so are snails and slugs) that have a single, uncoiled, cap-like shell. They are important grazers of algae along rocky intertidal shorelines (such as along the California coast). They graze along the rocks when the water comes up, and go back to a home spot when the tide goes out (water falls). Thi...
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8. Invertebrate Dribbling
...Tip (pk/256) Materials Needed: Large index cards, markers, variety of balls to $69.99 bounce, examples of the animals in the four major types of invertebrates. Physical activity: Dribbling with the hands Description of Idea Search for at least five examples of the four major types of invertebrates (mollusks, arthropods, echinoderms, and annelids). Write those examples on index cards, making one set for each group of 3-4 students. Probably a good idea to laminate these. Have students begin in small groups of 3-4 in their self space at one end of the gym. Spread the card sets out in front of each group a...
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9. Waipi·o Valley Stream Restoration
...will learn 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 Critter...
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10. Classification
..., Genus, Species); creating dichotomous keys; and identifying animals from classmates' keys. Materials: pictures of a variety of animals from all phyla, make sure there are some borderline animals (sea cucumber, duckbill platypus, octopus, etc.) (depending on grade level use insects, plants, fungi, mollusks, algae, arthropods) encyclopedias or reference books for student reference Background Information: Biologists use a universal system to classify animals and other organisms. All animals form one large grouping, the kingdom Animalia. The kingdom is subdivided into progressively smaller groups on the...
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