Squids Lesson Plans - LessonCorner

1. Summing it all up
...he main points. Within this lesson the children will learn to summarize different articles taken from the magazine, National Geographic kids by creating a web. MATERIALS: Computer for each child to read articles or printouts of each article (Fun Facts on Koalas and National Geographic News on Jumbo Squids), blank web diagram worksheets, checklist of the 6 steps to follow to summarize a text, pencil, dry erase board, dry erase marker PROCEDURES: 1.) Each student will read both of the articles. One of the articles is shorter then the other. This will encourage them to pick out only the most important i...

2. Anticipation Guides Improve Reading Comprehension
...ent-area reading; and many of the teacher guides for those news stories include an anticipation guide. For example, the teacher's guide for the news story Japanese Scientists Photograph Giant Squid offers the following "anticipation guide" statements: + For many years, scientists have studied giant squids in their natural habitat. + Giant squids live in shallow waters of the Pacific Ocean. + Giant squids are very slow and "lazy" creatures. + Giant squids have the largest eyes of any living creature. Some of the statements above are true; others are false. Before students read ask them to respond to e...

3. News For you
...ife Sciences ----Animals Grades Grades 2-up News Content Scientists capture first-ever photos of a giant squid in its habitat. Anticipation Guide Before reading, ask students to agree or disagree with each of the statements below. For many years, scientists have studied sea creatures known as giant squids in their natural habitat. Giant squids live in shallow waters of the Pacific Ocean. Giant squids are very slow and "lazy" creatures. Giant squids have the largest eyes of any living creature. News Words Introduce these words before students read the article: Bonin Islands islands in the western Paci...

4. Energy - Fisheries Activities - Lesson Activities - Educators - OceanWorld
...archers also tell us another indication of trouble is that we are finding different species of organisms not normally found in certain feeding areas or an increase in numbers of some normally found in the feeding areas. Read on for some examples. Evidence: A Mysterious Tear in the Web of Life Giant Squids are being found in nets off the Australian coast. Giant Squids are normally found in very deep waters and are seldom seen (except when they die and float up to be washed ashore somewhere). Some ocean researchers believe this is connected with the demise in numbers of the Orange Roughy (fish). Pengui...

5. Summarization Squids
Summarization Squids Squid Reading to Learn By: Collier Daniel Rationale: Comprehension is very important when it comes to students understanding a story. It is important for students to learn how to comprehend stories early in reading education. There are various strategies when it comes to gaining meaning and knowledg...

6. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
...ill be stated in the text or come up on an "ALT" box when the cursor is pointed at a graphic. Sometimes the paperwork will be contained on someone else's site, as on Day 14, when the students go to Shark School and turn in a completed word search page and on Day 22, when the students research giant squids. Students can always click on the pink clam in the left margin to return to the index of daily assignments. Students can begin by reading the assignment page for Day 1. Teachers may choose to have students read the novel in groups or individually. Depending on computer access, students may need to w...

7. Creature Seekers
...tful creation of exhibits, and well-supported position papers. Vocabulary: instinct, embroider, bestiary, inevitably, notion, bizarre, lurk, amateur, biped, paranormal, rebuts, hokum, octopods, whetted Extension Activities: 1. Scientists have created theories about the behavior and habitat of giant squids without having seen them in their natural state. They also have theories about the habitats and behaviors of extinct animals that they cannot observe directly. Interview a scientist about how one goes about coming up with a theory about a phenomenon that cannot be directly observed. Write a report a...

8. Cool Communication of Cephalopods
...to be intruding on his mate. In addition, chromatophores may be used to signal a readiness to mate. (All information in this section comes from Moynihan, 1985.) Vocabulary List Camouflage - concealment by means of disguise; behavior or artifice designed to deceive or hide. Cephalopod the octopods, squids and other mollusks that possess a foot modified into arms that surround the head. Chromatophore a skin cell that contains pigments. Disruptive coloration a color pattern that helps break the outline of an organism. Molluscs the invertebrates with a soft, unsegmented body; a muscular foot; and, with...

9. Talkin That Talk: Communicating, a Science Process Skill
...FORMATION DRAW A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF BINARY INFORMATION: WAYS OR MEANS OF COMMUNICATION HOW CAN WE COMMUNICATE SHE SENDS A LETTER, HE SHAKES HIS HEAD. SHE MAKES A PHONE CALL, HE YAWNS IN BED. WHEN WE COMMUNICATE, IT S DONE IN MANY WAYS, COMPUTERS, MUSIC, BOOKS, AND WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE S PLAYS. SQUIDS CHANGE THEIR COLORS, GORILLAS YELL, DOGS, CATS, AND INSECTS USE SENSE OF SMELL. ANIMALS COMMUNICATE BY USING THEIR BODIES, AND EVERY DOG KNOWS HOW TO MARK THEIR SCENT ON TREES. COMMUNICATION ALL THE TIME, THAT INCLUDES FASHION DESIGN. DEAF PEOPLE THEY LEARN TO SIGN...COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND...