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1. Classification of an Echinoderm
Classification of an Echinoderm Dill, Henry Kennedy High School 10437 S. Bensley Ave. 1-312-838-5225 Chicago, IL 60617 1-312-731-1130 Objective To understand how the starfish relates to its classification. Materials Preserved Echinoderms, spiders, and other invertebrates and vertebrates. Microscope projector. Overhead projector Slides for production including the arthropods and echinoderms. Illustrations of the starfish. Animals with exoskeletons. Chart with the family t...

2. The Amazing Starfish
The Amazing Starfish Doris Agbefe South Shore Community Academy High School 6140 S. Woodlawn Ave. 7630 S. Constance Ave. Chicago IL 60637 Chicago IL 60640 312-535-6190 Objective: The main objective of this mini-teach is to familiarize the students with the amazingly simple but complex characteristics of an Echinoderm. T...

3. Echinoderms
Lesson Plan Teacher: Mentor: Katherine J. Barber Harris Subject: Aquatic Science Lesson Title: Echinoderms Objectives: Students will learn the characteristics of echinoderms and their diversity. TEKS No standards added. Materials: Motivation: students starfish, will be dissection working to tools, complete a coloring dissection pages, of a charts and starfish. specimens. Teaching Procedure Bellwork: TAKS warm-up Anticipatory Set: Students will be shown a United Streaming Video CLip on Echinoderms where thy will be shown various echinoderms. The Lesson: St...

4. Sea of Friends
...r. New York: North-South Books, 1992. ? Sea blue bulletin Paper Value Pack board paper four by six feet or to size ? Green construction (pk/500) paper: two or three sheets ? Pink, blue, green, yellow, white copy $9.99 paper ? Clip art pictures: four or five different types of fish, shells, octopus, starfish (these are available on the internet at various sites) ? Miniature stickers (can be stars, smiley faces, Crayola? etc.) ? Double-sided tape, glue ? Punch out letters, or make Classpack? your own, or large blue marker Markers - 16 Colors, Regular Description of Idea Tip (pk/256) $69.99 Description of...

5. Illuminations: All About Multiplication
...ual Sets Activity Sheet Bibliography Workmats (e.g. large construction paper) Instructional Plan To set the stage for this lesson, you may wish to read one of the books listed in the Bibliography, What Comes in 2's, 3's, and 4's. You may also wish to discuss some examples from science such as: If a starfish has 5 arms, how many arms will 4 starfish have? If a spider has 8 legs, how many legs will 4 spiders have? Provide students with counters, pieces of string or yarn, and a workmat (large construction paper). Tell them that they will be making equal sets and finding out how many counters there are in...

6. Eggshells
...r, water Hotplate 5 small beakers Copper wire - cut into 6 inch strips Paper plates (For Science Table Display On "Coverings") Vegetables - carrot, radish, potato Fruits - peach, grapes, banana Canned goods, packaged goods Glass and plastic bottled liquids Animals - furry, plastic, vinyl Seashells, starfish Recommended Strategy: 1. Have students view objects on science table. Discuss the types of "covers" on the objects and their usefulness. Relate and compare to the covering on an egg. 2. View and discuss a variety of colored empty eggshells (some dyed on the inside only, others only on the outside)....

7. Rules of Classification
...assify organism by scientific name using the correct rules of classification. TEKS TEKSBIO 112.43 c8A TEKSBIO 112.43 c8B Materials: Powerpoint: Classification Motivation: Powerpoint: Animation Bellringer/DUK on PPT Teaching Procedure Bellwork: Bellringer: Common names can be deceiving, for example: Starfish, sea horse, silverfish. Think of more examples of common names that are deceiving. Did U Know: Armadillos can walk underwater. Anticipatory Set: Now that we have listed the common names of organisms, do you see that organisms that you may not be familiar with might be deceiving? What if you are from...

8. Illuminations: Do It with Dominoes
...ame things that come in pairs. Record their responses and ask the children to say or Student Sheet write the addition equations the list of pairs suggests. Then ask a volunteer to choose a pair and state the addends and the sum. You may also wish to discuss some examples from science, such as ?If a starfish has 5 arms, how many arms will 2 starfish have?? or ?If a flower has 4 petals, how many petals will 2 flowers have?? Now ask the children to write an addition story problem that uses doubles. Encourage them to share their problem with a friend and add it to their portfolios. When the students comple...

9. "Positive and Negative Sea Animals"
...e group will explore "positive" sea life, while the other group explores "negative" sea life. Each group will brainstorm on compiling a list of sea life animals. Step 4 - As a class, discuss each list of sea life and compile the data from each group on the board. Examples of sea life: octopus squid starfish lobster hermit crab jelly fish crab eel sea lion flounder walrus piranha dolphin crocodile gray whale sting ray sea horse sea turtle otter sword fish shark killer whale penguin manatee Part 3: Step 5 - Individually each student will pick a sea animal out of a hat. Step 6 - Each student will need to...

10. Illuminations: Symmetries I
...s of Use Search Join NCTM Symmetries I 1 period NCTM Resources Navigating through Geometry in Grades 9-12 Unit Lesson Overview Lesson Lesson Lesson 4 1 2 3 Web Sites Four Types of Symmetry in the Plane Describing Rotations Fix a center, turn, and you have a rotation. Many objects in nature?flowers, starfish, and crystals?and objects we use every day, such as wheels, CDs, and drinking glasses, have rotational symmetry. The first thing to think about is how to describe a rotation mathematically. Learning Objectives Students will think about how to describe rotations of a figure and then have the opportun...