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little fish Fishy Facts Part 3
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10. What was a Dunkleosteus?

 

 

11. How do fish survive winter in freezing cold water?

 

 

12. Many beautiful and unusual fish live in the coral reef habitat.
Write a paragraph describing the factors endangering many coral reef habitats.

 

Identify one action you can take to protect them.

13. The headline of your local paper reads, "Fish ladder to be added to local river".
You start laughing. You just learned that fish do not have legs. A ladder for fish, sounds pretty fishy to you.
What is a fish ladder? Why would they need one? Use your online research skills to obtain the answers.

 

 

 

Fish Anatomy. Add 2 words to your vocabulary.

 

Challenge:

* Review the Comparison and Contrast Guide @ ReadWriteThink - online activity through "Evaluating".

Tip: To work your way through click the right pointing arrow after reading each page. right arrow

Now Compare and Contrast a fish with another animal.

* Print this Fish Anatomy worksheet. Color it appropriately.

* Fish - Frayer model - txt or pdf

little fish Done already? Well done! Extend your thinking: |

* Nova Science Now Video online - Meet Edith Widder, a marine biologist and explorer
who has engineered new ways to spy on deep-sea creatures.

* You tell Uncle Mike about your bad day at school. He responds, "Tis a fine kettle of fish you've gotten yourself into!"
What does he mean? Find out at the idiom site.

Explore the Great Barrier Reef through NGS - online activity

Ocean Dive in webquest

Marine Biology - The Living Oceans

Fishbase.org- a fish species database

Monterey Bay Aquarium - Web cams

Odyssey Expeditions Tropical Marine Biology Voyages

Observe a Living fish activity

Oceans - a cause for concern Problem based Learning

Explore the Chesapeake Bay Trace a fish species on the Tree of Life
Learn about Seahorses Treasures @ Sea
Pennsylvania fishes Science Observation Skill Builders
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument  

little fish Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3

I dedicate this hunt to the finest fisherman I know - Bill Hughes.

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