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Snails
Snails are fascinating critters, and here is an engaging presentation you can use to delve into snail anatomy and behavior. High-quality photos and simple explanations adorn each slide. Your elementary-age scientists will be especially...
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What Do Snails Eat?
Students conduct a food choice experiment with snails, recording the results on a chart to determine what snails eat. For this what do snails eat lesson, students color a picture of snail anatomy, perform the experiment with 3 food...
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Science Crossword Puzzles: The Ear
Employ this crossword puzzle as a review activity for ear anatomy. Pupils use 8 clues about the anatomy of an ear to solve the puzzle. Answers are not included with this worksheet; however, since there are only 8 words, it should be...
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Homes for Hermit Crabs
Students discover the differences between hermit crabs and mollusks and identify their parts. After reading a story about hermit crabs, they complete an anatomy worksheet. For another activity, students fold and cut a diagram of a hermit...
Mr. E. Science
Sound
Since light travels faster than sound, some people may appear bright until you hear them speak. The presentation covers what sound is, how fast it travels in various mediums, properties of sound, hearing, and the parts of the human...
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Physiological Adaptations
Students investigate the concepts of genetics and how it is tied to the variations found within different species and how it is tied to adaptations. They review the theory of evolution and factors found to help create variation. The...
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Classification and Identification
Students, after exploring and analyzing diagrammatic and taxonomic keys and their association to marine sciences, identify and classify objects and organisms based on visual attributes/characteristics. They research and create their own...
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Geometry: Practical Applications of the Distance Formula
Students, working independently and in groups, apply the distance formula to practical situations. After solving various problems, students in pairs design coordinate planes from the school blue print to measure the distance from the...
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The Science Behind Dolphins
Students discover facts about marine mammals, specifically dolphins. In this K-2 lesson plan, students identify the different species of Cetaceans, focusing on dolphins. Students answer true/false questions regarding cetaceans and...
BBC
Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Common Snail, Garden Snail
See what new things you can learn about the common garden snail. This site provides a detailed fact sheet and colorful photos.
Other
Fishtech: Facts About Abalone
From a company that specializes in abalone farming, learn about the anatomy and life cycle of the abalone. Other sections include information on predators and reasons for a declining abalone population in the wild.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Phylum Mollusca (Mollusks)
A great, detailed description of mollusks. Discusses parts of their external and internal anatomy and their functions, and lists several characteristics of mollusks. Tabbed pages include pictures, specimens and classification.