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Michigan Sea Grant: Teaching Great Lakes Science: Fish Identification Lesson PlanMichigan Sea Grant: Teaching Great Lakes Science: Fish Identification Lesson Plan
Publisher
University of Michigan
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4th - 8th
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Science
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1250L
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Michigan Sea Grant: Teaching Great Lakes Science: Fish Identification

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In this lesson, learners examine the physical characteristics of fish that live in the Great Lakes and identify common features that help species to survive in that environment. Downloadable resources include a fish poster, fish family cards, a generic fish card, fish/habitat cards, a fish characteristics sheet, and a dichotomous classification key.

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Concepts

adaptations, fish

Additional Tags

fish characteristics, fish families, fish survival, ms-ls4-4, adaptation

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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