Fishy Science

Fishing Science is for 3rd to 5th grades

Fishy Science

Child with Fish

Water, water everywhere - and yet fish get thirsty. Why? Through observation and experimentation, student learn the answers to that question and many others in this four lesson curriculum on how fish swim and breathe, their sensory features, and their adaptation to water. Units can stand alone or work as a progression. Among the activities: identifying body parts of fish; adapting a quarter to enable it to float; detecting carbon dioxide in exhaled air; exploring breathing mechanism of fish; and observing fish for color vision. The teacher manual includes lesson plans, camera-ready student handouts, and information on additional resources.

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