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A House For A Hermit Crab - Science/Language
Arts/Art Lesson - Each third grader will learn about the
lives of hermit crabs through the reading and discussion of
A House for a Hermit Crab by Eric Carle, the hands-on observation
of a hermit crab, and the creation of a suitable home for
a hermit crab, which the teacher will judge by observation.
Animals Animals - Pictures of animals
are provided for students to discuss and make predictions.
Students create a habitat mural for their animal pictures.
Choosing A Pet For The Classroom
- How would you make sure that the school's pet has the right
kind of habitat and care in order to survive?
Choosing an Animal -Knowing the amount
of care an animal requires and the kind of food it eats can
help you decide on a low-maintenance or highmaintenance animal.
You must match the specific needs of the animal with the physical
conditions that characterize your classroom.
Crabby No More - internet sampler on
hermit crabs
Hermit Crab And Its Shell
- Lesson Plan - Students will be able to 1) identify the body
parts of a hermit crab; 2) create their own moving hermit
crab; 3) explain where a hermit crab lives and how it moves
from one shell to another; 4) tell what a hermit crab eats
and how it lives.
Hermit Crab Art -
Waddell - Hermit crab drawings done using crayon resist technique.
Hermit Crabs Invade Waddell
- When 9 arrived Mrs. Craib built a rolling crab zoo on a
tea cart. Mrs. Colman (librarian/media specialist) is fitting
out the second shelf with books with a hermit crab theme or
science tie-in. Teachers check out the rolling zoo for a few
days to have in their room.
Hermit Crab Mola - Mola made
by Kuna (Cuna) Indian people of Panama's San Blas Islands.
Near the eastern coast of Panama, the San Blas Islands are
home to the Kuna women who are the only craftsman who traditionally
make the appliqued mola blouse. It can take a skilled needlewoman
2 months to complete a garment! This picture is of the applique
panel of the blouse.
Hermit Crab Races - "I wonder
how fast they crawl. Let's find out. Let's have a Hermit Crab
Race!" Tyson worked with Cris and Joanna to prepare for
the experiment. "We will do three trials, meaning we
will do it three times."
Hermit Crabs Friends - In this
K-2 lesson, students will read A House for Hermit Crab and
two on- line rebus stories. They will then use KidPix to create
their own rebus sentences about ocean animals.
Introducing The Hermit Crab (Webquest)
- As a marine biologist you and your friend are going to be
studying the hermit crab. You will be making a hyper card
presentation to your Book Buddies.
Invertebrate Project - "Your
lab team will be asked to take care of one of the above groups
of invertebrates. In order for you to successfully take care
of these organisms you need to know something about them.
Research the following information for the invertebrate that
you have been assigned. Each team member must take the terrarium
home for at least one weekend and make observations to share
with the group."
Let's Get Crabby - "This
program is one aspect of a wider unit third-grade students
do on invertebrates... The first group of students log on
to: galexo.com/crabs and complete their quest sheet. The other
students examine a hermit crab and millipede and complete
their lab sheet..
Ocean Celebrities - Who Am I? - Research
and Write about being a hermit crab, not letting on which
Ocean Celebrity you are
Pulu (Keeling) National Park
- Information about Pulu Keeling National Park and the robber
crab (Birgus latro) which is considered vulnerable to extinction
internationally
Respect For Creatures
In The Classroom - "the best way to learn life science
is by going out and observing living creatures in their environment."
Sea Shapes Activity Guide
- Teaching Ideas to use with the book Sea Shapes by Suse MacDonald.
The teaching ideas were composed by ladene´ conroy This
curriculum guide is designed primarily for grades K - 3. There
are also specifically identified teaching ideas for grades
4 & 5.
The Hermit Crab - "This page
is dedicated to sharing information about the hermit crab,
an Arthropod in the crustacean family, and the sea creature
that complicates the crabs' lives, the moon snail."
The Search for Housing
- "Students will collect 100 snail shells, measure and
record the length of the shell, and determine whether or not
it is occupied by a hermit crab. The data will then be compiled
and graphed to see if there is a difference in the sizes of
the shells between the occupied and the unoccupied snail shells."
The Teachers Guide: Ecosystems
- Lessons and Activities, Internet Resources, Books and Videos
related to Ecosystems
Wild Action @ Keilor Primary
School - The Year 1 and 2 students have been learning
about The Ocean - sea creatures, habitat and environment.
They had an incursion last week called "Wild Action"
where they were able to see, touch and learn about sea creatures.
Which is a House for a Hermit Crab?
- Students in small groups will use real shells and resource
books to search for data that will be used to create and identify
the fields of a database on seashells. The database will need
to include information on size, color, shape, and special
attributes. Each group will include beginning readers who
can make connections between labels on sources and definition
labels within the classroom.
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