Animals

ANIMALS

• Classification Chart of the animal kingdom (reference chart for any age, esp. good for older students)
• Lift-the-flap classification chart of invertebrates (reference chart with lifting phylum flaps)  (any age)
• “Worm Zoo” (a game about more kinds of worms than you knew existed)  (ages 8-14+)
• Planaria craft (shows internal anatomy)  (ages 10-16)
• “The Rumination Game”  (ages 8-12)
• “Sheep Herding Game” (learn about sheep and goats)  (ages 8-12)
• Chicken Egg Development Wheel  (ages 5-9)
• “The Pecking Order Game”  (ages 6-9)
• Insect activity pages for Pre-K (dot-to-dots, mazes, etc.) (ages 3-6)
• POND LIFE unit study (games, crafts, videos, suggested reading material) (ages 8-12)
• Leaf-cutter Ant Relay Race  (ages 4 to 10)
• Pollen Gathering (Bee) Relay Race (ages 4 to 10)
• “Invent an insect” drawing activity (ages 8 to 14)
• “Coleoptera Around the World” (a game about beetles for ages 8 to 12)
• Gastropod Bingo (ages 8 to 13)
• “Bird Watching in Brazil” Bingo  (ages 6 to adult)
• Poison Dart Frog Game  (ages 8 to 12, might adapt for younger)

For step-by-step videos about drawing insects (and learning their anatomy), click on the VIDEOS tab.

OCEANOGRAPHY

• “Bites and Pieces” (a game about sharks)  (ages 6-11)
• “3D Ocean Bingo”  (ages 6-11)
• Stingray hand puppet  (for ages 5-9, but with lots of adult help)
• Glow-in-the-dark deep sea fish art project (primarily a coloring activity, any age)
• Cuttlefish art project (coloring or painting) (ages 7-12)
• Hydrothermal vent community collage project  (ages 8-12+)
• Vampire squid activity (video, coloring, lab)  (ages 8-12)
• Pop-up barnacle  (ages 8-12)
• Arctic tern craft and cooperative game  (ages 6-10)
• Cut-and-assemble paper clam (showing inside anatomy)  (ages 10 and up, or younger with a lot of help)
• “What is in ocean water?” a simple worksheet (ages 9 and up)
• Southern Ocean card games (ages 9 and up)
• Measuring ocean depth- a hands-on simulation activity  (ages 10 and up)
• Echinoderm card games (ages 9 and up)
• “Fill an Ocean” a game about classification of marine invertebrates (ages 10 and up, or younger with help)
• “Marine Invertebrate Song” (posted under the MUSIC tab)

MICROBIOLOGY

• Virus models to cut and assemble  (ages 10 and up, younger with adult help)
• “Pond Scum” (a game about protozoa)  (all ages)
• Diatom coloring page and craft  (ages 10 and up, or younger with adult help)
• Printable pages for “Protozoa; A Poseidon Adventure” (just images– instructions are in curriculum)
• “Pusillus Poseidon’s Guide to Protozoa” Included in the Protozoa curriculum, but can be used separate from it.  Any age.