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Yearly Archives - 2016

“Bites and Pieces” (a game about sharks)

joakman2016-04-28T12:30:43-04:00

Purpose of activity:  Primarily to learn about twelve very different types of sharks, but secondarily to practice visual discrimination (having to look very carefully at similar shapes and determine the differences) as parts of sharks are matched up. Description of activity:  Pictures of sharks are cut into three pieces.  Players play...

By joakmanAnimals, Oceanography
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“Fill An Ocean” (classification of marine invertebrates)

joakman2016-05-18T15:48:16-04:00

Purpose of activity: To review classifcation of marine invertebrate phyla and classes Target age group: ages 8-14 Description:  This is a Bingo-type game, where a Bingo is achieved by filling the four squares of one of the oceans.  You can use your own pictures (I used digital pictures projected onto a screen...

By joakmanAnimals, Oceanography
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Southern Ocean Card Games

joakman2019-01-31T20:21:22-05:00

Southern Ocean card games Purpose of activity: To learn about the food web in the oceans around Antarctica Description:  This is a set of 36 cards and instructions for 4 games you can play with them.  (The first game is an introductory activity, helping players become familiar with the creatures and the...

By joakmanAnimals, Oceanography
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The Echinoderm Game

joakman2016-05-23T23:35:40-04:00

The Echinoderm Game Purpose of activity: To learn about various types of echinoderms and appreciate their beauty and diversity. Description: This is a set of 48 cards showing various kind of echinoderms: sea stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sand dollars (sea biscuits), sea lilies, feather stars and crinoids. There are three activities...

By joakmanAnimals, Oceanography
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“Circle of Life: Pond Edition”

joakman2016-04-28T12:28:00-04:00

Purpose of activity: To reinforce learning about food webs in ponds, with a special focus on phytoplankton and zooplankton Description:  Each player chooses a top predator (fish, heron, bullfrog, turtle) and must feed it by placing tokens on two food items underneath it. However, to do that, each of those creatures...

By joakmanAnimal Science, Animals
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“Worm Zoo”

joakman2018-04-19T21:20:26-04:00

Purpose of activity:  To learn about a large variety of worms, including round worms, flat worms, annelids (earthworms, leeches and marine polychaetes) as well as some worms that are considered "minor phyla" such as the acorn worm, the horsehair worm and the peanut worm. Description of activity:   There are 24 pictures cards showing each kind of worm...

By joakmanAnimal Science, Animals
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Insect Activity Pages for Pre-K

joakman2016-04-28T12:26:18-04:00

Target age group:  Pre-K (ages 2-5) Description of activities:  Each of the 6 pages contains 4 simple activities such as dot-to-dots and mazes.  There is one page of simple words puzzles that requires reading. Click here to download the pages

By joakmanAnimal Science, Animals
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Chicken Egg Development Wheel

joakman2016-04-28T12:23:42-04:00

Purpose of activity:  To learn about how a chicken egg develops and what happens on each of the 21 days Target age group:  ages 5-9 Description of activity:  As shown in the picture above, it's an information page with a wheel behind it so that the day numbers and the associated picture...

By joakmanAnimal Science, Animals
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The Sheep Herding Game

joakman2016-04-28T12:22:39-04:00

Purpose of game:  To learn about the biology and sheep (and goats) and the art of sheep farming Target age group:  ages 7-11 Description of activity:  Students answer multiple choice questions about the biology and farming of sheep and goats, then they advance their border collies on the playing board, trying to...

By joakmanAnimal Science, Animals
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The Rumination Game

joakman2016-04-28T12:21:42-04:00

Purpose of game:  To learn about rumination Target age group:  ages 8-12 Description of game:  This game can accommodate any number of players, and can work as a team game.  It gives lots of high-content information about rumination and dairy science, as well as a legitimate venue for being a little silly...

By joakmanAnimal Science, Animals
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