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Crayfish

Crayfish . 3 rd Grade. Day 1. Focus question: What is an ecosystem?. Vocabulary . ecosystem – all the living and nonliving things that interact in a specific area c ommunity – all of the living things in an ecosystem organism - any living thing.

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Crayfish

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  1. Crayfish 3rd Grade

  2. Day 1

  3. Focus question: What is an ecosystem?

  4. Vocabulary ecosystem – all the living and nonliving things that interact in a specific area community – all of the living things in an ecosystem organism - any living thing

  5. What do the pictures have in common? They’re all ecosystems!

  6. Day 2

  7. Focus question: What do animals need to grow and survive?

  8. Vocabulary molts- to shed an outer shell in order to grow endanger - at risk of becoming extinct

  9. Reading – Structures of Life Pages 38 – 41

  10. What do crayfish need to survive? Crayfish need…

  11. Page 41, #1-4 Structures that help crayfish move in their environments are ____________________. 2. Structures that help crayfish get food in their environments are __________________. 3. Structures and behaviors crayfish use to protect and defend themselves are ________________. 4. Structures and behaviors that allow crayfish to raise offspring are ___________________.

  12. Day 3

  13. Review:What is an ecosystem?

  14. Focus question: What are the structures of a crayfish?

  15. Vocabulary crustaceans - a group of mostly aquatic animals with hard, flexible shells behaviors - the actions of an animal in response to its environment carapace - a hard outer shell that covers the main part of the body of an animal

  16. Vocabulary pincers - an animal’s claw used for grasping antenna - the thin feeler on the head of an animal like a crayfish, an isopod, or an insect swimmerets - a small, soft leg under the tail of a crayfish

  17. Reading – Structures of Life Pages 34 - 35

  18. How do we treat crayfish? Brainstorm: How do we behave around crayfish? How do we treat them? How to pick up a crayfish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZSsCTcYebI

  19. Day 4

  20. Focus question: What are the structures of a crayfish?

  21. Vocabulary predators - an animal that hunts and catches other animals for food appendages - legs and mouth parts

  22. Male crayfish

  23. Female crayfish

  24. Eggs underneath tail

  25. Day 5

  26. thorax abdomen eye swimmerets short antenna tail legs pincer long antenna

  27. Review:What are the structures of a crayfish?

  28. Focus question: What are the functions of the structures of a crayfish?

  29. Reading – Structures of Life Pages 36 - 37

  30. Day 6

  31. Review:What are the functions of the structures of a crayfish?

  32. Focus question:What are the structures of a male and female crayfish? Pg. 35 in textbook*

  33. Male Crayfish • Shorter swimmerets • Bigger pincers • Narrower tails

  34. Female Crayfish • Longer swimmerets • Smaller pincers • Wider tails • Egg pore

  35. thorax abdomen eye swimmerets short antenna tail Study for your quiz tomorrow! legs pincer long antenna

  36. Day 7

  37. Review: What are the structures of a male and female crayfish?

  38. Focus question: What do we need to do to control a crayfish environment?

  39. Day 8

  40. Review:What do we need to do to control a crayfish environment?

  41. Focus question: Why do crayfish behave the way they do?

  42. Vocabulary behavior- the actions of an animal in response to its environment structure- any identifiable part of an organism

  43. Day 9

  44. Review:Why do crayfish behave the way they do?

  45. Focus question:Why do animals have adaptations?

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