FISH

Body
Covering

Body Temperature

Breathing
Organs

Reproduction

Limbs
(arms, legs, fins)

Heart

Other special features

 

Scales

 

Cold-blooded

 

Gills

 

Most lay eggs in water

Usually 2 sets of paired fins plus single fins

 

2 chambered

 

Usually have teeth

 
 Do fish breathe air?
How do fish swim? How fast can they swim?
Can fish swim backwards?
Do all fish swim in the horizontal position?
Do fish chew their food?
Can fish tell one color from another color?
Can you eat all fish?
www.wh.whoi.edu/faq/index.html

 
 Activity: Write a story.
Use what you have learned about fish.
In your story tell how you will catch a big fish.

 

 

What kind of fish is Nemo from the Disney movie
"Finding Nemo" ?
http://animalatlas.com/encyclo/marine/clowns/truepercula.php

 
 Interactive story about Squid the Fish
http://www.sheddaquarium.org/sea/interactive_module.cfm?id=8#

 

 

Do sharks belong to the vertebrate animal class of fish? Why or why not?


http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/faq/fishfaq8.html#q4

http://www.kidzone.ws/sharks/index.htm

Where can I learn more about

the class of fish?

 

http://www.amonline.net.au/webinabox/fish/index.htm Life under the Sea Go to The ocean realm to Reef Life wonderful graphics

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/itl/1/fishy/index.html fish facts for 1st graders

http://www.allaboutmammals.com/subjects/sharks/ Sharks

http://library.thinkquest.org/11922/fish/fish.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=1122 virtual zoo

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/encanto/fishfeatures/fishfeatures.html Web quest for "Fishfeatures"
http://www.sheddaquarium.org/sea/ (Shedd's Aquarium)

 

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