Unit 4: Marine Chordates
Fish, Reptiles, Birds, & Mammals

ESSENTIAL QUESTION 1: How do the structure of fish support their function and give them adaptations to be successful in various marine ecosystems and what factors influence commercial fish populations?

ESSENTIAL QUESTION 2: How do adaptions in marine reptiles and birds allow them to inhabit the ocean and allow birds to be more far-ranging than reptiles?

​ESSENTIAL QUESTION 3: How do the characteristics and behaviors of marine mammals allow marine biologist to study them?

Calendar

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

3/22
THINK-WRITE-SHARE: Fish

Vocabulary Frayer Model Gallery Walk

Friday

3/23
​​Activity 1 - Exploring the Structure and Function of Marine Fish

Assessment Prompt: Describe the three different structural adaptations of fish.
3/25
​DISCUSSION  - Structures and Functions in fish. 

Activity 2 - CK12 - Fish Structure & Function Reading & Case Study (Pearlfish)

Assessment Prompt: Use graphic organizers to write summary comparing and contrasting bony and cartilaginous fish and their structures.
3/26
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DEMO - Fisheries Management 

Discussion - Fish/Fisheries Management

Activity 3 - Sustainable Sea Food
Materials:
- Fisheries Gear
- Fish Watch 
Assessment Prompt: Create a newspaper article
3/27

Finish Newspaper Article 

​Activity 4 - Fish Farming Poster
​Fish Farming Methods Website
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3/28
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​​Activity 5 - Fish Anatomy Activity
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Activity 6 - Perch Dissection

Assessment Prompt: Perch Dissection Lab Report
3/29
Good Friday
4/9
​​Activity 9 - Ch. 8 Reading Questions 

​Activity 12 - Ch. 9 Reading Questions 
4/10
​Activity 7 - Shark Anatomy WS 
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Activity 8 - Dogfish Shark Dissection
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4/11
​​Finish Dogfish Shark Dissection

Assessment Prompt: Conduct research to respond to the following prompt: Validate reasons for shark's evolutionary success over the past 450 million years.

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4/12

​​​​​​​Marine Reptiles & Birds

 Finish Assessment Prompt
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​Activity 10 - Examining the Ranges of Marine Reptiles and Birds

Activity 11 - Reptiles/Birds Posters & Graphic Organizer
4/13

​​​​Marine Reptiles & Birds
4/16
​​​​​​Marine Mammals

Activity 13 -  Observing Marine Mammal Behavior
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4/17
​​​​​Marine Mammals Webquest
4/18

UNCW MarineQuest Trip
4/19/
Marine Mammals

​Activity 14 - Identifying Marine Mammals
4/20
​​​​Unit Test
​Notebook Check

Homework

ALL HOMEWORK IS DUE ON TEST DAY UNLESS SPECIFIED

REMINDERS

PowerPoint Notes


CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINKS TO ACCESS THE NOTES:
Topic - The Biology of Fishes
Topic: Marine Mammals

Resources & Documents

​http://www.carolina.com/teacher-resources/Interactive/the-dogfish-shark-structure-and-function/tr37233.tr

Videos

Learning Objectives

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