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

Friday

10/28
THINK-WRITE-SHARE: Fish

Vocabulary Frayer Model Gallery Walk
10/31
​Activity 1 - Exploring the Structure and Function of Marine Fish

Assessment Prompt: Describe the three different structural adaptations of fish.
11/1
​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.
Ma11/2
DEMO - Fisheries Management 

Discussion - Fish/Fisheries Management

Activity 3 - Sustainable Sea Food
Materials:
- Fisheries Gear
- Fish Watch 
Assessment Prompt: Create a newspaper article
11/3
Finish Newspaper Article 

​Activity 4 - Fish Farming Poster
​Fish Farming Methods Website
11/4
​​Activity 5 - Fish Anatomy Activity
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Activity 6 - Perch Dissection

Assessment Prompt: Perch Dissection Lab Report
11/7
​Activity 7 - Shark Anatomy WS 
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Activity 8 - Dogfish Shark Dissection
11/8
​​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.
11/9
Substitute Teacher
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Finish Assessment Prompt

​Activity 9 - Ch. 8 Reading Questions
11/10 
Early Release
​Substitute Teacher

Activity 9 (cont) - Ch. 8 Reading Questions
11/11
No School
11/14
​​​​Marine Reptiles & Birds

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

Activity 11 - Reptiles/Birds Posters & Graphic Organizer
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11/15
Substitute​​​
​​​Marine Reptiles & Birds

Activity 12 - Ch. 9 Reading Questions 
11/16
​​​​​Marine Mammals

Activity 13 -  Observing Marine Mammal Behavior
11/17
​​​Marine Mammals

Activity 14 - Identifying Marine Mammals
11/18
​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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