Vertebrate Daily Agendas

1. Vertebrate Daily Agendas

2. April 27, 2012 • Kick off: What are the five types of salmon? • Fish test returned • Salmon Life Cycle crossword and game-must complete and turn in-must be done first • Salmon coloring stamp • Salmon life cycle video • Learning log: Write out the salmon life cycle

3. April 25, 2012 • Kick off: What is the operculum? • Fish test • Salmon Life Cycle crossword and game • Learning log: Write out the salmon life cycle

4. April 19, 2012 • Kick off: Name the function of the operculum, swim bladder and pancreas • Fish dissection: Many have not turned in the lab—it will be included. Make sure you included all the parts, those who turned it in were missing major sections • Today: “Jigsaw reading” partner with someone else to read lines in the water and why do we care? Answer questions • Common fish of Puget Sound fish classification • Learning log: Which fish do you think you would recognize in the water now if you saw one?

5. April 17, 2012 • Kick off: What are the four types of scales and name an example of a type of fish that has that type of scale • shark and ray identification quiz, chance #3 • Fish dissection: Follow the procedure step by step. Write answers to all questions on your own paper, once labeled have me check your labels and sign off your paper. Fill in fish drawing labels • Cleanup: Wash any tools and your tray. Put fish in the biohazard bags by the sink • Learning log: Describe differences you saw today between the fish and shark dissection.

6. April 13, 2012 • Kick off: What are some differences between boney and cartilage fish • shark and ray identification quiz, chance #2 • Notes –Fishes • Stamps: identification cards, shark and ray color pages, fish/shark comparison chart • Use the bony fish comparison packet to create a t-chart or Venn diagram comparing and contrasting these two groups of animals • Make sure to complete the scale lab. You need to count the rings and divide by four to get the annuli. • Learning log: what are some ways you can distinguish different types of fishes

7. April 11, 2012 • Kick off: Look at your shark cards, what special features are you going to look for to identify each of the sharks and rays. • shark and ray identification quiz • Stamps: identification cards, shark and ray color pages, fish/shark comparison chart • Use the bony fish comparison packet to create a t-chart or Venn diagram comparing and contrasting these two groups of animals • Learning log: Describe the major differences that bony fish have to other animals we have studied so far.

8. April 9, 2012 • Kick off: What do you remember about sharks—what group are they in, what are their characteristics? • Continuation of shark identification cards-complete today, shark and ray identification quiz • Stamp activity: Read, highlight and color the Elasmobranch sheets, Make a T-chart on the cover that compares and contrasts sharks and rays—you will need to know the characteristics that make each unique for Wednesdays class. • Shark and ray notes • Learning log: What distinguishes rays from sharks?

9. March 28, 2012 • Kick off: Study • Lab test and shark test • Learning log: What distinguishes rays from skates?

10. March 26, 2012 • Kick off: What animals fall into the ChondrichthyesGroup? • Clean up tanks and return animals to the beach • Shark Study Guide All answers are in the readings and labs • Continuation of shark identification cards Complete by Friday—Lab test Friday be able to identify the 16 sharks and rays and know some basic anatomy of the sharks. • Learning log: What distinguishes rays from sharks?

11. March 22, 2012 • Kick off: What kinds of things help identify different types of sharks? • Shark dissection • Continuation of shark identification cards • Learning log: What structures identify the dogfish shark?

12. Sex of the dogfish shark

13. March 16, 2012 • Kick off: What is a notochord and why is it special? • Notes on invertebrates • Complete Introduction to Fishes coloring pages and answer the questions • Read Lamprey and its Larva and answer the questions • Read the article “Sharks on the line” and answer the questions • Learning log: Why are lampreys special?

14. March 16, 2012 • Kick off: What is a notochord and why is it special? • Notes on invertebrates • Read Introduction to Fishes coloring pages and answer the questions • Read Lamprey and its Larva and answer the questions • Read the article “Sharks on the line” and answer the questions • Learning log: Why are lampreys special?

15. March 14, 2012 • Kick off: Describe the characteristics of vertebrate animals • Read pg. 154-155 (through Jawless Fishes). Answer questions on your sheet • Read Introduction to Fishes coloring pages and answer the questions • Read Lamprey and its Larva and answer the questions • If time: read the article “Sharks on the line” • Learning log: Describe the characteristics of jawless fishes

16. March 12, 2012 • Kick off: How to use kick off and Table of contents sheets effectively. Why they are important? Question: What are your new goals for Marine Biology? • Syllabus for third trimester • Our ocean ourselves, why marine studies? • Review of Invertebrates and Nature mapping • Vertebrates • Learning log: What is a vertebrate animal?