Fish in Winter (Stability and Change)
Topics: Adaptations Ecosystems Fish Phenology Population Studies
Skills: Observation Presentation and Public Speaking Questioning Small group work
Grade Levels: Grades 3-5 Grades 6-8
Resource Types: Kits
In a simulation game, students play the role of fish attempting to survive a Minnesota winter. Discover how ice and snow cover can affect dissolved oxygen levels in the water, and why oxygen is the most important limiting factor for fish in climates with cold winters. Students revise their behaviors just as fish do, to increase their chance of survival.
Minnesota Science Standards: 3.1.1.2.4, 3.1.3.2.1, 4.2.1.2.2, 5.1.1.1.4, 5.3.4.1.3, 5.4.2.1.1, 5.4.2.1.2, 6.1.3.1.1, 6.2.1.2.1, 7.4.1.1.2, 7.4.2.1.3, 7.4.2.2.2, 7.4.4.1.2, 8.1.3.3.1, 8.1.3.3.3, 8.2.1.2.1, 8.3.4.1.2
Next Generation Science Standards: Crosscutting Concepts: Stability and Change
Fish in Winter – Stability and Change Lesson Plan
Credit: Science Institute 2014-2015/MN DNR MinnAqua Program
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