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Animal Behavior Studies
Engage students in authentic animal behavior research using the live fish collection at Great Lakes Aquarium.
Run For Your Life Cycle (Sturgeon Edition)
Students become lake sturgeon traveling a migration route to model life cycle stages.
Bioaccumulation: Scale, proportion and quantity
Students will simulate an aquatic food chain to observe how contaminants bioaccumulate and biomagnify.
Fish in Winter (Stability and Change)
Students play the role of fish attempting to survive a Minnesota winter
Fish Structure and Function
Exploration of fish adaptations through costumes, group activities and art.
Lake Effects Curriculum
The Lake Superior Curriculum Guide for Grades K-8.
Fool Fish with Flies
Students learn about the life stages and body parts of various aquatic insects.
Using a Key for Fish ID
Students will learn how to identify Minnesota fish species using a dichotomous key.
Habitat Hideout
Students learn to identify preferred fish habitats to help them locate fish “hideouts” when they go fishing.
Food Chain Tag
Students discover how energy flows and is transferred between the interdependent organisms of an ecosystem.