Learning Objectives/Lesson Goals | |
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WHERE | Classroom |
WHO | Classroom Volunteers |
MATERIALS |
- SLIDE SHOW
- Paper Plates with a 1 inch circle cut out
- Plastic Bags
- Sharpies
- Food coloring
- Books about squids and octopuses
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ACTIVITIES |
- ⅞ grade students will share the slideshow with the students
- Teacher will talk about the special features of the Giant Pacific Octopus
- No Bones
- 3 hearts
- 8 tentacles/arms
- Suckers
- Can change colors
- Propel themselves by sucking in water and shooting it out.
- Students will draw their octopus on a plastic bag with
- Then add a cup of water and some food coloring
- Try to get their octopus to fit in the “cave” (they can decorate their paper plate to resemble a cave. )
- If they want, they can add “bones” to see what would happen if an octopus had bones?
- When finished they will label the parts of an octopus in their books.
- They can also add to the Giant Collaborative Octopus we’ll be working on adding to the hallway.
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RESOURCES | http://preschoolpowolpackets.blogspot.com/2018/05/octopus-science-experiment-for.html |