Design-a-Fish

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In this science and language arts activity, learners study fish anatomy and make their very own 3D paper fish. Learners write stories about their fish, answering questions such as 'Where does your fish live?' and 'How does it protect itself from danger?' The activity guide includes 5 pages of templates of different types of fish bodies and fins. [Activity is publicly available through a web crawler capture on Archive.org.]

Quick Guide

Preparation Time:
5 to 10 minutes
Learning Time:
45 to 60 minutes
Estimated Materials Cost:
1 cent - $1 per student
Age Range:
Ages 6 - 11
Resource Types:
Activity, Lesson/Lesson Plan
Language:
English

Materials List (per student)

  • Scissors
  • Markers or crayons
  • Tape or glue
  • Googly eyes (optional)
  • Fish Parts templates (pp 5-9 of pdf) printed on cardstock
  • Parts of a Fish worksheet (page 4 of pdf)
  • Writing paper
  • Fish storybook (recommended: Fabulous Fishes by Susan Stockdale, or The Pout-Pout Fish by Dan Hanna)

Keywords

Subjects

  • Life Sciences
    • Diversity of Life
      • Animals
    • Evolution
      • Mechanisms of Evolution

Informal Categories

  • Animals
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Nature and Environment

Audience

To use this activity, learners need to:

  • see
  • see color
  • read
  • touch

Learning styles supported:

  • Involves hands-on or lab activities

Other

Includes alignment to state and/or national standards:

Access Rights:

  • Free access

By:

Rights:

  • All rights reserved, Aquarium of the Bay,