Ichthyology Class 1: Wednesday, March 20th

Reminder: The 1st Ichthyology Class will be Wednesday, March 20th. Below is a repeat of the pre-class materials. Please arrive at least 10 minutes early. Doors will close after the class starts and we ask that for disruption purposes that student do not enter after that time.

ICHTHYOLOGY BLOCK: CLASS 1 (WEDNESDAY MARCH 6TH: 9-10 AM, 10:30 AM-NOON, 1:30-3 PM)

Fish Vocabulary:

• Bony fish
• Cartilage
• Lateral line
• Fin
• Scale
• Gill
• Otolith
• Barbel
• Dorsal
• Ventral
• Gill slit
• Gill rakers

All Ages:

http://www.proprofs.com/games/jigsaw/tropical-fish-anatomy/ a fun fish anatomy puzzle game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7WtduFycDY a great introductory video on fish by David Attenborough (52 min.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=497ALUtMC6E this is an old school style presentation of Richard Dawkins and a video by David Attenborough, about how flat fish become flat.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Education/Education.htm you can find all sorts of great information on these pages. Click around and see what you can find. At the least visit the website listed below.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Education/HowSwim/HowSwim.html learn how fish swim.

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/fieldguide/categories/category/fish an introduction to fishes of the Chesapeake Bay. Click around and learn about some of these species.

OPTIONAL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQZ3niWcyCE another great video about deep sea fishes from National Geographic. (42 min).

8-12 yrs.

http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/kids/ a fun page from the EPA called Fish for Kids. Click around and visit the sites.