Identify the Mud Snail, Rough Periwinkle, Salt Marsh Snail, and Blue Mussels
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1. Teacher-made charts, slides, and diagrams will be used in the classroom to thoroughly acquaint the children with the snails, periwinkles, and mussels in the Morris Creek discussed above.
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2. Periodic trips will be made to observe the marsh invertebrates living during each season. The children will carefully observe seasonal changes.
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3. Children will identify the invertebrates in the marsh that they observe and label them on their worksheet: “Mud Snails, Rough Periwinkles, Salt Marsh Snail and Blue Mussels” (Figure 9). The children will also draw the invertebrates observed and indicate on the worksheet where they were found.
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4. Upon returning to school, all specimens will be closely examined and classified. Their natural habitats will be indicated on a class map of the creek.
A following trip will cover the crabs in the creek. A worksheet:. “Crabs in Morris Creek” (Figure 10) will be used by the children.