Children's Water Festival
Chatham Kent
Something Fishy's Going On
Overview
Through a brief discussion, students will learn about the different stages of a fish's life cycle and why habitat protection and clean water are important for each of these stages. Students will also learn how fish fit into the food web/chain and local ecosystem. Students will be encouraged to describe ways in which humans can both threaten and protect the natural habitat of fish. The activity involves 3 bins full of little "fish" with magnets at their noses. Students use rods to catch fish. Each fish has a question regarding water and biology which the group then tries to answer. The activity also includes an aquarium with live fish, a model of an adult fish and a chart showing the growth of a fish from egg to fry.
Curriculum Link
Life Systems Grade 4 (Habitats and Communities)
Describe ways in which humans interact with habitats and the effects of these interactions on the communities within (O.E.)
Investigate the interdependence among plants, animals, and their specific habitats (O.E.)
Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of habitat and community, and identify the factors that could affect habitats and communities of plants and animals (O.E.)
Describe the advantages and disadvantages of human interactions with habitats and food chains (S.E.)
Describe the behaviour of an animal in its habitat (S.E.)
Demonstrate an understanding of a food chain as part of a system in which energy is transferred from one organism to another (S.E.)