Life Science-Biology of Fish

Grade: Kindergarten

By: Tiffany Sutton

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Today we are going to learn about a living organism called a fish. Three things we are going to learn about are:

What Will We Learn?

1.Fish Body Parts

2.Where They Live

3.What They Eat

Fish are living organisms. Like humans, they have a lot of body parts that do different things. The three basic body parts of a fish are:

1. Gill 2. Fin 3. Scales

Fishy Facts

Take a deep breath and blow it out. What body part did you use? You used your lungs.

Unlike humans, fish do not have lungs. Instead they use their gills to breath. A fish opens and closes it’s mouth to take in water. Oxygen is found in the water.

Gill(g-i-ll)

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/education/questions/questions.html

Take your finger and rub the back of your other hand. What do you feel? This is your skin.

Unlike humans, a fish body is covered in scales. The scales protects the fish skin from harm.

Scale(sc-a-l)

http://www.versaquatics.com/fishanatomy.htm

Fins help fish move through out the water. Some fins are located on the top of the fish body while others are located on its tail. Fins are made of bones and are very flexible.

Fin(f-i-n)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_anatomy

A. B.

Lets Think About It

Which letter shows the picture of the Fish?

YES, This is a Fish

Its actual name is a shark but it is still a fish because it lives in the water, has gills, fins, and scales.

http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/white_shark/scales.htm

A. B.

Lets Think About It

Which letter shows the picture of the Fish?

Yes, This is a Fish

This is a fish because it lives in the water, has gills, fins, and scales.

Environment

Unlike people, fish live in water. It does not matter the size of the water. You may find fish in a pond, in the backyard, or a big body of water such as a river or ocean.

Now that we can identify a fish, lets learn about where fish live.

Some people keep fish as a pet. These fish are placed

inside of a fishbowl or aquarium. The most common

aquariums are in zoos. Have you ever saw fish in a zoo?

To keep fish as pets, the owner has to feed the fish and

keep their environment clean.

Fish in Aquariums

Time to EatFish that live in the ocean, river, or ponds eat

other fishWorms, and algae. Algae is like a plant. But

most often abig fish will eat the medium fish and a medium

fish willeat a smaller fish.

So far we have learned how to identify a fish and where fish live. Now lets talk about what fish eat.

http://www.fun-science-project-ideas.com/What-is-Algae.html

Fish that live in fish tanks, often have a different diet. Their owners give them fish food.

Time to Eat

1. Fish live in: __________ Correct, Fish live in Water!

2. Three basic parts of a fish are: ___________ Correct: Fin, Scales, and Gills

Now lets review. Follow along on your paper while I read each question aloud.

3. Fish in the Ocean eat: ____________ Correct. Fish in the ocean eat other fish and worms.

4. Fish in a fish tank eat: ____________ Correct. Fish in a fish tank eat fish food.

Let’s Review

5. A fish uses its _________ to swim faster. Correct, A fish uses its fins to help swim.

6. Fish that are pets live in a:______________ Correct, Aquarium or fish tank

Let’s Review

Slide 1 fish: ://animals.phillipmartin.info/animal_fish.htm

Fish outline on slide 2 : http://www.polyvore.com/fish_outline_give_me_credit/thing?id=8944284

Slide 4 and 6 Fish: http://free-clipart.net/

Slide 5 Fish: http://mrg.bz/WbU2yK

Slide 7duck: http://animalphotos.info/a/

Slide 7and 8 shark: http://animals.phillipmartin.info/animal_shark.htm

Slide 9 and 10 (fish) : Oaks, Linda. bluetang.jpg. 2008. Pics4Learning. 28 Oct 2010 http://pics.tech4learning.com/details.php?img=bluetang2.jpg

Slide 11 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=pond#ai:MC900446338|

Slide 12: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=fish&origin=FX101741979#ai:MC900059147|

Slide 13 Fish Life Cycle: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=fish+eating#ai:MC900441389|

Slide 14 Fish Food: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=fish&origin=FX101741979#ai:MC900040391|

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