Product - Creature Hats:
Coastal Creatures
Have the students choose a “coastal creature” from a list you hand out. (See below for
suggestions of organisms to put on the list.) Take the students to the library or computer
lab so that they can research their organism. The students should then prepare a
presentation to the class on their organism that includes the following:
1. A “Creature Hat.” This hat should be designed so that others can recognize the
organism.
2. An oral presentation on the organism which includes:
a. Kingdom
b. If an animal, whether a vertebrate or an invertebrate, and which major group it
belongs to (spiny-skinned, mollusk, etc.).
c. Habitat, including what type of water it lives in, if any.
d. What does it eat?
e. What eats it?
f. 2 interesting or unusual facts about the organism.
3. A short poem about the organism.
The presentation will be graded according to the Rubric.
Suggested Organisms
Animals:
Blue Crab
Starfish
Sea Urchin
Flounder
Croaker
Striped Bass
Largemouth Bass
Sunfish
Stingray
Minnow
Fiddler Crab
Seahorse
Whelk
Oyster
Horseshoe Crab
Clam
Hermit Crab
Bald Eagle
Osprey
Seagull
Duck
Loggerhead Turtle
Snapping Turtle
Red-eared Slider Turtle
Jellyfish
Plants:
Saltmarsh Cordgrass
Eel Grass
Virginia Creeper
Red Maple Tree
White Oak Tree
Pond Lily
Coastal Creatures
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