Web Sites
Teaching Resources
Horseshoe
Crab Curricula
Green Eggs and Sand
Four
educational modules to help students understand the horseshoe
crab, its role in the Delaware Bay ecosystem, how humans
use horseshoe crabs, and the issues surrounding management of this resource.
Modules consist of video clips, field and classroom opportunities, and can
be
adapted for all grade levels.
Contact Gary Kreamer at the Delaware Aquatic Resources Education Center for
information about upcoming workshops and incorporating educational modules
into your lesson
plans. Phone: (302) 653-2883. E-mail: Gary.Kreamer@state.de.us
The Crabs, the Birds, the Bay
Video and study guide (Grades 5-12,
college)
Bullfrog Films
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/crabs.html
The Horseshoe Crab Unit
Developed by Delaware teachers for 5th
graders. Focuses on horseshoe crab protection and connections to the local
environment and the economy.
http://www.k12.de.us/warner/hscgame.htm
Dollars on the Beach
Documentary focusing on raising public awareness about
the need to develop a horseshoe crab fishery management plan. Contact: Berkana,
P.O. Box 41005, Bethesda, MD 20824-1005. See the Web site below for a short
video clip.
http://www.k12.de.us/warner/video.html
The Horseshoe Crab Bulletin — "The Horseshoe
Crab: A Creature That Crawled Out of the Past
This six-page, full-color publication provides natural history facts that
support the funamental concepts and principles that are set forth in the National
Science Education Standards. For ordering information, see: http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/seagrant/publications/puborderform.html.
Contact University of Delaware Marine Public Education Office. Phone: (302) 831-8083.
E-mail: MarineCom@udel.edu
Horseshoe Crab Educator Resources
(Grades K-3)
(National Aquarium in Baltimore)
http://www.aqua.org/educators_educatorspublications.html
"Just Flip-Em" Annual Horseshoe Crab
Conservation Contest
(Grades K-12 in MD, DE, NJ)
Ecological Research and Development Group
http://www.horseshoecrab.org/act/flipem.html
Horseshoe Crab Anatomy
The Horseshoe Crab Model
This life-sized paper model, to cut out and assemble with tape, is geared
to 4th graders and up. Includes background on the horseshoe crab and a crossword
puzzle to test readers' knowledge. For ordering
information, see: http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/seagrant/publications/pubcatalog.html#children.
Contact University of Delaware Marine Public Education Office. Phone: (302) 831-8083.
E-mail: MarineCom@udel.edu
Horseshoe Crab Printout
Illustrates anatomy (grades
K-12)
(Enchanted Learning)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/arthropod/Horseshoecrab.shtml
Invertebrate Anatomy Online: Limulus
polyphemus (Horseshoe
Crab)
by Dr. Richard Fox, Lander University
http://www.lander.edu/rsfox/310limulusLab.html
Life-Size Horseshoe Crab Model for Classroom Use
Ecological Research and Development Group
http://www.horseshoecrab.org/act/teach.html
Horseshoe Crab Behavior
How Horseshoe Crabs Locate Mates, Interactive Web Site
(Grades 9-12, College)
Ken Lohmann Lab, University of Chapel Hill
http://www.unc.edu/depts/oceanweb/hsc.html
Reference List for Horseshoe Crab Vision and Mating
http://www.unc.edu/depts/oceanweb/refs.html
Migratory Shorebird Activities
Save our Migratory Shorebirds Teacher Activity
Guide, English/Spanish (Grade 5-9)
Shorebird Educator's Resource Trunk
Shorebirds—Migratory Super Heroes (grades 2-6)
(Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences)
http://www.manomet.org/WHSRN/Prairies/Education&Resources/teachers.htm
US FWS Shorebird Sister Schools Program
http://sssp.fws.gov/teachers.html |
