Critter Exploration: Clever Crabs

Critter Exploration: Clever Crabs

Overview

Examine live crabs to learn about their anatomy and adaptations.

Highlights

Program Duration: 1.25 Hours

Trip Season: Sept-June

Student Limit: Up to 25

Science Standard: K-LS1-1, 2-LS4-1

Trip Description

Students will rotate through a series of stations where they will be able to touch and observe live crabs and predict what these animals eat based on their claws shape. Students will read a picture book and create a crab model of their own.

Labs taught at Project Oceanology take place over 2.5 hours so this program plus one additional lab of your choosing will be taught.

Labs taught at your location will take place during the school day. The timing will depend on the number of classes/sections in your grade level or course. One lab program is taught per visit.