Web Resources and Standards:

www.FloridaAquaculture.com/AquaEd is where you will find all of the materials for these activities.

Statistics on Florida aquaculture are available at http://www.nass.usda.gov/fl search for aquaculture.

http://aquanic.org is has lots of basic information on aquaculture and links to several regional aquaculture centers, extension agents and publications.

http://www.fishedz.com is a great place to learn about fish keeping and to tour a real tropical fish farm.

 

Upon completing this lesson, you will have covered the following Sunshine State and National Standards:

   Sunshine State Standard National Standard (Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education, 3rd Edition)
  • SS.B.2.1: knows basic needs and how families in the U.S. and other countries meet them

  •  SS.D.1.1:  knows the difference between consumers and producers

  • LA.C.2.1: determines the main idea in a nonprint communication

  • SC.F.1.1: understands that structures of living things are adapted to their function in specific environments

  • SC.F.2.1: knows that there are many different kinds of living things that live in a variety of environments.

  • SC.G.2.1: knows that the activities of humans affect plants and animals in many ways

  • Language Arts Grade 2: develops vocabulary by reading independently and listening to and discussing both familiar and conceptually challenging selections, uses resources and references to build upon word meanings

  • Science Grade 2: compares characteristics of things that live on land, in the water, and in the air.

  • Knows that most of the Earth’s surface is covered by water (NAEP and CDE)

  • Knows that living things are found almost everywhere in the world and that distinct environments support the life of different types of plants and animals (NRC, Project 2061, CDE, TIMMS)

  • Makes contributions in class and group discussions (Australian Education Council,

  • Understands the main idea or message in visual media.

  • Knows that people who use goods and services are called consumers, and people who make goods or provide services are called producers and that most people both produce and consume.

  • Knows basic elements of maps and globes

  • Knows the ways people alter the physical environment (e.g., by creating irrigation projects, clearing the land, planting crops)

  • Uses a variety of input devices (e.g., keyboard, scanner, mouse)