You’ll need to create sets of Iowa fish photos cards along
with accompanying name cards before you introduce your students to these fun
activities that will test their fish identification skills. The DNR Iowa Fish
Species website is a great resource for photos and facts.
Match This
Divide your students in small groups. Hand out sets of Iowa
fish photo and name cards to each group.
Groups match the name card to the photo card. Ask each group to discuss how they identified
each species.
Identification Relay
Divide your students in small groups. Place Iowa fish photo
and name cards in the middle of the room. Designate a starting place (marked by
a cone) for each group. When instructed to start, one member of each group runs
to the pile of cards. They select a fish
picture card and its matching name card and bring it back to the group at their
designated place. The group decides if it is a match. If it matches, the next person goes to the
middle to attempt to bring back another match. The race continues until a group
has correctly matched all name and fish picture cards.
Fitness Fish
Assign an activity to each Iowa
fish photo card (ex. Brown trout=10 pushups, rainbow trout=10 crunches, brook
trout=10 lunges). List these on the
whiteboard. Place photo cards face down
in the middle of the room. Mark a start line with a cone. Divide your students
in small groups. On the start command, one member of each group runs to the pile
of photo cards, picks one, and returns to their group with the card. The group must perform the activity
associated with the species of fish on their photo card. Repeat the race until each student has chosen
a card.
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