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What a fun year-round adventure to hunt for seashells along the shoreline! Once home to living creatures called “mollusks,” seashells come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Born with soft-bodies, most mollusks need a hard shell to survive and for protection. Where to find a hard shell in the ocean? Mollusks make their own! Learn how these aquatic engineers mix salt, minerals, and other ingredients to construct a strong “armor” exterior. As they grow, mollusks even add more “rooms” to their sturdy home. Sharpen your math skills while identifying true/false seashell facts about how mollusks thrive and survive. You’ll be a seashell expert by the end of your hunt!
In this issue students will:
- read informational text about mollusks and shells
- know that animals have unique structures that aid in survival
- understand how mollusks build shells
- discover how and why an oyster makes a pearl
- calculate sums with multiple addends
- use the newspaper to locate even and odd numbers
- write descriptively about finding an usual seashell
7 page PDF
