Organisms
	Integration Ideas and Activities
	Lesson 11 What's Happening in the Aquarium?

Lesson	Activities to Consider	Tools
11	Mathematics
	Set up a math learning center with activities that invite students to develop number sense and to practice addition combinations
	Language Arts
	Make stick puppets to accompany writing about selected organisms
	Use large black construction paper and pastel chalks to create pastels or dioramas of the aquaria
	Make an edible aquarium: use gelatin and gummy fish and brainstorm other foods to use to represent other elements of an aquarium make blueberry gelatin by adding one and one-quarter cups of cold water with ice cubes to a package of powdered mixture stir until thickened and add the gummy fish and other food pour into small clear plastic cups; refrigerate one hour enjoy eating aquarium write recipe for home use
	Guided reading groups: Share wordless book, In the Pond by Ermano Cristini and Luigi Puricelli; teams write a story to accompany the pictures