Project Title: Big Fish, Little Fish
Description: these projects take a look at fish and their different sizes. One is small enough to live in a bowl. While the other project focuses on fish that need big spaces like rivers, ponds, and the ocean.
Author: Candice
Grade Level or Target Age Range : preschool
Vocabulary: shape, size, color, kelp, seaweed, fins, gills
Materials: paper bags, paper plates with a section cut off, paper cut in a fish shape, little green strips of paper glue, brushes, yarn or string, crayons
Demo/ Directions:
Project One: Fishbowl
- Have students color in their paper plates. Yellow on the bottom and blue on the rest of the plate. The top of the plate is the cut off portion. ( 5 minutes)
- Then have students color in their fish and glue them onto their plate. ( 5 minutes)
- Next have students crumple up their green paper strips and glue them on their plate. ( 10 minutes)
Project Two: Paper Bag Fish
- Have students color their bag on all sides including the bottom. ( 5 minutes)
- Next have students blow up their fish and help them tie string or yarn to then end to make a tail. ( 10 minutes)
- Then have students draw on the eyes and mouth on both sides. ( 5 minutes)
- Now that the project is done have students swim around the room. They can pretend that the room is a pond or the ocean.It also gives you a chance to talk about the amount of space different creatures need to survive. (10 to 20 minutes)
