Sensational Squids

My students are fascinated with squids!  We decided to do a quick study of squids towards the end of the year.  We began the study by learning about squid, octopus, and cuttlefish and comparing them.  We made a three section chart to show the information we found.

After doing research on these three types of cephalopods, we moved on to figuring out how big, and small, the different types of squids get.  Each team got one type of squid to focus on and they had to do additional research to find out about it.  Once complete, they made a life-size model of their type of squid in sidewalk chalk outside on the playground.

Some of these squids get BIG!  Students were really challenged when it came to measuring their type of squid as accurately as possible!

We also dissected fresh squid in class.  I found these at my local specialty market in their frozen food section.

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What are your students interested in?