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Man and Mollusc has a new venture: Man and Mollusc Books!

I'm proud to announce my first book in a proposed series of children's books; "Sammy's Adventure".

For more story details and the costs of purchasing "Sammy's Adventure" please go to the promotional flyer.



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Malacology Lesson Plans and Teaching Aids
by Man and Mollusc
for Classroom and other Educational Uses
developed by Avril Bourquin

If you are planning to use any of the lesson plans I'm presenting, a good place to start is to print out and use the checklist

 


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An important message from the US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RE: Giant African Land Snails

 

Online Checklist: A full isting of necessary and Optional printouts, worksheets, articles, etc.

K - 12

 

Checklist

 

 

General Lesson Plan: (quite adaptable for many different projects and lesson plans
by Avril Bourquin & Robynn Honeychurch

 

 

 

General Lesson Plan; Info for
K -12

Suggested grade lesson plans using the general lesson plan information
  • K-3
  • 4-8
  • 9-12

Online Plan

 

 

 

     
Online Visual Shell Kit: This is a Shell Identification Aid for the classroom use
K -12
Visual Shell Kit
 

Story: ©
"Sammy's Adventure"

Information on Purchasing the Illustrated, soft bound storybook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K - 8

The online version (Sorry! no illustrations)of this story may be printed out and used for classroom or similar educational purposes only.

Man and Molllusc Books
©
Story Science and financier:
Avril Bourquin
Children's story writer:
Robynn Honeychurch
Illustrator:
Anna Palumbo

 

 

 

 

Sammy's Adventure Translations available.
Unlinked translations will be online soon

  1. Afrikaans
  2. Dutch
  3. German
  4. Korean
    Korean & English
  5. Portuguese
  6. Romanian
  7. Russian
  8. Spanish
  9. Ukrainian

If your language is not here and you know someone who might be willing to translate the story, please contact me: Avril B

 

 

Molluscan Glossary

  • by Avril Bourquin
Online Glossary
 
Anatomy worksheets are now online along with a few fun quiz sheets. To access these, please go to the Checklist.
 
Malacology Articles and Stories by Man and Mollusc for Teachers to Use in their Classrooms: Please visit the Checklist.
 

Be sure to visit Man and Mollusc's Internet Resource Page:
Teachers! This Page is for YOU!
I add new www sites for teachers in this section on quite a regular basis. From classroom clip art to downloadable maps, it's all here. Be sure to let me know of a good page if you find one that you feel is worth a visit by other educators.

 

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Teachers; If you and your students want a page on Man and Mollusc, please just contact Avril

Classroom Pages:


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More Sites by Man and Mollusc That Educators Might Find Useful
 
Click HERE for a Full Listing of Pages offered by Man and Mollusc
 
Teachers, This Page
is for You:
Children's Zone Science
Students! This Page
is For You!
Children's Internet Resources: This page is all geared to the younger viewer. Animals: (A to L)
Careers: Ocean-Related
Professional Careers
Ecology:
Animals 2: (M to Z)
Educational: Good Sites To Learn all about Molluscs Fun Pages on the WWW Marine Life:

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WWW Worksheets and Printouts Available Online
 

Enchanted Learning has many very wonderful printouts for teachers to use. These are copyrighted and PLEASE follow their wishes and policies for use of their materials

 

 

 

  1. Land Snail Anatomy Labeled
  2. Land Snail: External Anatomy
    Unlabeled
  3. Squid External Anatomy Diagram: Labelled
  4. Squid External Anatomy
    Unlabeled
  1. Mollusks Pages to Colour Online.

 

 

 

 

 
Environment Canada:
Free pamphlets for teachers to use
 
K-12 News Our mission, "to facilitate the dissemination of educational material," is made possible in part by your efforts and we truly appreciate it. Working together, we can deliver free and cost effective educational material to every educator, parent and student.
 

KiddyHouse.com

  • All About Snails
    • Characteristics of snails.
    • Do you know where the snail's eyes are ?
    • What and how does a snail eat ?
    • How big can the snail grow ?
    • How does the snail move ?
    • Male or female ?

 


  • Life History of the snail
  • The snails have enemies too
  • Pond Snails
  • How do they breathe in water ?
  • Do you know that pond snails can be eaten ?
  • What does the pond snail feed on ?
    How does the pond snail reproduce ?

  • Related Snail activities & worksheets
  • More snail facts & activities


 

Mrs. Seagraves' QUEST Class and Thematic Units:

 

lots of great online worksheets for you to use

 

 
Online Children's Stories about molluscs:  
 
ProjectHappyChild   .WordSearch
 


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WWW Malacology Lesson Plans Online
also see the Man and Mollusc Directories

 
Lesson Plan
Grade
Description
 
Ask the Experts
Royal British Columbia Museum
  • activity sheets

Ask Eric

 

 

  • Limpet Identification Lab - Lesson plan to study new life forms and to develop distinguishing or key characteristics to aid in the study of life. Grades 9-12
  • Search Engine; use words such as mollusc, mollusk, seashell. shells,etc.
BioG-101  
Cody's Science Education Zone:  

Discovery School

 

 

 

Education Planet:

good listings of materials and lesson plans available online

Exotic Aquatics on the Move
A joint project of National Sea Grant Network Geographic Education Alliances

(Grade 12 level)
  • Zebra Mussel
  • Asiatic Clam
  • Chinese Mystery Snail
  • Veined Rapa Whelk

 

 

  • not only a great lesson plan but a complete source of information on the mollusc exotics
Activities Exchange
  • Complete Lesson plan by Kathy Lu
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
  • by Sally Schaeffer
On the Trail of the Marine Snail
(Slug the Thug & His Gastropod Gang)
  • Definitely a different molluscan lesson plan. It's in the form of a game.
 
The Oyster
by Joyce Bryant
Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute

  • This unit on the oyster is intended for use with seventh and eighth grade students. However, the material may be appropriate for elementary and high school. It is the instructor who can best judge its usability.
  • Complete lesson plan with even quizzes and activity suggestions
Hatfield Marine Science Center Marine Education Programs
  • DON'T miss this very complete and different Lesson Plan

A WebQuest

 

 

 

  • complete lesson plan
Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute:
  • three complete lesson plans online



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More WWW Molluscan Sites Worth Visiting
Sammy Snail
introduces sites most suitable for younger children
HomePage
Page/s of Interest
Available Online Extras
 
Apopka High Marine Science
Apopka High School, Florida
An Introduction to Marine Biology and Oceanography
BIOSIS  

The Bridge: Ocean Sciences Teacher Resource Canter:

 

  • gook links section
The Conchologist's Information Network (COA)
 

Discovery School

 

  • use their search engine and the keyword mollusk
 

Dr David Skingsley's interactive pages

 

Good links page

Enchanted Learning.com:

 

  • Mollusks Printouts.
  • Mollusks Pages to Color Online.

Check out the section on Oceans and Coral reefs as well

 

Environment Canada: brochures and activity publications designed for the classroom
Family Education Network:
Great search engine!

KiddyHouse.com

 

 

 

  • Work sheets
  • arts and crafts
  • links section
  • Story time
  • Clip art

Learning Network.com

now called: Family Education Network:

 

Great search engine!

Mrs. Seagraves' QUEST Class and Thematic Units:

 

 

 

  • Snails: A fun site to learn all about snails

 

 

 

 

  • Snail Facts
    Snail Anatomy
  • Snail Life Cycle
  • Snail Investigations
  • Snails as Pets
  • Snail Tales
  • Snail Crafts
  • Snail Links
  • Snail Photos
  • Snail Games
New Zealand Marine Studies Center   Recourses available online
Biomedia and the Glasgow University Zoology Museum
National Science Teachers Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, NMEA  
The National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB)   NOSB is an academic competition for high school students that focuses on ocean-related topics.

Neararctica.com

 

 
Ocean Animals Good basic information

Ocean Link Island.

 

  • Ask a Marine Scientist: Scroll down the page and click on Molluscs or whichever marine subject you are interested in. Check out; animals, careers, deep sea, marine biology and so much more.
This is a must visit site for teachers and students!

Sea Grant

 

 

SeaSky.org:

 

This is quite an interesting and unique site

Singapore Zoo

 

What is a mollusc?
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History's Page A listing of good reference on educational books, crafting, collecting shells,etc.

University of Georgia:

  • Science Box Loans

 

 

Invertebrates Box 1
Invertebrates Box 2
Invertebrates Box 3
Marine Mammals
Oceans
Invertebrates

 

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October 30, 2003
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PLEASE
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