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Moonlight Crab Count: Teaching Activities

Moonlight Crab Count. By Dr. Neeti Bathala, Jennifer Keats Curtis illus. by Veronica V. Jones. Arbordale Publishing, hardcover, $17.95 (9781628559309). Gr. K-3. Feb.  https://www.arbordalepublishing.com/bookpage.php?id=MoonlightCrab
 

In conjunction with the book MOONLIGHT CRAB COUNT, educators can use this teaching activities guide’s ready-made lessons to extend learning about horseshoe crabs and the citizen science movement. The cross-curricular lessons touch on many subjects and include language arts, science, and math activities.

Horseshoe Crab 3D Card

Anniqa Law, Juvenile Horseshoe Crab Rearing programme,
Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong

Make your card with a popup 3D horseshoe crab when you open it.  Send your greetings and share your love with your friends, families, as well as our nature!

See You 300 Million Years Later

Kwok, Janet W. Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. 8 pp.

This attractive illustrated booklet offers a basic introduction to horseshoe crabs for elementary school age students through a story about two children, Marco and Mary’s encounter with HSCs while building a sand castle on the beach. Text is provided in both Chinese and English.