Activity

Snail close observation

Summary
Students watch snails crawling on a glass surface and record what they notice
Science content
Biology: Features, Adaptations of Living Things (K, 1, 3, 7)
Biology: Classification of Living Things, Biodiversity (1, 3)
Biology: Sensing, Organ Systems (4, 5, 6)
Lessons activity is in
Materials
  • Snails, one per table group
  • Glass bowl, one per table group
  • Worksheet to describe snails/write a poem
Procedure

Snails are placed on the undersurface of an inverted glass bowl, and put in the middle of a table group.
Students can observe the snails moving, including the muscles rippling on the underside of the body.
Talk as a class about how they move, how they sense etc.
Students describe their observations and/or write a poem about the snail (shape poem can be written on a simple drawing of a snail).
Adults can hand the students a snail to touch - this will help inspire their writing.

Grades taught
Gr 1
Gr 2