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Zoology Activities and Lesson Plans
![Image from Freshwater Mussel Identification Activity](/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1447&g2_serialNumber=2) - Freshwater Mussel Identification Activity
This is an interactive version of the lesson plan in the Mussel Collection Web exhibit. Learn how zoologists use keys to identify mussels by shell texture, color, and shape. Choose among five shells to identify. This activity requires a flash plugin on your computer, which may be downloaded for free on the Macromedia site.
![Image from Protective Coloration in Butterflies and Moths Activity](/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1595&g2_serialNumber=2) - Protective Coloration in Butterflies and Moths Activity
Learn three principles of how butterflies and moths are protected from predators by their colors. Create your own coloration on butterfly and moth graphics, move them to their background and see if they are camouflaged or if they would startle a foe! This activity requires a flash plugin on your computer, which may be downloaded for free on the Macromedia site.
![Image from County Butterfly or Moth Poster](/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1404&g2_serialNumber=2) - County Butterfly or Moth Poster
- Use the Museum's Lepidoptera database to find out what butterflies and moths have ever been spotted and reported in your county. Then find examples of the species in the Museum's Lepidoptera photograph gallery or elsewhere on the Web, save them, and use a photo program to create and print out a poster of your county's species.
![Image from Forms for Exhibit Creation Lessons](/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1452&g2_serialNumber=2) - Forms for Exhibit Creation Lessons
- In the Classroom Exhibit lesson for the Behind the Scenes module, students can print out and use forms to keep records of the objects or specimens they are planning to exhibit.
![Image from Symmetry in Butterflies Lesson pdf](/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1591&g2_serialNumber=2) - Symmetry in Butterflies Lesson pdf
- There are three principles of protective coloration in butterflies. Explore these principles and create a 3-D painted butterfly with a symmetrical protective coloration. (also see the interactive on this lesson)
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