Lion's Mane Jellyfish - Cyanea capillata - Activity Page

Lion's Mane Jellyfish - Cyanea capillata - Activity Page

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Bring the largest jellyfish in the world into your classroom! Students learn about the fascinating Lion’s Mane Jellyfish—their size, stinging tentacles, cold-water habitat, and place in the food chain—through a high-interest reading passage and vocabulary comprehension activity. Perfect for ocean units, literacy centers, science lessons, or cross-curricular learning.

- Coloring

- Facts:

• Size
• Diet
• Coloring
• Areas found
• Basic shape and description
• Fun facts

- Word definition questions (multiple choice)

• Bell
• Coastal
• Tentacles
• Predator

- Answers upside down at the bottom of the page

Why Teachers Love It:

• Combines life science and reading skills
• Quick prep; print and go
• Great for grades 3–5 but adaptable for younger or older students

Standards Alignment

NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards):

• 3-LS4-3: Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
• 3-LS4-4: Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there change.
• 4-LS1-1: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
• 5-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth’s resources and environment.

CCSS (English Language Arts – Informational Text):

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1 / RI.4.1 / RI.5.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2 / RI.4.2 / RI.5.2: Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.4 / RI.4.4 / RI.5.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4 / RF.4.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.