Being Creative
After you have learned about horseshoe crabs,
you might want to write a poem or a song or even draw a picture of a horseshoe
crab, like some of the students in our class did. Below are examples of
some of their work. If you decide to write about or draw horseshoe crabs,
send
it to us and we'll post your work on this site.
POETRY
an
acrostic poem
HAVE TEN EYES
OCEAN DWELLERS
REALLY OLD SPECIES
SHELLS SHAPED LIKE
HORSESHOES
EAT CLAMS AND WORMS
SHORELINES ARE WHERE
THEY LAY EGGS
HAVE 5 PAIRS OF
WALKING LEGS
ONLY 4 SPECIES IN
THE WORLD
EVERY HORSESHOE
CRAB HAS 3 BODY PARTS
CAN USE THEIR TAILS
TO FLIP OVER
RESIDE IN DELAWARE
BAY
ARTHROPODS
BREATHE WITH BOOK
GILLS
SCIENTIFIC NAME
IS LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS
by Jessica Phelan
SONGS
(TO THE TUNE OF JINGLE
BELLS)
HORSESHOE CRAB, HORSESHOE CRAB,
HOW DO YOU HELP US?
WE USE YOUR BLOOD FOR MEDICINE
AND LOTS OF OTHER STUFF, OH
HORSESHOE CRAB, HORSESHOE CRAB,
LOOK OUT MY, OH ,MY
THE SHOREBIRDS COME TO EAT YOUR EGGS
THEY'RE COMING FROM THE SKY.
by Jakeivis Watson
DRAWINGS
by Yifan H.
by Zach S.
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