Teaching overview
Learning points
- Lobsters have hard outer shells called exoskeletons, which they must regularly replace as they grow.
- Shedding an exoskeleton so that a new, larger one can be grown is called molting.
Curriculum keywords
- Life cycles
- Classification
- Animals
Read the story
An extra-large lobster has escaped being dinner after an animal lover bought him from a restaurant and returned him to the sea!
Share with students
Spark a discussion
- Why is it difficult to work out the age of a lobster?
- What is molting, and why is it necessary for animals like lobsters?
- How big is King Louie, and how does he compare to the largest lobster on record?
Twig Science: A Complete Pre-K–8 Program for the NGSS
Immersive Investigations with High-Quality Multimedia
- Investigating, designing, building, and understanding phenomena
- Hands-on, digital, video, and print investigations
- Synchronous/asynchronous distance learning