This section is designed to aid the teachers in fulfilling the following TEKS knowledge and skills requirements.

Grade K - 112.2 (9)(A)(B)
Grade 1 - 112.3 (9)(A)(B)
Grade 2 – 112.4 (5)(A)
Grade 3 - 112.5 (5)(A)
Grade 4 - 112.6 (5)(A)(B)
Grade 5 - 112.7 (5)(A)(B)

• Zooplankton are animal plankton.
  
• Holoplankton spend there entire life floating in the open ocean (pelagic zone).
  
• Meroplankton are the eggs and larvae form of organisms found in the coastal waters. (neritic zone).
  
• These zooplanktons are in transition stage and as they develop, they move on into the benthos or nekton zone.

Sizes of Zooplankton:

• Nanoplankton – (5/1000 mm to 60/1000 mm) includes protozoan and unicellular animals.
  
• Microplankton – (60/1000mm to 1 mm) includes the egg and larvae of invertebrates.
  
• Macroplankton – (over 1 mm) includes copepods and amphipods
  
• Mega Plankton – Large jelly fishes, including Portuguese man-o-war.