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- 9th - 12th
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Students, during this twelve week series of lessons, learn basic anatomy through life sketches of human skeletons and shells. They learn fundamentals of line and convey life through sketches learning science through art. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students complete a unit of lessons on the distinguishing characteristics of five classes of vertebrates. They differentiate between vertebrates and invertebrates, assemble a rodent skeleton, observe an experiment, and compose a poem. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students extend and refine their knowledge about vertebrates and invertebrates. They access and gather information on the two chosen animals, using either the Internet or an electronic encyclopedia source. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students research the characteristics of Vertebrates and Invertebrates. They identify and explain those characteristics. Students create a Venn Diagram comparing/contrasting those characteristics. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the differences between vertebrates and invertebrates. They conduct Internet research, take an online invertebrate quiz, complete a vertebrate fact sheet, print out pictures of invertebrates they find interesting, and create index card information fact cards. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students brainstorm to find the meaning to the terms vertebrate and invertebrate. They use ideas in order to progress to the investigation. They feel their own backbones in order to bring context to the lesson. Students answer questions about why animals are put into different categories. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore vertebrates and invertebrates. They explain the terms and classify different phylums of animals as either vertebrate or invertebrate. They identify similarities and differences between the different types of invertebrates. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students engage in a lesson that investigates the concept of characterizing different types of living things. They identify the differences between vertebrates and invertebrates along with the differences in the phyla for each group. Full Review »
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Students identify and interpret how Carolus Linnaeus devised a classification system for living things with two kingdoms, how scientists now classify the Five Kingdoms of Living Things, as well as how vertebrates and invertebrates, plants, and other living things are classified. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students identify the differences between invertebrates and vertebrates. In groups, they use the internet to examine different invertebrate animals. To end the lesson, they classify a list of animals into the correct category and name their own animal not on the list and place it in the correct spot. Full Review »

