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- 9th - 12th
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Students keep a scientific research notebook on an invertebrate detailing its behavior and responses. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students explore the question, "What types of adaptations do invertebrates need to live in a methane hydrate habitat?" They design an invertebrate or vertebrate capable of living in a methane hydrate ecosystem. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students identify different animals according to which animal group they belong, vertebrate or invertebrate.They characteristics of the different animal groups. Students name the five groups of vertebrates and three groups of invertebrates. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students analyze various patterns and products of natural and induced biological change. They analyze how organisms are linked to one another and the environment. Students identify how environmental factors affect all living things within an ecosystems. Full Review »
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- 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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- 3rd - 4th
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Students describe vertebrates in terms of observable body parts and characteristics and describe life cycles of familiar organisms. They identify familiar organisms as part of a food chain or food web and describe their feeding relationships and they explain common patterns of interdependence and interrelationships of living things. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students complete two labs. They observe the fertilization and development of sea urchin and zebrafish embryos. They examine the similarities and differences in the development of an invertebrate vs. a vertebrate animal. 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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- 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 »

