Animal Phyla Investigation: SmithLifeScience

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Phylum & Characteristics	Circle the Names of Animals At This Station	Animal Drawing
#1 Porifera (pore bearer) Is the body covered with large or small openings? ___________ Is the sponge's body solid or hollow? Name one of the sponges in plastic _______ Symmetry: Radial Bilateral Asymmetrical	Bath Coral Tick Velvet Jellyfish Grantia	Draw a sponge
#2 Cnidarians (stinging-celled) Inside or outside skeleton? ____________ Does the hydra have tentacles? Yes No Circle the 2 below that look most alike: hydra sea anemone jellyfish Does the Sea anemone have tentacles? Yes No Symmetry: Radial Bilateral Asymmetrical	Sea anemone Hydra Jellyfish Tick Leech Crab Coral Millipede	Draw a jellyfish
#3 Echinoderms (spiny-skinned) How many arms does a starfish have? _____ Are the spines of a starfish just on the top or all over? ___________ How does a starfish and a sand dollar look alike? _______________ Which animal has longer spines? _______ Do you see antenna? Yes No Symmetry: Radial Bilateral Asymmetrical	Jellyfish Squid Fluke Starfish Sea urchin Ant Sea cucumber Lingual Sand dollar Clam Porcupine	Draw a starfish

Phylum & Characteristics	Circle the Names of Animals At This Station	Animal Drawing
#4 Mollusk: 1 shell, 2 shells, No shell Name a 2-shelled mollusk ______________ Do snails have 1 or 2 shells? One Two How many tentacles on an squid? _______ Is the squid's eye near the tentacled end or the other end? ____________ Name two groups that you could divide these animals into. __________________ Symmetry: Radial Bilateral Asymmetrical	Starfish Snail Jellyfish Spider Squid Clam Oyster Lamp shell Eel Cuttlefish Sand dollar Brachiopoda	Draw a snail or squid
#5 Platyhelminthes (flatworms) Do they have a head and tail end? Yes No Do they have a top and bottom? Yes No Flat body or round body? _____________ Does the tapeworm look like it has segments? Yes No Name the longest worm. ________________ Symmetry: Radial Bilateral Asymmetrical	Tapeworm Sea urchin Planaria Liver fluke	Draw a tapeworm
#6 Nematodes (roundworms) Name the worm in the dog's heart. _______ Do they have a head and tail end? Yes No Do they have segments? Yes No How does a dog get heartworm? _________ __________________________________ Symmetry: Radial Bilateral Asymmetrical	Heartworm Earthworm Leech Hogworm	Draw any roundworm

Phylum & Characteristics	Circle the Names of Animals At This Station	Animal Drawing
#7 Annelids (segmented worms) Name an annelid that lives in water. ______ Do they have a head and tail end? Yes No Circle the longer the leech or the earthworm? Which Annelid has legs? ________________ Symmetry: Radial Bilateral Asymmetrical	Leech Snake Earthworm Sandworm Maggot Sea mouse	Draw an earthworm
#8 Arthropod: Crustacean (hard shell) Arthropod means "jointed legs" Endoskeleton or Exoskeleton? ___________ Do they have antennas? Yes No Are claws on a crab the same size? Yes No How many walking legs on a crab? 6 or 8 Do crabs have eyes? Yes No 2 or 3 body segments? 2 or 3 Symmetry: Radial Bilateral Asymmetrical	Horseshoe crab Ant crab Earth crab Rock crab Pincer crab Hermit crab Fiddler crab Mole crab Mitten Crab Sun crab Wharf crab Beach crab Parchment Worm Crab	Draw a freshwater shrimp
#9 Arthropod: Arachnid (spiders) How many legs do spiders have? __________ Are you afraid of spiders? __________ The biggest arachnid? ________________ The smallest arachnid? ________________ You would think that this arachnid would be at Station #8. ____________ Endoskeleton or Exoskeleton? __________ Symmetry: Radial Bilateral Asymmetrical	Wood tick Honeybee Horseshoe crab Wasp Scorpion Garden spider Tarantula Bee Ant Black Widow	Draw a spider

Phylum & Characteristics	Circle the Names of Animals At This Station	Animal Drawing
#10 Arthropod: Insecta (insects) How many body segments?_____ Do you see antenna? Yes No Name the segments ___________________ How many legs on an insect? _____ Endoskeleton or Exoskeleton? ____________ Do all of the insects have wings? Yes No Symmetry: Radial Bilateral symmetrical	Grasshopper Fly Leech Butterfly Wharf crab Dragon fly Garden spider Cockroach Earthworm Bat Beetle Cicada Wasp Bee Lady bug	Draw an ant
#11 Arthropod: Myriapods (centipedes & millipedes) Use page 288 4 legs per segment: Centipede Millipede 2 legs per segment: Centipede Millipede Is a Carnivore. Centipede Millipede Is a Herbivore. Centipede Millipede Symmetry: Radial Bilateral Asymmetrical	Draw a centipede Draw a millipede
#12 Life Cycle Name the insect in plastic. __________ Use page 184 in Globe Fearon Name the 4 stages of complete metamorphosis. ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ List the 3 stages of incomplete metamorphosis __________ _________ __________	Draw and label an Egg, Larva, Pupa, and Adult Butterfly
	Draw and label a grasshopper nymph.

#13 Chordates:Vertebrates
Inside or outside Skeleton?_______ Name the four different body coverings you can see on the chordates. 1. __________ 2. ___________ 3. __________ 4. ___________	Name 5 Chordates you see. 1.________________ 2. _______________ 3. _______________ 4. _______________ 5. _______________		Draw a chordate.
#14 Microorganisms Choose any 4 slides Slide #1		Slide #2 Put them under the lens one at a time.
Slide #3 Draw what you see.		Slide #4 Be sure to write what it is.

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