Mr and Mrs Smiths Life Science: Sponges and Cnidarians

Day 1-3

Topic Invertebrate Investigation

Objectives
Identify phylum names of invertebrates.
Identify characteristics of phyla.
Identify species in phyla.
Draw animals.
Record information.

State Goals

Classwork
Animal Phyla Observation

Station 1	Porifera: Sponges
Station 2	Cnidarians: Stinging-celled animals
Station 3	Echinoderms: Spiny-skinned
Station 4	Mollusks: Shelled
Station 5	Platyhelminthes: Flatworms
Station 6	Nematoda: Roundworms
Station 7	Annelida: Segmented Worms
Station 8	Arthropod Crustacean: Jointed Legs Hard Shell: Crabs
Station 9	Arthropod Arachnid: Jointed Legs: Spiders
Station 10	Arthropod Insecta: Jointed Legs: Insects
Station 11	Arthropoda Myriapods: Jointed Legs: Centipedes & Millipedes
Station 12	Insect Complete Metamorphosis
Station 13	Chordates: Animals with Backbones
Station 14	Microorganisms

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Resources
Tree of Life Picture

Day 4

Topic Body plans and parts; Diversity

Objectives
Evaluate Knowledge

State Goals

Classwork-Homework
Invertebrate Investigation Evaluation Use information from Lab.

Invertebrate Critter Cards
Identify which phyla the animals belong to.
Record answers in Invertebrate Phylum Table.

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Resources
Marine Life Circle the Invertebrates

Day 5

Topic Sponge Foldable Book Directions

Objectives
Organize information about sponges into a foldable organizer.

State Goals

Classwork-Homework.

Sponge Foldable Book Directions

Sponges
Sponge Names
Classification	History
Anatomy	Sponge Types
Interesting Facts	Habitats
Systems: Ingestion, Digestion, Reproduction

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Resources

Sponge Crossword Puzzle

Sponge Word Search Level 1

Day 6

Topic 9-2 What are sponges?
9-1 What are sponges?

Objectives
View pictures of sponges.
Define spicules.
Explain how sponges get energy.
List three types of sponges.
List the names of sponges.

State Goals

Classwork-Homework
Display 12 x 18 pictures of invertebrates around the classroom.

Record sponge information in Sponge Foldable Book.

Sponge Vocabulary
Pores: tiny openings goes on Anatomy page
Poriferan: invertebrate animal with pores Classification: Class: Porifera
Spicule: small, hard needlelike structure of a sponge goes on Anatomy page

Sponge Types

Asconoids	simplest of the sponges; 4 inches or 10 cm; Look like a slender sack or tube.
Syconides	Slightly larger, thicker, and more complex Holes make rows on a smooth surface Shaped like tubes.
Leuconides	Largest of all the sponges In 5 minutes they filter their own weight in water.

Sponge Names

Tennis Ball Sponge

Red Sponge

Caribbean Reef Sponge

Callyspongia

Globe Fearon 9-2 What are Sponges? pp.202-203
9-1 What are Sponges? pp. 170-171

Prentice Hall: 10-2 Sponge Pictures p.262

Globe Fearon Lesson Review 9-1 Sponges

Sponge Word Search Level 2

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Prentice Hall 10-2 Sponges pp.262-264

Globe Fearon 9-1 What are Sponges? pp.170-171

Globe Fearon Lesson Review 9-1 Sponges

Resources

Day 7

Topic Sponges

Objectives
Describe the structure of a sponge.
Identify Porifera as the phyla that sponges are classified in.
Describe the shape of a sponge as an empty sack.

State Goals

Classwork-Homework

Sponge Information Put into Sponge Foldable Book

No definite symmetry. anatomy

Body multicellular, few tissues, no organs. anatomy

No true body cavity; Cells and tissues surround a water filled space anatomy

Live attached to something as an adult. habitat

Reproduce sexually or asexually system

No nervous system. system

Has a distinct larval stage which is planktonic. system

Lives in aquatic environments, mostly marine. habitat

All are filter feeders. system

Often have a skeleton of spicules. anatomy

Sponge Word Web: Phylum, Symmetry, Reproduction,
Put on back of Sponge Foldable Book

Demonstration Lab: Natural and Manufactured Sponge Absorbency

Filmstrip: Sponges

Use the Sponge Information Diagram to complete the sponge diagrams.
Sponge Cross Section Diagram
Sponge External Diagram
Sponge Word Search Level 3

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Syntectical Thinking Give to Language Arts teacher.

Sponges - A Coloring Worksheet.

Resources
Sponges: Ocean Animals

Day 8

Topic Sponges

Objectives
List three classes of sponges.
Create a Sponge Foldable Book.
Organize information.

State Goals

Classwork-Homework
History of Sponges
Sponges were the first animals.
Relatives of sponges have been around for billions of years.
Sponges have stayed the same for millions of years.

Sponge Classes

Demosponges	Horn sponges, like the bath sponge Biggest group Only type to have freshwater sponges Spiculues made of silica
Calcarea	calcerous sponges - having spicules Pastel colors as well as tan and black Spicules made of calcium carbonate Spicules form rays and circles
Hexactinellida	Glass sponges Most beautiful Have 6 points and look like stars First group to develop
Scleropongiae	Coralline or tropical reef sponges

Complete the Sponge Foldable Book by using the article below.

Sponge Information 2

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Complete the Sponge Foldable Book by using the two articles below.

Sponge Information

Sponge Information 2

Resources
Calcarea Pictures

Day 9

Topic 9-3 Cnidarians 9-2 Cnidarians

Objectives
Name four cnidarians.
Describe the body systems of cnidarians.
Analyze body symmetry and feeding patterns.
Describe body systems in worms.

State Goals

Classwork-Homework
Cnidarian Vocabulary
Cnidarians: invertebrate animal with stinging cells and a hollow body
Polyp: Cuplike form of a cnidarian
Medusa: Umbrella-like form of a cnidarian
Tentacles: long, thin armlike structures

Cnidarian Classes

Jellyfish	Class: Schyphozoa
Coral and Sea Anemones	Class: Anthozoa
Hydra & Portuguese Man-0-War	Class: Hydrozoa

Globe Fearon 9-3 What are cnidarians? pp.204-205
9-2 What are cnidarians? pp.172-173

Globe Fearon Lesson Review 9-2

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Prentice Hall 10-3 Cnidarians pp.264-268

Globe Fearon 9-2 What are cnidarians? pp.172-173

Globe Fearon Lesson Review 9-2

Resources

Day 10

Topic Polyps and Medusas

Objectives
Explain how siphonophore is able to feed, defend and reproduce.

State Goals

Classwork-Homework

Cnidarian Notes Mr and Mrs Smith's Use for students to write

Notes on.

Vocabulary
Cnidocyte: a stinging cell in a cnidarian
Nematocyst: the stinging mechanism in a cnidocyte
Venom: poison

Cnidarian Names

Jellyfish	Coral & Sea Anemones	Hydra & Portuguese Man-0-War
Class: Schyphozoan	Class: Anthozoan	Class: Hydrozoan
Box	Brain Coral	Green Hydra
Moon	Tube Coral	Brown Hydra
	Staghorn Coral
	Lettuce Coral
	Fire Coral
	Sea Fan

On back of Cnidarian Notes divide paper into 1/3 Label the class and draw examples

        Schyphozoan: Jellyfish
        Anthozoan: Sea Anemone, Coral
        Hydrozoan: Hydra, Portuguese Man-0-War

Cnidarian Wordsearch has answers for puzzle

Cnidarian Crossword Puzzle

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Resources

Sea Anemones Diagram and Information

Day 11

Topic Coral

Objectives
Identify the body forms of cnidarians and classify cnidarians as a medusa or a polyp.
Students will learn about coral and decide whether coral is a rock, plant, or animal.
Explain how cnidocytes get food.
Identify the two cell layers of cnidarians.
Explain why cnidarians are more complex than sponges because their cells are organized into tissues.
Create a model of a coral reef.

State Goals

Classwork-Homework

Coral Reef Foldable Book Directions
Make a 9-Tab foldable book about coral. Use to record information.

CORAL REEFS
What is Coral?	Coral Types	Reef Types	Reef Community	Threats	Food Chain	Reproduction	Why Important	Interesting Facts

What is Coral? #1
Coral develop in shallow, warm, clear, ocean water.
Coral prefer temperatures between 70 and 85 ° F (21 - 30 °C).
The reef is formed from coral polyps that leave behind a skeleton of limestone.
Coral reef habitats are rich in life.

Coral Types #2

Hard corals	Brain coral and Elkhorn coral	Hard, limestone skeletons; Hard corals form the basis of coral reefs.
Soft coral	Sea fingers and Sea Whips	Soft coral does not build reefs.

Coral Reef Piano Fold Book
Draw 4 Corals: Sea Fan, Elkhorn, Flower, Brain,

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Resources

Pacific Coral Reef Coloring Book Neat border for room.

Day 12

Topic Coral Reefs

Objectives
Read for information and label a diagram.

State Goals

Classwork-Homework

Types of Reefs: #3

Fringing reefs	Reefs that form along a coastline. They grow on the continental shelf in shallow water.
Barrier reefs	Grow parallel to shorelines but farther out. Usually separated from the land by a deep lagoon. Form a barrier between the lagoon and the seas impeding navigation.
Coral Atolls	Rings of coral that grow on top of old, sunken volcanoes in the ocean. They begin as fringe reefs surrounding a volcanic island. Then, as the volcano sinks, the reef continues to grow. Eventually only the reef remains.

Filmstrip: Cnidaria

Cnidarian Piano Fold Book
Draw other Cnidarians: Jellyfish, Sea Anemone, and Portuguese Man-O-War

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Resources
Coral Reefs: Science Weekly Teacher Notes

Coral Reefs: Science Weekly Add to Coral Reef Piano Fold Book

Day 13

Topic Coral Reefs

Objectives
List the three types of reefs.
List members of a coral reef community.
List reasons why coral reefs are in danger.
Understand that coral reefs are formed by coral animals.
Understand the conditions corals need to grow.
Draw a food web of a coral reef.

State Goals

Classwork-Homework
Coral Reef Community #4
Put all animals on board.
Have kids choose 10 animals to write under tab 4.
Choose 4 animals to add to cover of book.
you can add more

Sponges	Black Tip Reef Shark	Giant Grouper	Clown Fish
Eel	Angel Fish	Red Snapper	Scorpion Fish
Sea Birds	Clams	Sea Stars	Crabs
Shrimp	Lobsters	Turtles	Sea Snakes
Snails	Octopus	Scallops	Algae
Sea Slugs	Angel Fish	Sea Urchin	Zooplankton
Phytoplankton	Lumphead Wrasse

Coral Reefs in Danger #5

Major Threats to Coral Reefs
Water Pollution	from sewage and agricultural runoff
Careless collecting of coral specimens
Sedimentation	when silt or sand from construction or mining projects muddies the waters of a reef and kills coral, which needs light to live
Coastal Development
Destructive fishing practices	Cyanide fishing, Overfishing, Blast fishing
Increased Carbon Dioxide	Makes skeleton weaker
Ozone Depletion	Ultraviolet radiation in shallow areas

Coral Reef Piano Fold Book
Draw 4 coral reef community members.

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Resources

Coral Reef Coloring Page

Day 14

Topic Real Life Situations

Objectives
Introduces specific human activities that can have an impact on coral reefs world wide

State Goals

Classwork-Homework

Coral Reef Food Chain #6
Draw food web on board
Use your food web to draw a food chain with coral in it.

Reefs at Risk
Discuss: Coral Reef Food Web

Reefs at Risks
Explain the scenarios are factual.
Read the following scenario to the class.

Overfishing in the Philippines, Guam, and Indonesia has caused the disappearance of red snapper and giant grouper from entire areas. Without these predators in the area, the sea urchin population has increased. Sea urchins kill live coral as they feed on algae. Eventually, algae growth overtakes the coral, and new polyps cannot grow. Explain the effect these changes might have on the food web you have made.

State what the problem is.
overfishing

Name the populations that will decrease.
Red Snapper and Grouper will decrease.
Coral will decrease.
Algae will decrease

Name the populations that will increase.
Sea urchin

Will the reef survive?

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Resources

Day 15

Topic Coral Reef Longitude and latitudee.

Objectives
Label the continents of the world on a map of the Earth.
Label the oceans of the world.
Label the seas.
Identify locations by using longitude and latitude.

State Goals

Classwork-Homework

Locations #7

Coral and Coral Reefs

Map of World

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Resources
Blank Outline Maps

MotherJones Coral Reef Page

Day 16

Topic Coral Foldable Book

Objectives

State Goals

Classwork-Homework

Reproduction #8 How Are Reefs Formed
Draw coral life cycle in picture.
Coral Life Cycle Coloring Page and Reproduction Information

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Resources

Coral Polyps and Coral Reefs
Use these pages to finish up your Coral Foldable Book.

Day 17

Topic Coral Foldable Book

Objective
List different common names of coral.

State Goals

Classwork-Homework

Coral Names #9
List different names of coral.

Blue Coral	Brain Coral	Staghorn	Sea Fan
Sea Fingers	Sea Whips	Lettuce	Plate Pillar
Pacific Coral	Potato Chip Coral	Mushroom Coral	Lace Coral
Fire Coral	Crust Coral	Leather Coral	Lichen Coral

Complete Coral Reef Sponge Foldable Book.

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Resources

Day 18 Cancelled East Moline School District cut our funds.

Topic Daphnia and Hydra

Objectives
Use a microscope and hand lens to observe daphnia and hydra.
Identify and diagram a food chain.

State Goals

Classwork-Homework
  Hydra vs. Daphnia
           1. Draw and label Daphnia and Hydra
           2. Observe using hand lens.
           3. Observe using microscope on low power.

Hydra Anatomy

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Resources

Activities Art Investigations Resources Field Trips Web Sites

ANIMALS INVERTEBRATES

Animal Ethics and Marine Studies

Invertebrate Critter Cards Cnidarians, Annelids, Mollusks, Echinoderms, and Arthropods. Match pictures to Phylums.

Invertebrate Lab Information about Phylums, Chart of Characteristics and Answer sheet.

Invertebrate Research Packet

The Shape of Life 44 pages Good phyla activity. Phyla Comparison Chart p.24

Taxonomic Twisters Worksheet Animal investigation activity. Nice worksheet!

Invertebrate Lecture Notes

Kingdom, Plants, Invertebrate, Vertebrate Charts with answers

Sea Life Student Fact Sheet

Survey of the Animal Kingdom From sponges to chordates

Wonderful Wacky Water Critters

Animal Diversity Web

CNIDARIANS

Cnidaria

Cnidarians Characteristics and examples of stinging-celled animals.

Cnidarian Word Web

Cnidaria Home Page

Cnidarians: Simple but Deadly Animals

Introduction to Cnidaria Jellyfish, corals, and other stingers

CORAL

Coral and Coral Reefs Map of oceans for identifying coral sites.

Coral Polyps and Coral Reefs Students will learn about coral and decide whether coral is a rock, plant, or animal.

Importance of Color In a Coral Habitat

A Closer Look: Identifying Coral Species Learn to identify different coral species.

Growing Coral Students will observe the growth of crystals that develop in a way similar to how coral polyps create their calcium carbonate cups.

Sexy Coral Reef and I Want My Own Space In these activities you will learn about some of the adaptations that have helped insure the success of the next generation of coral.

What If the Reef Dies This lesson will provide opportunities to model, using simple laboratory materials, some aspects of reef ecology. In addition, student conclusions drawn from the activities will be referenced to known data. Finally, students will be asked to consider what they can do to insure reef survival.

Bermuda Reef Diorama In this activity you will make a model of a coral reef so that you can see for yourself all the organisms living in this ecosystem.

Build a Reef While building a coral reef, you will discover the organisms that make up this special ecosystem.

Coral Reefs, Polyps, and Heads Build an individual polyp. Combine polyps to form head (colony)

How Are Reefs Formed Coral Life Cycle Coloring Page

Coral Reef Coloring Page

Coral Reefs: Science Weekly Neat 6 page magazine

Threats to Coral Reefs

Zooanthellae Zooxanthellae are unicellular yellow-brown (dinoflagellate) algae which live symbiotically in the gastrodermis of reef-building corals.

Bermuda's Coral Reefs

Coral: Ocean Oasis

Coral Reefs: Jumpstart

Coral Reef PhotoBank

Corals and Anemones A Sea & Sky site.

Reef Relief: Protect Living Coral A group dedicated to protect coral.

DISSECTION

Animal Dissection: Where Do You Stand? Survey

HYDRA

Hydra: The Green Predator

How Does a Hydra Respond to Stimuli?

Hydra Bioassay This experiment measures the reaction of hydra to any toxic compounds present in fresh water. The test can be used to measure the toxicity of household water, industrial wastewater, and treated or untreated surface or ground water.

Hydra Lab

Hydra Lab Worksheet

Hydra vs. Daphnia Information and diagram. Setting up habitats. Food Chain Lesson. Observation of hydra and daphnia. Put animals together.

Hydras Great pictures!

Hydra Article and diagrams.

INVERTEBRATES

Marine Life Circle the Invertebrates Nice line drawings of sea urchin, jellyfish, sand dollar, crab, shrimp, sea star, clam, scallop, lobster, horseshoe crab, anemone, scallop, sea star, octopus

Invertebrates Color pictures and information. Show with Computer Projector

JELLYFISH

Jellyfish Coloring Pages

Jellyfish Lecture

Box Jellyfish

Freshwater Jellyfish

Jellyfish A Sea Science site. Jellyfish diagram, life cycle diagram, and nematocyst diagram. Drawings of different species.

Know Your Jellyfish: Some Sting, Some Don't Great pictures of different jellyfish

KEYS, GUIDES, and CHECKLISTS

Invertebrate Key

LANGUAGE ARTS

Animal Imagery Similes and metaphors

PARASITES

Animal and Human Parasite Images

PLANKTON

Plankton During this activity, students will learn how to collect plankton and use microscopes to observe and identify it.

PORTUGUESE MAN-O-WAR

Portuguese Man-O-War Worksheet

SEA ANEMONE

Sea Anemone Coloring Sheet

Sea Anemone Diagram

Sea Anemones Basic information and pictures from Marine Biology

Sea Anemones Information and pictures.

SPONGES

Sponge Anatomy Worksheet

Investigating Sponges

Lab: Natural and Manufactured Sponge Absorbency

Sponge Lab and Questions

Sponge or Cnidarian Life Cycle Poster Get into groups of four. One pair picks the sponges and the other the cnidarians. Use butcher paper & markers to create the life cycles. After drawn, each pair should teach the other pair about their respective phylum. Include structure labeling, body and tissue forms, methods of reproduction or method of multiplying, and so on. Be sure to include caption explanations. Each pair will be receiving a poster grade and then a group grade based on a randomly selected student that has to explain the life cycle.

Phylum Porifera: Sponges Notes for a lecture.

Sponge Pictures: Class Calcarea: Scypha Leucosolenia Class Hexactinellida: glass sponge Class Demospongiae: bath sponges spicules spongin fibers gemmules Scypha egg

Sponge Word Web

Ancient Life- Sponges Common fossils of Kansas

Ask a Scientist Questions and answers about Porifera

About Sponges

Introduction to Sponges Sponges are the simplest of the multicellular animals. They have no organ systems and are characterized by numerous canals and chambers that open to the outside by way of pores which giving this phylum its name. Many sponges are asymmetrical, but some exhibit radial symmetry. They are almost plant-like in their simplicity and are often confused as being plants.

Phylum Porifera: Sponges

Sponges: The Weird Wonders of the Seas Information, diagrams, and pictures from the Oceanic Research Group. Nice sponge diagram!!

Sponges: Ocean Animals

Sponges: Phylum Porifera Sponges are bottom-dwelling creatures that attach themselves to something solid so they can, hopefully, receive enough food to grow. Sponges may look like plants but actually are the most simple animal.

Welcome to My Sponge Page Interesting facts about sponges, pictures of sponges, and a Sponge True-or-False test

Wet World of Sponges Scientists believe that sponges were the first animals to be alive. The ancestors of today's sponges were alive billions of years ago. Sponges have looked the same for millions of years. They are the most simple of all animals, with no brain or organs, but they have been helping mankind and nature for as long as they have been on the planet.

WEB QUESTS

Case of the Changing Bering Sea Environment Introduction

Creatures of the Deep Investigate the animals and answer the questions.

Sponges- The Real World

Extra Credit

Have the students create a collage of photos of different types of coral to create their own reef. You can use the pictures from the Coral Reef Photobank. They can create their virtual reef based on the region, or they can make a global composite reef.

Coral Reef: Did You Know? Cards Print out 10 "Did You Know Cards." Research facts and information about coral Reefs. Write your facts and information on the cards.

Geography Worksheet Use an Atlas and find the answers.

Great Barrier Reef Read the book fill in the chart and answer the questions.

Introduction to Cnidaria Jellyfish, corals, and other stingers

Invertebrate Coloring Page Jellyfish, Coral, Sponge, Scallop, Starfish, and sea Squirts.

Jellyfish and Sea Anemone Comparison Chart Ways they are alike and different.

Marine Life Matchup

Ocean Diorama Use the patterns to create a shoe box diorama of the ocean

Phylum Study Choose a phylum, choose an animal draw a picture, write a report, and create a list.

Reef Scavenger Hunt Worksheet

Research 6 animals have been identified as the most dangerous in Australia. You are to investigate each animal and rank them from most dangerous to least dangerous.

Sea Anemone and Sea Star Coloring Page Coloring sheet from the Monterey Aquarium

Shells and Coral Coloring Page Coloring sheet from ABC Teach

Sponge Coloring Diagram Marine Biology Coloring Book p.22 Color and turn in.

Sponge Information Organizer Use this link to complete

Sponge Picture Zoology Coloring Book p.8 and 9. Color and turn in.