Week Thirty-Eight

Last week of school, can you believe it? Our last and final look at invertebrates this week will include Phylum Arthropoda and Phylum Echinodermata. The Invertebrates Test will be this Thursday, the last test of the year!!

Monday - Insect Notes and Arthropod Chart
Tuesday - Echinoderm Notes / W.S. / Review
Wednesday - Review
Thursday - Invertebrate Test / Collect Textbooks
Friday - LAST DAY!!

Homework this week includes Chapter 11 vocabulary due Tuesday, Echinoderm Worksheet due Wednesday, Invertebrate Study Guide due Wednesday, Study for INVERTEBRATE TEST Thursday.

Helpful Websites for Animal Study:

Introduction to Arthropods
The Arthropod Story
Arthropod Information
Arthropods: PBS
Introduction to Echinoderms
Echinoderm Diversity
Echinoderms: PBS

Week Thirty-Seven

This week we will continue our study of the animal kingdom, that will take us to the end of the school year. This week we will look closer at the mollusk and arthropod phylums.

Monday - Bean Lab Analysis
Tuesday - Earthworm Lab and Mollusks
Wednesday - Mollusks
Thursday - Arthropods
Friday - Arthropods

Homework this week includes Bean Lab Analysis due Tuesday, Mollusk Drawing and worksheet due Wednesday, Arthropod Drawing and worksheet due Monday (5/21).

Helpful Websites for Animal Study:
Mollusks: PBS
Oceanic Research: Mollusks
Gastropods
Bivalves
Cephalopods
Fact Sheet: Cephalopods
Introduction to Arthropods
The Arthropod Story
Arthropod Information
Arthropods: PBS

Week Thirty-Six

This week we will begin our study of the animal kingdom, that will take us to the end of the school year. The focus will be on the invertebrate phylums which include sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, roundworms, segmented worms, arthropods, and echinoderms.

Monday - Porifera (sponges)
Tuesday - Cnidarians
Wednesday - Flatworms or Platyhelminthes
Thursday - Roundworms or Nematoda
Friday - Segmented worms or Annelida

Homework this week includes Sponge Drawing and worksheet due Tuesday, Cnidarian Drawing and worksheet due Wednesday, Flatworm Drawing and worksheet due Thursday, Roundworm Drawing and worksheet due Friday, Segmented worm Drawing and worksheet due Monday, Chapter 10 vocabulary due Monday.

Helpful Websites for Animal Study:

The Shape of Life
Porifera
Phylum Porifera: PBS
Cnidarians
Ocean Link on Cnidarians
Platyhelminthes
Phylum Platyhelminthes: PBS
Nematoda
Annelida
Worms in my Backyard
Earthworms
Earthworm Anatomy and More