Invertebrates - Review Week

Watch any films the student particularly enjoyed during the invertebrates unit.
Re-read any books the student particularly enjoyed during the unit.

Activities:
(over the course of five days)

1. What is a mollusk? List the kinds of mollusks learned and give an example of each.
2. What is a cnidarian? List the kinds of cnidarians learned and give an example of each.
3. What is an echinoderm? List the kinds of echinoderms learned and give an example of each. 
4. What is a poriferan?  How do they help the ocean? What is an annelid?  Name three kinds of annelids. 
5. [On a piece of paper, recreate the arthropod tree with the meanings of the scientific names.] Student pastes the correct scientific designations over the meanings, gives examples of each kind of animal.

Arthropods - Crustacea - Branchiopoda

Fairy Shrimp, Clam Shrimp, Triops, Water Flea, Seed Shrimp

Vocabulary Added:
branchiopod: gill-foot

Activity:
Draw and label parts of a clam shrimp.  Explain why it's not a mollusk.
Add branchiopod to the Animal Kingdom tree

Arthropods - Crustacea - Malacostraca

Lobster migration - From the Trials of Life
Animal Attack!  Blue Crab vs. Clam
Antarctic Krill

About Crustaceans: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill and John Sill
Pinching Crayfish by Janet Piehl
Crabs by Lola M. Schaefer

Vocabulary Added:
crustacea: hard-shelled
malacostraca: soft-shell

Activity:
Crab dissection
Draw and label a crab, lobster
Add crustacea and malacostraca to the Animal Kingdom tree