Chordates - Review

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 the difference between a chordate and a vertebrate? 
2. How are sand dollars like sting rays?
3. Why is the coelacanth important?
4. Name three causes of extinction.
5. Why are pterosaurs and elasmosaurs not dinosaurs?
6. How do amphibians breathe? 
7. Why is a penguin not a ratite?
8. Name two places with unique mammal groups (Madagascar, Australia)
9. Why is a whale an ungulate?
10. [On a piece of paper, recreate the chordate branch up through Aves with the meanings of the scientific names.] Student pastes the correct scientific designations over the meanings, gives examples of each kind of animal.
11. [On a piece of paper, recreate the Aves branch with the meanings of the scientific names.] Student pastes the correct scientific designations over the meanings, gives examples of each kind of animal.
12. [On a piece of paper, recreate the Mammalia branch with the meanings of the scientific names.] Student pastes the correct scientific designations over the meanings, gives examples of each kind of animal.

...Mammalia - Theria - Eutheria - Primates - Hominoidea- Hylobatidae, Ponginae, Gorillini, and Panini

The Swinging Gibbon
The Orangutan and the Hound
Attenborough: Amazing DIY Orangutans - BBC Earth
"Genius" Chimp Outsmarts Tube
Gorilla vs. Gorilla

Chimpanzees by Patricia A. Fink
Gorillas by Patricia A. Fink
Gorillas by Seymour Simon
Amazing Gorillas! by Sarah L. Thomson
A Visual Introduction to Monkeys and Apes by Bernard Stonehouse
Primates: Apes, Monkeys, Prosimians by Maynard Thane
The Simon and Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures: A Visual Who's Who of prehistoric life

Vocabulary Added:
hominoidea: human-family
hylobatidae: forest-dweller
ponginae: gorilla-monster (orangutan means "man of the forest")
gorillini: hairy-woman
panini: from the Greek God, Pan (half-human, half-animal)

Activity:
Draw and label any 3 kinds of apes (gibbon, chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan)
Add hominoidea and hylobatidae, ponginae, gorillini, and panini to Animal Kingdom tree

...Mammalia - Theria - Eutheria - Primates - Simiiformes - Catarrhini - Cercopithecoidea

Wild Monkeys eating shark eggs at low tide - BBC Wildlife (start at :55)
Hungry Monkey
National Geographic - Monkeys Go Crazy!
Lopburi Monkey Festival

Monkeys of Asia and Africa by Patricia Martin
A Visual Introduction to Monkeys and Apes by Bernard Stonehouse
Primates: Apes, Monkeys, Prosimians by Maynard Thane
The Simon and Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures: A Visual Who's Who of prehistoric life

Vocabulary Added:
catarrhini: hook-nosed
cercopithecoidea: tail-ape-family

Activity:
Draw and label several Old World monkeys (baboon, macaque, etc)
Add cercopithecoidea to Animal Kingdom tree

...Mammalia - Theria - Eutheria - Primates - Simiiformes - Platyrrhini

Smallest Monkey Turf War
Owl Monkey Fathers Know Best?
Howler Monkeys

Monkeys of Central and South America by Patricia A. Fink
A Visual Introduction to Monkeys and Apes by Bernard Stonehouse
Primates: Apes, Monkeys, Prosimians by Maynard Thane
The Simon and Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures: A Visual Who's Who of prehistoric life

Vocabulary Added:
simiiformes: monkey-form
platyrrhini: flat-nosed

Activity:
Draw and label 3-4 New World monkeys (marmoset, howler, etc.)
Add platyrrhini to the Animal Kingdom tree

...Mammalia - Theria - Eutheria - Primates - Tarsiiformes

World's Smallest Primate, Tarsier, Bohol, Phillipines

Primates: Apes, Monkeys, Prosimians by Maynard Thane
The Simon and Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures: A Visual Who's Who of prehistoric life

Vocabulary Added:
tarsiiformes: long-foot-form

Activity:
Draw and label a tarsier
Add tarsiiformes to Animal Kingdom Tree