Animal Classification
Students will devise their own system of classifying everyday objects around the room. Students should use at least four levels of classification, but they may use as many more levels as they find necessary. They should end up with a two-part name for each of several objects in the room.

Animals and Humans Say the Darnest Things
Students will be able to describe the methods animals use to communicate with humans, describe the similarities and differences in the amino acid sequences of various animals including humans, and create a short film that examines communication methods that occur between humans and animals.

Invertebrates
Students will examine their house, yard, and neighborhood for examples of life forms—both animals and plants—that exhibit either radial or bilateral symmetry.

In the Company of Whales
Students research the migration behaviors of different whales.

Arthropod Diversity
Students will create a dichotomous key to differentiate between different arthropods.

Happy as a Clam Lab
Groups will compare the anatomies of various mollusks.

The Amazing Starfish
Students are to construct a figure with the modeling clay that resembles the components essential to the water vascular system.

Animal Bites
Students will explore groups of animals by comparing different animal teeth.

Porifera and Cnidarians
A complete lesson with 4 activities comparing the two.

Biology of Sea Turtles
A hands-on comparative of human and turtle skeleton.  Click on "drag and drop bone challenge".

Animal Diversity Web
A great resource of pictures and sounds of animals

Animal Bytes
Another great animal resource from Sea World

The Echinoid Directory
Natural History Museum reference source

Invertebrate Pictures
Images of invertebrates from the tropical rain forest, deserts and coral reefs

Online insect dichotomous key
Bug identification resource

Marine Links by Subject
Information and activities related to numerous marine organisms

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