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Grade 7, Science Std #: 5.3 Identify major internal structures, external structures, methods of locomotion, methods of reproduction, and stages of development of animals.

Lesson Plans: What's Covering You and Why? The student will be able to describe the four functions of the skin. Animal Bites 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". Human Skeleton Exercise Build a skeleton. Do the Locomotion with Me Relates animal tracks with means of locomotion. In the south, tracks in sand may need to be substituted for snow tracks.

Resources: Animal Diversity Web A great resource of pictures and sounds of animals. Online Insect Dichotomous Key Compare external features of insects Unified Physics Theory Explains Animals' Running, Flying And Swimming Article describing locomotion among animals Legs, Feet, and Cursorial Locomotion Animal locomotion resource
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