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Aug. 28		Welcome Back!!!
Aug. 28	Difference between Plants and Animals	The differences between animals and plants Criteria for classifying plants and animals Treasure Hunt
Sept. 1 Sept. 8	Introduction to Animals	The Invertebrates The Vertebrates Classifying Animals Spot the difference How to sort living things The 6 Kingdoms Brainpop worksheet Classification Lab
Sept. 15	Sponges	Web sites: Sponges, Underwater Guide, Porifera, Sponges Great Pictures Wonders of the Sea Introduction of Porifera Sponges Lab: Sponge Lab, Chart for online field trip Characteristics of Invertebrates
Sept. 15	Cnidarians	Life Cycle Game Sites: Aquarium Design, Jelly Fish, Ocean Animals, Coelenterates, Great Pictures, Underwater Guide, Introduction to Cnidarian Cnidarian Lab: Hydra Lab
Sept. 22 Sept. 29	Worms	Flatworm: Sites -(Platyhelminthes) Ancestral Flatworms, PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES Introduction to Platyhelminthes Flatworms Lab: Planarians Roundworm: Sites -(Nematoda) Introduction to Nematoda PHYLUM NEMATODA Segmented worms -(Annelida) The Earthworm Virtual Dissection, Introduction to annelida, Virtual Earthworm Dissection Lab: Earthworm Dissection Earthworm Dissection and Worksheet Earthworm Virtual Dissection Activity: Worm Interviews General Sites: Worm World
Oct. 6 Oct. 12	Mollusks	Sites: Cephalopods About Octopuses Clam Dissection and Worksheet Virtual Clam Dissection Clam Dissection Pictures and Labels Snail, Clam and Squid dissection pictures with labels Virtual Squid Dissection To learn about the squid external anatomy. Click on the squid to start the program. Squid Dissection that works with Netscape - This is very good Realistic Squid Dissection Squid Dissection and Questions Lab: Squid Dissection Lab Squid Dissection Lab Squid organ systems compared to human organ systems Squid drawing to label Squid Quiz Animal Kingdom Book Project Web Sites: Underwater Snails , All About Snails, Mollusks Wonders of the Sea, Mollusk Facts, Snail Anatomy Worksheet, Snail Anatomy Information, Squid Information,
Oct. 20	Arthropods Insects Class Insecta	Activity: Insect Web Page Assignment Lab: GrasshopperDissection Journal Assignment Describe the life cycle of an insect that develops from an egg to an adult through complete metamorphosis. Describe the task of each type of honey bee in a colony. How do crustaceans breath? Sites: Insects Grasshopper diagram - to label Labeled Grasshopper Anatomy Simple Grasshopper Dissection Grasshopper Dissection Worksheet Examining the external structure of the grasshopper Internal and External structures of the grasshopper labeled
	Crustaceans Arachnids Centipedes and Millipedes	Class Crustacea -Crabs, Lobster, Crayfish Crayfish Dissection with Questions Virtual Crayfish Dissection Lab: Crayfish Dissection Web sites: Class Arachnida- Spiders and Scorpions Enchanted Learning Class Isopoda - Millipedes & Centipedes Web sites: Enchanter Learning - Millipede Enchanted Learning Centipede anatomy Arthropod Project
	Echinoderms	Lab: Starfish Dissection Starfish Dissection and Labels Sites: Echinoderms, Morphology, Starfish, Echinoderm print outs, Ocean Animals,
	Chordates	Power Point about Chordata - You must click on the Power Point Link< Chordates without a Backbone: Tunicates, and Lancelets Lab: How does Temperature Affect the Respiration Rate of Cold-blooded Animals? Activity: Phylum Chordata Assignment
	Fish Cartilage fish Bony Fish	Sites: Everything you ever wanted to know about Fish, Florida Museum of Natural History Pictures and info on Jawless fish Jawless Fish - Picture of a Lamprey, Picture of a Lamprey's Mouth, Picture of the ventral view of a Lamprey, Picture of a Hagfish. Cartilage Fish - sharks Very basic info, Sharks - make sure you click on the shark anatommy tour, Bony Fish - perch Lab Perch Dissection with Labels Lab: Fish Dissection, Dissection, Getting into a Fish Lab Practical - Shows a dissected Lamprey, Dogfish and Hybrid Bass Dissection Sites: Australian Museum Fish Sit
	Amphibian	Tailed - salamanders and newts Tail less - Frogs and toads Lab: Frog Dissection Frog Dissection and Worksheet Sites: Frog calls, Great Frog Dissection Amphibians , All About Frogs Great Frog Dissection. Click on the frog to start the program.
	Reptile	Snakes and Lizards Anatomy of a Snake Internal anatomy of a snake Crocodiles and Alligators Crocodilian Biology Nova Crocodiles Clickable Crocodile!! Turtles and tortoises All About Turtles Turtle Dissection Tuatara - Called a living fossil General Sites: Amphibians and Reptiles Reptiles,
	Birds	Activities: Incubation and Embryology General Sites: Birds,
	Mammals	General Sites: Mammals, Incredible Mammals,