The Arthropod Story

Click on the picture or text to go to the Arthropod Story and complete the handout.  Have Fun!

Arthropod Characteristics

Observe some live arthropods (ants, mealworms, spiders, etc.) and some from the previous video clips.  Answer the following prompts.

1. What characteristics do they all have in common?
2. Why are they all grouped together as arthropods?  (hint: look at the first question.)
3. What do you think the work "arthropod" means?  

Horseshoe Crab Blood

1. What is special about horseshoe crab blood?
2. Why might it be beneficial to humans?

Bee Therapy

1. How does bee therapy work?

Maggot Therapy

1. How does Maggot Therapy Work?

Ants - Nature's Secret Power

1. Watch for physical and behavioral adaptations in ants.  Also look for their ecological importance.
2. What was the most interesting thing you learned about ants from the video?  Why?
3. Why do you think humans could benefit from studying ants?

My Life as a Turkey

Enjoy!  Happy Thanksgiving!

The Giant Earthworm

That is a big earthworm!
How can you tell it is an annelid?

Kingdom of the Leeches

Leeches are so cute!
How can you tell they are annelids?
What lifestyle do they have?

Green Bomber Worms!

How does the green bomber worm defend itself?
What class of annelid does it belong to?

Planet.Earth.11.Ocean.Deep.2006.1080p.HDDVD... by HDDocumentary

Inside Nature's Giants - Giant Squid

Watch the video: 

Inside Nature's Giant Squid. 

Find adaptations that the squid has to help it survive. 

(Click on the words or picture to watch.)

Octopus Camouflage

How does an octopus camouflage itself?

Apple Snail

What role does the apple snail play in the ecosystem?

Cladogram

Build your own cladogram.  

• You should include the characteristics which separate the different groups, the name of the group, and a picture of a representative animal.
• Start with all animals and include branches for porifera, cnidaria, and ctenophora.
• Do this in a google doc and share with: your partner and blampart@middletowncityschools.com

We will periodically check back and add to the cladogram over the course of the school year.

How to Treat a Jellyfish Sting

Watch the video and answer the following prompts:

• What is the best way to keep the cnidocytes from firing when someone has a jellyfish sting?
• Why is peeing on a jellyfish sting bad, but using sea water is a good idea?

Jellyfish Invasion

Watch the video and answer the following prompts:

• Why are Jellyfish numbers increasing worldwide?
• What is a bloom?
• Explain how this problem is a result of stress and the life cycle of jellyfish.
• Why should we worry about this?
• How does the venom affect someone?

Irukanji - See how a jellyfish sting works.

Answer the following questions:

1. What is irukanji syndrome?
2. What are the symptoms?
3. Why is this a problem?

Sponge Reproduction…Try not to blush.

How do sponges reproduce?  Be able to explain how they do it and how their strategy compares/contrasts with that of other animals.

Poriferans Eating! Cool Experiment!

Watch how a sponge filter feeds.  You should be able to describe how poriferans eat.

Click on the following link to learn how to analyze your bug data.

You will complete the activity and then share your results with Mr. Lamaprt.  Remember to ask if you have any questions!

https://drive.google.com/a/middletowncityschools.com/file/d/0BzZ96_ANqgJ7OGs4Y1laTG9Zd00/view?usp=sharing

Spread of an Infectious Disease - Population Growth

Leave it to Beavers

Watch, Leave it to Beavers and respond to the following prompts:

1. Why are beavers important to an ecosystem?
2. How would an ecosystem with beavers be different if the beavers were gone?
3. Why are beavers important to humans?
4. A keystone species is a species whose presence and role within an ecosystem has a disproportionate effect on other organisms within the ecosystem.  Why are beavers a keystone species?

A World Without Mosquitoes

Read A World Without Mosquitoes and answer the following questions.

1. How many people are infected with malaria every year worldwide?  How many are killed?

2. According to the article, mosquitoes have been around for more than 100 million years, so what is one problem with simply wiping them out?

3. What types of animals depend on mosquitoes and their larvae as a food source?

4. There are several different opinions given about what would happen if we simply eradicated mosquitoes from the planet.  What do you think would happen?  What evidence do you have to support your view?

How Much DNA do we Share with Other Living Things?

Click on the link and see if you can figure it out.

Kudos to Dre for asking the question!

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/125-explore/shared-genes

Great Transformations Video

Click on the Link and watch episode 2 of Great Transformations and answer the following prompts...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D34Q1zGMxDI&list=PL025876CC77CDD9AE&index=5&edufilter=g07LWVBkc46piKtOeijISA

1. What are the scientists studying in this video?  What types of evidence are they looking at? (List as many as you can.  This question is ongoing throughout the video.)

2. What evidence supports the evolutionary history of whales? (List as many as you can.  This question is ongoing throughout the video.)

3. What is a transitional form?  What is an example of transitional form?

4. Why are scientists studying spines?

5. Why are scientists interested in different ways animals travel?

6. What evidence can you discuss that shows connections of all living things?  Give specific examples.

7. Give examples of signposts or key species in the “tree of life”.

8. What allowed major events in life history?

Whale Kiosk - Evolution of Whales

Follow the link below:

http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/whalekiosk.html

Lamarke vs. Darwin Two Theories of Change

I think you will find the following links useful in answering the writing prompts.  The assignment is due Friday 9/13.

Evolution writing prompt!

Respond to the following writing prompts.   Be sure to include supporting details.  Be specific.  You need to write between a half a page and a page to answer this.  You may use the textbook CH 4 and/or the internet as a resource. 

1.     Who would have agreed with the following statement? “Elephants stretched their noses and passed on the long nose trait until their descendants had a long nose called a trunk.”

2.     Who would have agreed with the following statement?  “Elephants with longer noses were able to survive and have more offspringthan elephants with shorter noses.”

3.     Who would have agreed with the following statement?  “Elephants’ noses have changed over time.”

4.     Compare and Contrast Lamarke’s Theory and Darwin’s Theory

Links:

Lamarke:

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/history_09

http://necsi.edu/projects/evolution/lamarck/lamarck/lamarck_lamarck.html

Darwin:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/course/session2/explain_c_pop2.html

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/history_14

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/curiosity/topics/10-examples-natural-selection.htm

Cells Alive!

Play with the cells alive website and learn about cell organelles and function.

http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm

Unidentified eggs found on a hawthorn leaf during 6th period pic.twitter.com/Lh02wQVAit
— Middie Zoology (@MiddieZoology) August 15, 2014

Lab Safety. Don't find a "Dumb way to Die"

Welcome to Zoology!

It is a brand new year.  Let's learn about animals.  How many animals are in the picture?

Meet the Coywolf

 
Watch the video on the Coywolf and respond to the following prompts:
1.  What is a coywolf?
2.  How does this affect the way we define a species?
3.  Why is this animal important in the ecosystem?
4.  Why is this animal important to people? 

Parrot Confidential

 
Watch the video, Parrot Confidential and answer the following prompts:
1.  What happens when you keep a wild bird as a pet?
2. Is it a good idea to keep a wild bird as a pet?  Why or why not?

A Murder of Crows

Watch the video, a Murder of Crows and explain how crows demonstrate their intelligence.

Inside Nature's Giants - Python

Watch the video about a Python dissection and record at least 10 adaptations.  Tell how each adaptation helps the snake to survive.

Inside Nature's Giants - Python

OGT Practice

Go to the following link and practice OGT tests online!  You can check your answers and everything.  It is really great!

http://ogt.success-ode-state-oh-us.info/Profile/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fpracticetest%2ftestworkbook.aspx%3fnav%3dstudent&nav=student

Gator Holes

Read about gator holes in the following two links and then answer the prompts on a piece of notebook paper:

Why would someone consider an alligator to be a keystone species?  How do alligators impact the ecosystem? (Survival of other species?  Habitat?) 

Reading 1: 
http://www.smithlifescience.com/gatorholenotes.htm

Reading 2:
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/alligators/habitat.php

Clips to Watch from Life In Cold Blood

Watch the following five clips from BBC - Life In Cold Blood: Land Invaders

• Japanese Giant Salamander (starts at 3:35)
• Alpine Newt (starts at 5:48)
• Caecilians (starts at 17:47)
• Panamanian Golden Frog (starts at 25:35)
• African Bullfrog (starts at 32:33)

Watch the video:

Frogs: The Thin Green Line 

Write an answer to the following prompts:

1. Why are amphibians important environmentally?  
2. Why are amphibians in trouble?  
3. How are people involved?

Shark Finning

Watch the following clips and answer the prompts below.







Prompts:

• What is shark finning? 
• Why is shark finning a problem… 
• For sharks? 
• For the ecosystem? 
• Why does shark finning happen?

Inside Nature's Giants - Great White

Click on the link below to watch the video on dissecting a great white shark. Be prepared to respond to the following prompt...

http://video.pbs.org/video/2192339379/


Writing Prompt: List three adaptations the great white shark has. Explain why each of these is an adaptation that helps the shark survive as a predator in the ocean.

Why is a Sea Cucumber's Butt Important to a Pearlfish?