Animals, Animals, and more Animals
What do you know about the invertebrates in the animal kingdom? Probably not
quite as much as you think you do. For example, which phylum contains crabs?
What are echinoderms? Don’t worry if you can’t answer these questions…yet.
You will be able to answer these before the end of this unit. In fact, you are
going to be an expert on one phylum and its classes in the Animal Kingdom:
Cnidarians
Arthropods
 Insects
 Crustaceans
 Arachnids
Mollusks
Echinoderms
What are you going to know about these phyla and classes? You will need to
include this information:
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Body shape
Body parts
Adaptations
Habitat (general)
Reproduction
Special Characteristics
How am I going to show what I know?
Part 1 (choose 1):
 Wordle: wordle.net
 Concept Web: bubbl.us
Part 2 (choose 1): This is the part where you persuade the class that your class
of invertebrate is the best and should be your science class’s mascot.
 Mascot Powerpoint
 Mascot Poster
Days to work in class: January 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 28 (3 total class periods)
Due Date: January 29-30 (whichever day you have class)
**You will be presenting on this date.
Check off:
 Title
 Body shape information-- minimum of 3 details
1.
2.
3.
 Body parts special to that group—minimum of 3 details
1.
2.
3.
 Adaptations common in that group—minimum of 3 details
1.
2.
3.
 Habitat (general)
 Reproduction
 Special Characteristics—minimum of 3 details
1.
2.
3.
 References included—where did you get your information, pictures?
 Graphics included (pictures, charts, diagrams, etc.)—minimum of 4
 All spelling and grammar correct
Where to get information:
Textbook
Handouts
Websites:
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/invert_main.html
http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/oceans/index.htm (You may have to scroll down to
find ocean animals in the sidebar and then scroll again to find invertebrates on
the main page.)
http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/Science-and-Nature/Living-Things/Animals/Invertebrates
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Science/Animals/Animals.html
http://netvet.wustl.edu/ssi.htm
Name _____________________ Invertebrate class _______________________
CATEGORY
Accuracy of
information (x 2)
4
All content
throughout the
presentation is
accurate. There are
no factual errors.
Spelling and
Grammar
Presentation has
no more than 3
misspellings or
grammatical
errors.
Content (x 2)
Project includes all
material needed to
gain a comfortable
understanding of
the topic. It is a
highly effective
study guide.
Use of Graphics
Readability: Text Font Choice &
Formatting
3
Most of the
content is accurate
but there is one
piece of
information that
might be
inaccurate.
Presentation has 45 grammatical or
spelling errors.
Project includes
most material
needed to gain a
comfortable
understanding of
the material but is
lacking one or two
key elements. It is
an adequate study
guide.
All graphics are
A few graphics are
attractive (size and not attractive but
colors) and support all support the
the theme/content theme/content of
of the
the presentation.
presentation.
Text/Font formats
Text/Font formats
(e.g., color, bold,
have been
italic) have been
carefully planned
carefully planned
to enhance
to enhance
readability.
readability and
content.
2
The content is
generally accurate,
but two pieces of
information is
flawed or
inaccurate.
1
Content is typically
confusing or
contains more than
two factual errors.
Presentation has 67 grammatical or
spelling errors.
Presentation has
more than 7
grammatical
and/or spelling
errors.
Project is missing
more than two key
elements. It would
make an
incomplete study
guide.
Project is lacking
several key
elements and has
inaccuracies that
make it a poor
study guide.
All graphics are
attractive but a
few do not seem to
support the
theme/content of
the presentation.
Text/Font
formatting has
been carefully
planned to
complement the
content. It may be
a little hard to
read.
Several graphics
are unattractive
AND detract from
the content of the
presentation.
Text/Font
formatting makes
it very difficult to
read the material.
****Late points will be deducted for work not submitted on time.****