UNIT E – Porifera (sponges)
- Cnidaria (jellyfish, hydra, coral, sea anenomes)
- Platyhelminthes (planarians, flukes, tapeworms)
Textbook
Biology
sponges: p. 664-667
cnidarians: p. 668-675
platyhelminthes: p.682 - 688
Standards
Standard
unpacked
E1. I can explain
and identify the
unifying
characteristics of a
sponge
- describe the specific
characteristics that
make scientists classify
an organism as a
sponge
Evidence for learning
Resources
You learn….You choose
Text: sponges: p.664-667
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Video:
(1) Sponges
(2) Global TV news report
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Website:
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Vocab:
E2. I can describe
how poriferans
carry out their life
functions
E3. I can describe
the ecological role
of poriferans.
E4. I can explain
and identify the
unifying
characteristics of a
cnidarians.
I can describe how a
sponge carries out:
-feeding
-respiration
-internal transport
(circulation)
-excretion
-reproduction
-response (nervous
system) and motility
Text: sponges: p.664-667
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Video:
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Website:
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Vocab: choanocyte, osculum,
spicule, archaeocyte, internal
fertilization, larva, gemmule
Text: sponges: p.664-667
- describe the specific
characteristics that
make scientists classify
an organism as a
cnidarian
Text: cnidarians: p. 668-675
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Video:
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Website:
E5. I can describe
how cnidarians
carry out their life
functions.
I can describe how a
cnidarian carries out:
-feeding
-respiration
-internal transport
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Vocab:
Text: cnidarians: p. 668-675
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Video:
E6. Compare the
polyp and medusa
(circulation)
-excretion
-reproduction
-response (nervous
system) and motility
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Website:
Discuss similarities and
differences of the polyp
and medusa:
-in structure
-in general function
-in motility
Text: cnidarians: p. 668-675
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Video:
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vocab: cnidocyte, nematocyst,
polyp, medusa, gastrovascular
cavity, nerve net, hydrostatis
skeleton, external fertilization,
budding
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Website:
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Vocab:
E7. I can discuss
the advantages of
the motile form in
the life cycle of the
cnidarian
E8. I can explain
the evolutionary
significance of
colonial (poriferan)
vs. multicelluar
(cnidarians)
lifeforms
E9. I can describe
the ecological role
of cnidarians.
E10. I can explain
and identify the
unifying
characteristics of a
platyhelminthes
E11. I can
describe how
platyhelminthes
carry out their life
functions.
E12. I can
describe the
ecological role of
platyhelminthes.
-discuss how the
cnidarians benefit from
being motile in certain
stages of its life cycle
Text: cnidarians: p. 668-675
Text: cnidarians: p. 668-675
Text: cnidarians: p. 668-675
- describe the specific
characteristics that
make scientists classify
an organism in phylum
platyhelminthes
I can describe how a
platyhelminthes carries
out:
-feeding
-respiration
-internal transport
(circulation)
-excretion
-reproduction
-response (nervous
system) and motility
Text: platyhelminthes: p.682
- 688
Text: platyhelminthes: p.682
– 688
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Vocab: diffusion, flame cells,
pharynx, gastrovascular
cavity, nerve cord, eyespot,
ganglion, hermaphrodite,
acoelomate, scolex, testis,
fission
Text: platyhelminthes: p.682
- 688