Big Ideas: Arthropods and Echinoderms

Essential Questions: What defines an arthropod? What defines an echinoderm?

Vocabulary: arthropod, crustaceans, spiders, insects, echinoderm, sea urchin, sea cucumbers, sea lilies

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Instructional Activities, Strategies, and Differentiation

March

Arthropods and Echinoderms:

Formative:

Formal Indiana State Core Standards Are Not Available

Provide Topic Reading Assignments and Vocabulary List

* Arthropods (Evolution; Form and Function: Feeding, Respiration, Circulation, Excretion, Response, Reproduction)

Dissect a crayfish to expose tissues and organs for study

Student Partipiation and Dialog

Deliver Information via Lecture, Discussion and Handouts

* Groups of Arthropods (Crustaceans, Spiders, Mites/Ticks, Scorpions, Insects (Form and Function))

Dissect a grasshopper to expose tissues and organs for study

Study Guide Assignments

However, Some Related State Standards Associated with General Biology Could Apply

Use Technology (ie Simulations/Illustrations/Videos), Various Manipulatives and Word Play

* Echinoderms (Form and Function: Feeding, Respiration, Circulation, Excretion, Response, Reproduction)

Dissect a starfish to expose tissues and organs for study

Lab Practicles and/or Projects

Offer Review Opportunities (Study Guides and Study Sessions)

* Groups of Echinoderms (Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars, Brittle Stars, Sea Cucumbers, Sea Stars, Sea Lilies)

Chapter Quizzes

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Supplement Topic Discussion with Labs/Projects/Demonstrations

* Ecology of Arthropods and Echinoderms (Devastations; Distributions and Predation)

Reading / Vocabulary Exam

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Chapter Exam