IBBiology @Skyline High School

                                                                                                                                                                     

 

Diversity (4 days)

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Assessment Statements:

5.5.3

Distinguish between the following phyla of plants, using simple external recognition features: bryophyta, filicinophyta, coniferophyta and angiospermophyta.

 

5.5.4

Distinguish between the following phyla of animals, using simple external recognition features: porifera, cnidaria, platyhelminthes, annelida, mollusca and arthropoda.

 

 

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What You Need to Know

 

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Unit Activities List:  

Diversity notes pages 1, 2, 3 and 4 (each is a separate document that get taped together and printed on 11X17 paper)!

Animal diversity lab - observe and classify preserved specimens while viewing mini-presentations

Porifera

Cnidarian

Platyhelminthes

Mollusks

Annelids

Arthropods

Echinodermata

Chordata

Plant diversity notes

Plant diversity lab - observe and classify plant specimens

 

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Key Terms:

 

 

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Helpful Links:

Hills phylogenic tree

Thinking about phylogenies

Biological classifications

Tree thinking group

Tree thinking and phylogenies

 

"When we tug at a simple thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world."  John Muir