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Mr and Mrs Smiths Life Science: Invertebrate Animals: Worms

Mr & Mrs Smith's Life Science 

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Unit 4 The Animal Kingdom
Chapter 9   Animals Without Backbones
Section 4 Worms


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Teacher Resources    Student Extra Credit
 

Day 1
Topic  
9-4 What are worms?
9-3 What are flatworms? 
9-4 What are segmented worms?
Objectives
Discuss the different kinds of worms and their features.
Identify the three cell layers in worms.
Name three examples of flatworms.
Name two examples of roundworms.
State Goals
Classwork-Homework
notebook33.gif (266 bytes)  Worm Types
Flatworms platyhelminthes
Roundworms nematodes
Segmented annelids

notebook33.gif (266 bytes) Worm Cell Layers

Ectoderm outer tissue layer
Mesoderm middle tissue layer
Endoderm inner tissue layer

 
readme.gif (802 bytes) 9-3 What are flatworms? pp. 174-175

Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Lesson Review 9-3 Flatworms & Roundworms

TEC
readme.gif (802 bytes)   Prentice Hall 10-4 Worms  pp.269-274
Resources
star.gif (2279 bytes) Flatworm Extra Credit   Ask me!
readme.gif - 802 Bytes  Introduction: Worm Interview 
Paulette the Planarian, Tommi the Tapeworm, Larry the Leech, Eddie the Earthworm.

 

 

Day 2
Topic Worm Phyla
Objectives
List the characteristics of Flat, Round, and Segmented Worms                             
State Goals
Classwork-Homework
notebook33.gif (266 bytes) Worm Phyla Characteristics 
Flatworms Roundworms Segmented Worms
3 Cell Layers 3 Cell Layers 3 Cell Layers
No Coloem
(Body Cavity)
Pseudocoloem True Coloem
No
Digestive System
Complete Digestive System
Head and Anus
Complete Digestive System
Head and Anus
Asexual/ Sexual
Reproduction
Separate Sexes Hermathodic:
Both Sexes
No nervous system

Brain &
Nerve Cord

Brain &
Nerve Cord

Open
Circulatory
Open
Circulatory
Closed
Circulatory
Breathes through
skin
Breathes through
skin
Breathes through
skin
Planaria
Flukes
Tapeworms
Hookworms
Trichina
Heartworm
Earthworm
sandworm
Leech

Note02.gif (247 bytes) Worm Notes

readme.gif (1442 bytes) Lesson Review 9-4 What are segmented worms? pp. 176-177

TEC
Resources
star.gif (2279 bytes) Roundworms Extra Credit   Ask me!

 

Day 3
Topic  Worm Classes
Objectives
Discuss the different kinds of worms and their features.
Identify the three cell layers in worms.
Name three examples of flatworms.
Name two examples of roundworms.
Describe the features of segmented worms.
Draw and label a segmented worm.
Draw the Ventral (bottom) of the earthworm.
Read for information.
State Goals
Classwork-Homework
notebook33.gif (266 bytes) Flatworms Classes
Turbellaria planaria
Trematoda flukes
Cestoda tapeworms

notebook33.gif - 266 Bytes  Draw a planaria.      
camera.GIF (174 bytes)GF 9-11 p. 206     
camera.GIF (174 bytes)GF p. 174          
camera.GIF (174 bytes)PH 10-14  p.270
                                                
notebook33.gif - 266 Bytes  Draw a tapeworm.  
camera.GIF (174 bytes)GF 9-12  p.206    
camera.GIF (174 bytes)GF p.175             
camera.GIF (174 bytes)PH 10-15   p.271
                                               
Pencil.gif - 434 Bytes  Worm Phyla Comparison  

TEC
Resources
star.gif (2279 bytes) Segmented Worms Extra Credit   Ask me!
 Note02.gif - 247 Bytes 
Comparative Anatomy

 

Day 4
Topic Earthworm
Objectives
State Goals
Classwork-Homework
notebook33.gif - 266 Bytes  Draw Earthworm. 
camera.GIF (174 bytes)GF 9-14  p.207    
camera.GIF (174 bytes)GF Fig 1 p. 176 
camera.GIF (174 bytes)PH 10-19  p.273
 
filmstrip.gif - 6075 Bytes
 Filmstrip: Worms
TEC
Resources

 

Day 5
Topic   Live Earthworm Investigation and Information Search
Objectives
Investigate a live earthworm.
Label a diagram
State Goals
Classwork-Homework
Magnify0b.gif - 341 Bytes  Live Earthworm Investigation

 Note02.gif (247 bytes) Use Earthworm Observation Notes Mr and Mrs Smith's as reference

TEC
Resources
Magnify0b.gif (341 bytes) Observation of a Living Earthworm

 

 

Day 6
Topic Internal Erathworm
Objectives
Draw and label the internal anatomy of an earthworm.
State Goals
Classwork-Homework
Pencil.gif - 434 Bytes   Earthworm Information and Internal Diagram
TEC
Resources

 

Day 7
Topic  Segmented Worms
Objectives
Review information about worms.
Introduction to dissection.
State Goals
Classwork-Homework
 
Lecture.gif - 2227 Bytes  Talk about 1st dissection: Earthworm

Pencil.gif (434 bytes)  Animal Dissection: Where Do You Stand?
TEC
Resources
 Note02.gif - 247 Bytes
Segmented Worm Information

 

Day 8
Topic Earthworm Dissection
Objectives
Learn names of dissection tools.
Rules of dissection.
State Goals
Classwork-Homework
 Magnify0b.gif - 341 Bytes
 Earthworm Dissection
TEC
Resources
 Note02.gif - 247 Bytes
 Earthworm Dissection Guide

 


TEACHER RESOURCES

  Pencil.gif - 434 Bytes  Activities  crayon0a.gif - 328 Bytes  Art    Magnify0b.gif - 341 Bytes Investigations    Note02.gif - 247 Bytes  Resources  Earth.gif - 6650 Bytes Web Sites
ANIMALS INVERTEBRATES
 Pencil.gif - 434 Bytes  Animal Ethics and Marine Studies
 Pencil.gif - 434 Bytes  Invertebrate Critter Cards  Cnidarians, Annelids, Mollusks, Echinoderms, and Arthropods.  Match pictures to Phylums.
DISSECTION
 Pencil.gif (434 bytes)  Animal Dissection: Where Do You Stand?  Survey
 Note02.gif - 247 Bytes  Earthworm Dissection Guide
 Earth.gif - 6650 Bytes  Earthworm Digestion Animation
 Earth.gif - 6650 Bytes Earthworm Dissection Pictures   Use these pictures and the printed dissection guide to become familiar with worm anatomy and learn some of the main concepts covered in the dissection.
EARTHWORMS
 Pencil.gif - 434 Bytes  Earthworm Worksheet
 Magnify0b.gif - 341 Bytes  Composting Classroom Activities  36 pages!  Stations for worm observation.
 Magnify0b.gif (341 bytes)  Earthworm Anatomy    External & Internal activity
 Magnify0b.gif (341 bytes)   Earthworm Investigation: Meeting an Earthworm,   Identifying an EarthwormNational Earthworm Survey
           Lesson Plan: Meeting an Earthworm,   Identifying an EarthwormNational Worm Survey
 Magnify0b.gif - 341 Bytes  Quart Jar Worm Farm  Using a mason jar you can make a simple worm farm to see how worms move and mix soil.
 Note02.gif - 247 Bytes  Earthworm Anatomy  External and internal anatomy.
 Note02.gif - 247 Bytes  Earthworm External View
 Note02.gif - 247 Bytes  Earthworm Facts  Answers to questions about earthworms.
 Note02.gif - 247 Bytes  Earthworm Features
 Note02.gif - 247 Bytes  Segmented Worm Information
 Earth.gif - 6650 Bytes  Earthworm Internal Anatomy
 Earth.gif - 6650 Bytes Earthworm Review: After Dissection   The following images are designed to help you review materials you studied in the laboratory. These images can be most useful to you if you try to identify labeled structures before clicking to obtain answers.
 Earth.gif - 6650 Bytes  The Adventures of Herman   Read the autobiography of Squirmin' Herman the worm.  Research: History, Family TreeAnatomyCome Live with MeWorm Deli,   Can't Live Without MeWorm FactsFun PlaceWorm Links.
FLATWORMS
 Earth.gif - 6650 Bytes  Dugesia   Microscope slide of the flatworm dugesia.
 Earth.gif - 6650 Bytes  Platyhelminthes Phylum   Members of the phylum Platyhelminthes (Greek platy = flat, and helmins = worms) are dorsoventrally flattened, which accounts for their common name, the flatworms.
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Parasitic Flatworms
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes)  Tapeworms
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes)  Tapeworm Page
FLUKES
 Note02.gif (247 bytes) Life Cycle of Sheep Liver Fluke
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes)   Sheep Liver Fluke
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes)    Sheep Liver Fluke Picture
INVERTEBRATES
 Pencil.gif (434 bytes)   Marine Life    Circle the Invertebrates  Nice line drawings of sea urchin, jellyfish, sand dollar, crab, shrimp, sea star, clam, scallop, lobster, horseshoe crab, anemone, scallop, sea star, octopus
KEYS, GUIDES, and CHECKLISTS
 Earth.gif - 6650 Bytes  Invertebrate Key
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes)  Key to Mature Earthworms
LANGUAGE ARTS
 Pencil.gif (434 bytes)   Animal Imagery  Similes and metaphors
PARASITES
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Animal and Human Parasite Images
PLANARIAN
 Magnify0b.gif - 341 Bytes   Planarian Lab
 Earth.gif - 6650 Bytes  Planaria: Classics of Biology   You will never forget the flatworm once you have looked into its eyes. These apparently "cross eyed" animals live in weedy ponds, in slow moving streams, and in the smallest creeks.
ROUNDWORMS
 Magnify0b.gif (341 bytes)  Simple Worms- Microscopic Observations  Neat activity!!!
 Note02.gif (247 bytes)   Culturing Vinegar Eels
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes)   Intestinal Nematodes
 Earth.gif - 6650 Bytes  Introduction to Nematoda: The Roundworms   There are thousands of nematodes. Not only are there more than 15,000 known species of roundworms, but there are many thousands of individual nematodes in even a single handful of garden soil. And they keep coming! Some species of roundworm may contain more than 27 million eggs at one time and lay more than 200,000 of them in a single day.
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Phyla: Nematoda and Rotifera
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Tricinella Picture
SIMPLE WORMS
 Magnify0b.gif (341 bytes) Simple Worms-Microscopic Observations Tapeworm, Schistosoma, Hookworms, Sheep Liver Fluke, Vinegar eels, Rotifers
WEB QUESTS
 sherlock.gif - 324 Bytes   Case of the Changing Bering Sea Environment   Introduction
 sherlock.gif - 324 Bytes   Creatures of the Deep  Investigate the animals and answer the questions.
WORMS
 Pencil.gif - 434 Bytes  Worm Phyla Comparison
 Earth.gif - 6650 BytesCreatures of the Thermal Vents   The giant tube worm is one of the most conspicuous members of a diverse community that forms around hydrothermal vents. Scientists once thought that no living thing could survive the harsh combination of toxic chemicals, high temperatures, high pressures, and total darkness at these vents.
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Worm Rap
 Earth.gif - 6650 Bytes  Worm World  The Yuckiest Site on the Internet

 


STUDENT EXTRA CREDIT

    star.gif - 2279 Bytes Extra Credit star.gif - 2279 Bytes

 star.gif - 2279 Bytes Marine Life Matchup
 star.gif - 2279 Bytes  Phylum Study  Choose a phylum, choose an animal draw a picture, write a report, and create a list.
 star.gif - 2279 Bytes  Quart Jar Worm Farm  Using a mason jar you can make a simple worm farm to see how worms move and mix soil
star.gif (2279 bytes) Worms, Worms, Worms  Visit these Web pages to find the answers to the questions



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