Friday 05/11 Science - Classifying Invertebrates

Purpose: I can classify living organisms by describing, providing examples of, and visualizing invertebrates.

1. Connection: Vascular or Nonvascular Plant
2. Teaching: Today I want to teach you that scientists classify all animals into two phyla--groups--by a single characteristic: having a backbone or not.  But each family of invertebrates also has its own key structural and functional characteristics.
3. Engagement: Classifying Invertebrates
• Textbook pages 22-27
• Describe the group
• Identify examples
• Provide an image for each example
4. Link: Read and comprehend "Plants and Animals" at ReadWorks Digital
5. Extension: Bill Nye - Invertebrates