Monday, November 30, 2015
12:30 - 1:30; 60 min.
Science:
Food Chain - Invertebrates -
Samantha was eager to show me the trophic pyramid she made, using Legos, for her homework assignment. We looked it over together, and made a couple of improvements on her excellent project. I then quizzed her on the vocabulary words associated with the pyramid. I then discussed with her the animals that do not have backbones known as invertebrates, and how they fit in the pyramid as carnivores, herbivores, omnivores and filter feeders. We discussed how the classification of animals provided the area for these animals, and we listed them. As we had our discussion, I provided examples of each class from my collection; A soft sponge, a selection of corals, jars of annelid and flat worms preserved in formalin, and a large selection of mollusks including abalone and conch shells, and finally horseshoe crab molt showing the segmented appendages related to arthropods. We watched a short video that showed some amazing facts about each class.