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Animal Phyla
Lesson Objectives
 Learning
Goals
 Reminder – Due dates
 Minds ON
 Yesterday’s Recap
 Animal Phyla Mini Lesson
 Animal Phyla Lab
 Exit Card
Learning Goals
We are / will be learning to…
 Analyze the risks and benefits of human intervention (e.g. pesticide use,
fish stocking, tree planting, etc.)
 Analyze how climate change could impact the diversity of living things
(e.g. Global warming, increase in precipitation)
 Become familiar with terms such as: species diversity, structural diversity,
bacteria, fungi, binomial nomenclature, morphology
 Classify, apply, and draw dichotomous keys to identify and classify
organisms according to kingdom
 Explain concepts of taxonomic rank such as genus, species and taxon
 Compare/contrast characteristics of prokaryotes, eukaryotes and viruses
 Compare/contrast anatomical and physiological characteristics of
organisms representative of each kingdom (in this case, Animals)
 Explain structural and functional changes of organisms as they have
evolved over time
 Explain why biodiversity is important for maintaining viable ecosystems
Reminder – Due Dates
Due to the snow day, the following things have changed:
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Bacteria Lab – TODAY

Quizzes back tomorrow (Feb. 25th)

Mushroom Dissection Lab – Due tomorrow (Feb. 25th)
*NOTE: We are not returning to this lab, so only submit
the pictures you have and questions

Parasite Project – NOT to be handed in online, must be a
paper copy. Also, the presentations will be very brief

Review day for Unit Test – Thursday, Feb. 27th – don’t miss
it! 
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Unit Test – Feb. 28th, Periods 2-3
Minds ON
With your lab partner and those around
you, try to think of 3 different things we
learned about Kingdom Fungi on
Wednesday. You will have 1 (“-ish”)
minute to chat and the “fickle finger of
fate” may choose anyone to answer. GO!
Yesterday’s (Wednesday's) Recap
Kingdom Fungi
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Characteristics (cell type: eukaryote, cell number: multi
or singular), Habitat (terrestrial), Reproduction (sexual /
asexual), Nutrition (heterotrophic)
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Terms related to physical characteristics: Hyphae,
mycelium, spores and spore structure (sporangium,
club-like, basidium), fragmentation/budding

Penicillin – what does it have to do with the Kingdom
Fungi?
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Microscope use
What is a “phylum” again?
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The second broadest taxonomic level in the modern
classification system
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Animal Kingdom
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Both invertebrates (worms, insects, corals) and vertebrates (birds,
mammals, reptiles) represented in each phylum – very broad
range!

We will be looking at 10 different phyla:
 Porifera,
Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Rotifers,
Nematoda, Annelida, Mollusca, Echinodermata,
Arthropoda, and Chordata
Animal Phyla Lab

In groups of four-five, you will be visiting 12 stations
around the classroom

Using the handout and the information at each station,
you will need to investigate each phylum and derive the
necessary information

Please be sure to note the correct number of the station
you are at.
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What is not completed at home will need to be completed
as homework (HINT: This is PROBABLY something that you
will need to know for the test on Friday)
Homework for Tonight…

Complete Animal Phyla sheet

Look up “biotechnology”
 Key
words: Viral Vectors, Recombinant DNA, Cancer
Research, Genetically Modified Foods (these are only
suggestions---if you find something else, please bring it
in!)

Find a news/magazine article about one of these
issues in biotechnology and be prepared to talk
about them as a group tomorrow.
Exit Card
Making an educated guess, which
phylum that we have looked at would
you predict as being the oldest? You may
use the information you have just found
out to inform your prediction.