Cheyenne Middle School

Edmond Public Schools

Go Wild!

Seventh Grade Animals
PowerPoint Project  
Overview: Students will work in groups to create aPowerPoint presentation over animals. These presentations will be used to teachtheir classmates about vertebrates and invertebrates. The audience will usethis information to complete an outline covering animals. 
PASS Skills - Know most animals are invertebrateand list the groups of invertebrates and recognize them by specializedstructures. (Characteristics, examples, special features, special functions,adaptations, special environments, etc.) 
Internet Resources

Instructions:
1 - Do NOT go to GOOGLE, only use the following resources.
2 - Make sure you are spelling your terms correctly, the computer only knowswhat you type, not what you intend!
3 - Use the following links to find information for your topics.
4 - First look up your broad animal family (sponges, cnidarians, etc.) in WorldBook Online, find specific examples and use those examples to find pictures andarticles in the other websites. 

World Book Online - This link is to the World Book Online Encyclopedia,you can find general articles on each type of animals and pictures of each typeof animals. This is probably your most useful resource!

Student Research Center -This is the link to the Student Research Center. Typein your type of animal, then click go and it will bring up all types ofresources. This can be intimidating, so you might want to limit it to"Books & Encyclopedia."

ESBCO Animals - This source is ESBCO Animals and will bring uparticles about all types of animals. Most of these articles do not havepictures, but they have easy to read articles.

Sirs Discoverer - This source is Sirs Discoverer. It has several usefulfeatures, including an option to only show pictures. Under "DatabaseFeatures" in the lower right corner, click "Pictures" thentype in the animal and click "Search."
 Invertebrate Groups
Complete a comparison chart of all six groups of invertebrates
 Sponges  
Sessile:
Larva:
   Cnidarians
 Tentacles:
 Mobile:
 Worms  
Segmented: 
Bilateral Symmetry: 
  Mollusks 
Bivalaves: 
 Gill:
 Lung:
 Cephlapods:
 Echinoderms  
Radial Symmetry: 
  Arthopods 
Exoskeleton: 
Molting:
Metamorphosis:
Bilateral Symmetry:

 Vertebrate Groups
* Know how vertebrates are distinguished from other animals. (Characteristics, examples, special features, special functions, adaptations, special environments, etc.)
* Compare and contrast the different vertebrates discussed within the Chapter.  
 
 Fish  
Scales: 
Gills:
Endoskeleton: 
   Mammals
Placenta:
Gestation:
Bilateral Symmetry:
Endoskeleton: 
 Birds  
Endotherms:
Incubation:
Bilateral Symmetry:
Endoskeleton:
   Amphibians
Ectotherms:
Endoskeleton:
 Reptiles  
Ectotherms:
Endoskeleton: 

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