Phylum Arthropoda Additional Notes
Phylum Arthropoda
Overview
Introductory material to phylum arthropoda and its subphyla. Through a video, phylogenetic tree diagram, and additional material students will learn about the animals within this phylum to develop awareness of life beyond their daily ones.
Characteristics, Phylogeny, Subphylum
Class Discussion:
- Write out categories on the board (general characteristics, subphylum, etc.) and have students fill in the categories based on the notes they took (helps others write down what they may have missed)
- I will add in additional information that needs to go along with what the student learned on their own.
Dissection
- Make sure lobster dissection order for lab went through
- Put in order for new dissection materials if needed
- Put together instructions for students to follow
Grade: 10th/11th
Subject: Zoology
Unit Topic: Biological Unity and Diversity
Lesson Topic: Phylum athropoda characteristics and significance
Standards: B.LS4.1 Communicate scientific information that common ancestry and biological evolution are supported by multiple lines of empirical evidence.
B.LS4.2 Construct an explanation based on evidence that biological diversity is influenced by (1) the potential for a species to increase in number, (2) the heritable genetic variation of individuals in a species due to mutation and sexual reproduction, (3) competition for limited resources, and (4) the proliferation of those organisms that are better able to survive and reproduce in the environment.
Objectives: Students will be able to develop an understanding of how arthropods contribute to our world while identifying similarities and evolutionary relationships between organisms involved within this phylum.
Materials Needed: Notebooks, scrap notes, and school chromebooks/tablets
Assessment: Students will compile their notes in an organized fashion and will be required to have their notebooks checked regularly throughout the lesson to ensure that they are following along with the material and help them adjust/make additionas to their notes to make studying easier. Students will be asked to complete quizzes and exit slips over the days (or few days) material to see where their stand in understanding. At the end of the lesson students will be asked to take a test that inculdes multiple choice, short answer, and turn in a three paragraph paper over a specific animal within this phylum (the paper can be worked on at home and during free time).
Phylum Arthropoda
- Largest phylum in the animal kingdom and conatin the most successful animals on earth - they have adapted to
almost every environment there is.
- Animals included in this phylum but not limited to:
- Insects
- Spiders
- Centipedes
- Scorpions
- Crabs
- Ticks
- Barnacles
- Shrimp
Watch and take notes on the video below over general characterisitcs of arthropods. You can pause and rewatch this as many times as you need.
Take a look at the phylogenic tree provided of arthropods and based off this answer the following questions. You can answer these on a sperate piece of paper. Be sure to write out the question and your answer. Arthropod Phylogeny
1. What subphylum do spiders belong to? What other animals are spiders closely related to?
2. What subphylum do shrimp and crabs belong to?
3. Identify individuals in subphylum trilobita. What is differnt about these organisms compared to all the others?
4. Do subphyla myriapoda and hexapoda reside under mandibulates, chelicerates, or both?
Read through and copy the Powerpoint slides over general characteristics of the four subphyla crustacea, chelicerata, myriapoda, and hexapoda. Leave a few blank pages in between each subphyla, we will use these blank pages to add in more information later. Phylum Arthropoda Additional Notes
Keep your notes and phylogentic tree questions together!! We will use them in our class discussion about arthropods and add to them. You will also need to turn your notes and answer questions in for a grade at the end of our class discussion.