Animals Without Backbones (science Work For Kids Series)

Animals without Backbones. This book, designed with good science and easy teaching in mind, covers these concepts: animals without backbones are called invertebrates invertebrates are classified by their body characteristics most kinds of invertebrates live in the ocean invertebrates have developed different ways of acquiring food invertebrates' movements are adapted to the animals' needs invertebrates have developed many forms of self-defense some invertebrates build homes Activities help children practice skills in: observation, analysis and communication making comparisons and prediction critical thinking and recording Areas of study address major themes such as: change, structure, function, diversity, and cause and effect. Samples of the hands-on learning experiences: observe and record information about invertebrates -spiders, ants, earthworms and snails examine shells and exoskeletons of ocean invertebrates raise mealworms to observe a complete metamorphosis