Dear Parents,
The theme for this month’s home project will be zoology. I have provided a description of each level’s assigned project. These will be due the week of March 26.
Level 1s– Each student will need to research their category of animal. I have provided the list of animals that each student has been assigned. The following are things I want them to cover in their presentation:
- Describe the general characteristics of the type of animal (e.g. Feathers, warm blooded, lays eggs, etc.).
- Describe the habitat it lives in. (e.g. water, land, both, etc.)
- Provide an example of a specific animal in the category they have chosen (e.g. salmon, seagull, frog, llama, etc.) Provide interesting facts about their specific animal.
Fish—Savannah B., Aaron,
Amphibian—Savannah C., Camdyn
Reptile—Luca, Asher,
Bird—Evie, Tony, Crystal
Mammal—Axel G. , Alora, Lily
Level 2s– Each student will research and present a specific body system. I have provided the list of topics that each student has been assigned to research. The following are things I want them to cover in their presentation:
- Explain what this system does for your body? (What is its job?)
- Explain how the system works.
- List the main organs found in the body system.
- Provide any other interesting facts about the body system.
Muscular–Eli
Skeletal–AJ
Nervous– Pranet
Digestive– Daxton
Respiratory–Gage
Circulatory—Evan
Lymphathic– Xienna
Level 3s– Each student will need to research the category of invertebrate animal that they have been assigned. The following are things I want them to cover in their presentation:
- How it looks
- Where it lives
- How it moves
- How and what it eats
- Other interesting facts
Poriferans (sponges)–Alejandro
Cnidaria (jellyfish, hydras)–Christine
Platyhelminthes (flatworms)–Lucas
Nematodes (roundworms)—Axel J
Annelids (earthworms)–Halee
Mollusca (snails, clams)–Addison
Echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins),–Christian
Arthropods (insects)–Brody
Arthropods (spiders)–Denver
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